RESUME

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Education
 

• School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), Chicago, IL                                                                    August 2017 – May 2020

Master of Art Teaching, GPA: 4.0/4.0                                                                                

• University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran                                                                  September 2012 – September 2014

Master of Art Research, GPA: 3.75/4.0

• Soore University, Tehran, Iran                                                                                                   January 2006 – September 2010

Bachelor of Graphics, GPA: 3.71/4.0

 

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Experience

 

 

• Real Time Risk Solution, Chicago.IL                                                                                                             August 2019-present

Graphic Design: Digital and Paper-based advertising -Design UX/UI, Brochures, Banners, Posters, Email Templates, Presentations and Producing advertising videos.

• Real Time Risk Solution, Chicago.IL                                                                                                                   May 2019-August

Graphic Design Intern: Digital and Paper-based advertising -Design UX/UI, Brochures, Banners, Posters, Email Templates, Presentations and Producing advertising videos.

• Docademia, Chicago.IL                                                                                                                 February 2019-November 2019 

Film Award Ceremony Intern: Administrate the responsibilities of holding the film festival, Pre-screen and review films/documentaries on the FilmFreeway database and fill out forms to analyze and rate the films/documentaries, Write Proposals for earning various grants.

• The Unique Lens, Chicago, IL                                                                                                              December 2017- May 2019

Graphic designer: Design the web, logo, posters, advertising flyers, and edit photos and films. Assist photographers to take photos in ceremonies and setting up the equipment of cameras.

• Louis Vuitton, Chicago, IL                                                                                                          November 2018-December 2018

Seasonal Operations Associate: Assisted an average of 30 client advisors in hosting, wrapping, serving beverages and doing operations in the busiest season of sales.

• David Yurman, Chicago, IL                                                                                                        November 2018-December 2018

Seasonal Sales Support: Assisted sales ambassadors in counting, checking and matching jewelries, cleaning jewelries, visual merchandizing, transactions, setting up in and taking out jewelries from windows and vitrines, wrapping, doing the operations, and serving beverages.

• School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL                                                                                January 2018- May 2018

TA Position, Cyber Pedagogy, Department of Art Education: Assisted the instructor in teaching and managing the class and students. Did the photography of students’ artworks and their process of working.

• Pejvak Company, Tehran, Iran                                                                                                                                       2015-2017

Graphic designer: Designed posters, business cards, brochures, flyers, catalogue, and advertising movies.

• Soore University, Tehran, Iran                                                                                                                                       2013-2017

Instructor in Illustration and Printmaking, Department of Graphics: Taught storyboard and illustration for stories and Comics/Graphic Novels (in Digital Painting, Watercolor, Acrylic, Collage techniques), and taught printmaking (in Drypoint, Etching, Linocut and Woodcut, Terafared, Monoprint and Silkscreen techniques) to bachelor degreed students, also supervised students for the final projects of their theses in illustration.

• s.a.m Company, Tehran, Iran                                                                                                                                        2015-2016

Graphic designer: Designed notebook’s covers and poster.

• University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran                                                                                                          2015-2016

Instructor in Analysis and Critics of Art, Department of Graphics: Taught Analysis and Critics of Art to bachelor degreed students.

• Payam e Noor University, Tehran, Iran                                                                                                                         2011-2012

Instructor in Printmaking, Graphics Department: Taught printmaking in Linocut and Woodcut, Trafared, Monoprint and Silkscreen techniques to bachelor degreed students.

• P.I.P Advertising Company, Tehran, Iran                                                                                                                    2011– 2012

  Graphic designer: Designed the graphical environment and materials for motion graphics.

 

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Awards & Honors

 

• Recipient of 2020 SAIC MAT Fellowship Award, SAIC                                                                                           Spring 2020

• Recipient of Second Year International Graduate Scholarship ($13,480,00), SAIC                             Fall 2019- Spring 2020

• Recipient of New Artist Society Scholarship ($39,000,00), SAIC                                                        Fall 2019 - Spring 2020

• Recipient of Incentive Scholarship ($15,600,00), SAIC                                                                         Fall 2019 - Spring 2020

• Recipient of New Artist Society Scholarship ($39,000,00), SAIC                                                          Fall 2017 - Spring 2018

• Recipient of Incentive Scholarship ($15,600,00), SAIC                                                                          Fall 2017 - Spring 2018

• Accepted to PhD program in Art Research, University of Science and Culture, Tehran, Iran                                          2014 

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Research

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• Cultural Story-telling Through Puppet, Illustration & Performance Art, Thesis for Master of Art                                    2020

• The Social Analysis of Persian Paintings under Shah’s Era, Thesis for Master of Art                                                       2014            

• A review of literature of universal old myths’ illustrations,Thesis for Bachelor of Art                                                       2010

 

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Exhibitions

 

Illustration Exhibits:

· One thousand and one nights, Individual exhibition, Talaie Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran                                                  June 2017

· Collage Illustration, Individual exhibition, Shemroon Gallery, Tehran, Iran                                  December 2011- January 2012

 

Printmaking Exhibits:

· Persian Painting, Individual exhibition, Tehran, Talaie Art Gallery, Iran                                                                    January 2017

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Poster Exhibits:

· Signs and Posters Exhibition for book advertising, Group exhibition, Ayeh Gallery, Tehran, Iran                   December. 2009

 

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Skills

 

Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office, User Experience Design, Digital painting, Drawing, Photography, Performance Art