1. Aliaksei (Alex) Koran
Illustrator/Senior Graphic Designer
281-301-4624
Spring, TX 77386
alexkoran.com
info@alexkoran.com
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Digital Illustrations
Vector illustrations (Illustrator)
Digital paintings (Corel Painter, Photoshop)
Photoshop art and photo editing (Photoshop)
Traditional Art and Illustration
Pencil, ink, chalk and pastel drawings
Watercolor, gouache and acrylic paintings
Wood carving and marquetry
Metal stamping art
Linocut art
Print Graphic Design and Layout
Flyers, posters, greeting cards, labels, packages, package
design, CD label design
Case studies, product sheets, tech reports, quick
reference guides
Brochures, magazines, bulletins, annual reports
Trade show banners, trade show booth design, car/van
wraps, transport graphics, and billboards
Decorative mural wall graphics and designs, and signage
Corporate Identity and Logo Design
Logos and trademarks
Corporate identity and brand guidelines
Business cards, letter heads, envelopes, folders
Web Design and Graphics
Website prototypes and layout, frameworks, flow-charts
and site maps.
Banners, slide shows, buttons, forms, custom icons
UI Design and Graphics
Icons, splash screens for iPhone/iPad, and PC program
Frameworks for apps
Evaluations of customer UI experience/UX testing and
review
Digital 2D animation
Animated banners for web (GIF, SWF)
Greeting cards
Story boards
3D design
Illustrations for advertisement
Stills of the interior design project
Prototype of the visibility of the mural in the existing
interior
Areas of Work and Expertise Comparison
Digital illustration (25%): Advanced
Traditional art and illustration (10%): Advanced
Print graphic design and layout (25%): Expert
Corporate identity and logo design (20%): Expert
Web design and graphics (10%): Advanced
Other: prototyping/UI design, digital 2D animation, 3D
graphics (10%): Intermediate
Software Skills
Expert: PC (Windows), Photoshop, InDesign,
Illustrator, Acrobat, Corel Painter
Skilled: Mac (OS X Mavericks), Flash, 3D Max, MS
Office.
Intermediate: Digital Publishing Suit
Beginner: Muse
Languages
English (fluent)
Russian (native)
Belorussian (native)
French (intermediate)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
January 2015–Now
Limb Design, Houston, TX
Contract Illustrator/Graphic Designer
DUTIES:
Illustrations for posters
Corporate identity and logo design
Website prototyping, web graphics, banners and email-
blast design
Brochure layout and design
Catalog layout and design
Poster design
Book layout
E-book layout
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2. May 2014–January 2015
Weblcomotive, Spring, TX
Owner/Freelance Illustrator/Graphic Designer
DUTIES:
Print graphic design
Corporate identity and logo design
Website prototyping, web graphics, banners and
advertisements
Brochure layout and design
ACHIEVED:
Contract work for CME Printing (commercial printing).
Letterhead design for PKF Texas (accounting).
Contract work for Bella Vista Productions (videography).
Branding design for Go Savvy (marketing strategy).
Created branding, illustration and website design for
Web Locomotive, (personal company -- Graphic/Web
Design).
Contract work for One Grace Media (publishing).
Contract work for Restore America Group (construction
and restoration).
Web design for US Flag (flag and flagpoles company).
September 2011–May 2014
Schlumberger, Houston, TX
Full-time Graphic Designer II
Drilling Group segment of Marketing and
Communications department.
DUTIES:
Design marketing materials to promote new products:
case studies, tech reports, brochures, posters, PPT
presentation templates, catalogs, orient banners,
quick reference guide book, and magazine
advertisements.
Support web and media team with graphic materials to
be published (charts, graphs, illustrations, images).
Design promotion materials: cups, t-shirts, baseball caps,
mouse pads, bookmarks, boxed kits, pens, and tokens.
Support tradeshow team with graphics, booth layout and
design.
Design internal materials: signage, decorative wall
murals, directional maps.
Re-design existing marketing materials of integrated
companies to fit the current branding standards of
Schlumberger.
Retouching/adjusting photographs taken a photo shoots
Build and maintain a library of existing drilling and
measurement tools (in vector format) that can be
assembled into custom drill strings (used by various
departments in brochures, case studies, murals, and
quick reference guides).
ACHIEVED:
Won BMA 2012 AWARD of EXCELLENCE for the
Schlumberger Lobby Installation in Fixed Installation
category. (www.lanternawards.com/2012Awards)
Won BMA 2013 LANTERN AWARD for Shock and
Vibration box set in K5 category: Sales Package or
Media Kit. (www.lanternawards.com/2013Awards)
September 2011–May 2014
Occasional contract work as an illustrator/graphic
designer
PROJECTS:
Logo design and identity guideline package for Nomad,
Lola, The Career Guitarist Consortium, On the Level
Records, Grace Gate Media, One Grace Media,
Irresistibly Yours, Life Spring Church, and Texan Glass
& Solar Control.
T-Shirt design for a welder’s team competition (Nerves of
Steel).
Digital illustration for Summer 2013 Empowerment
Shower by Debra Montague Chandler.
Custom iPhone app prototyping and graphics design for
One Grace Media
July 2010–September 2011
Self Employed, Houston, TX
Freelance Graphic Designer
DUTIES:
Print graphic design
Corporate identity and logo design
Website prototyping, web graphics, banners and
advertisements
Vehicle wraps
Brochure layout and design
ACHIEVED:
Designed templates for HP Marketsplash project
Created logos for Arteis Inc.
Designed personal logo, business card and web site
(alexkoran.com)
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3. Designed logo, business card, web site for CurlyTurtle
(curlyturtle.com) (children’s entertainment business)
Contract work for Blueleaf Creative (brochures, logos, full
advertisement vinyl van wrap)
Created website designs and logos for Wild Web Studios,
Inc.
Website designs (slmortuary.com, perlarenee.com,
lifespringfamily.org, allamericanacservice.com).
Nov 2001–July 2010
TFI, Eastern Europe, Mexico, Houston, TX
International Volunteer
Volunteer Social Worker, In-house Graphic Designer
DUTIES:
Corporate identity and logos
Periodical magazine layout and design (2 international in-
house publications)
Digital art and illustration (magazine covers and
illustrations for youth)
CD covers
Advertisement design
Flyer and brochure design
ACHIEVED:
Designed layout of 2 monthly print and digital in-house
periodicals.
Created regular digital illustrations for teen’s publication.
Re-designed logo for Aurora Productions (publishing
company).
Developed visual style and CD cover for InfoStore 3.0
(Digital Catalog program).
Designed presentations and product advertisements.
Feb 2001–Nov 2001
Salmon DDB, Minsk, Belarus
Full-time Senior Graphic Designer.
DUTIES:
Advertisement design
Flyer and poster design
TV advertisement storyboards
Billboard design
Corporate identity and logo design
Brochure layout and design
ACHIEVED:
Designed a variety of advertisement materials for
magazines, newspapers, billboards.
Created print design and layout: posters, flyers and
newspaper ads, and storyboards for TV advertisement,
for companies: McDonald’s, Fiat, Kodak, Mennen,
Colgate-Palmolive, etc.
April 1997–Feb 2001
ReMark, Minsk, Belarus
Full-time Graphic Designer
DUTIES:
Advertisement design
Flyer and poster design
Billboard design
Product packaging design
Corporate identity and logo design
Brochure layout and design
ACHIEVED:
Designed magazine and newspaper advertisements,
billboard advertising, packaging, fliers, posters, other
print design, layout, and identity.
April 1995–April 1997
Archigraphics, Minsk, Belarus
Part-time Junior Graphic Designer/Intern (while still
studying in university)
DUTIES:
Advertisement design
Flyer and poster design
Corporate identity and logo design
Brochure layout and design
ACHIEVED:
Learned and practiced computer graphic programs,
advertisement, marketing, layout, and print
production.
Created newspaper ads, posters, brochures, business
cards, logos.
SALARY EXPECTATIONS
I’m looking for a full-time position of an Illustrator/Senior
Graphic Designer with a salary starting from $62,000 to
$75,000/year.
EDUCATION
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4. Art school/High school diploma (September 1st, 1980–
June 26th, 1990) Average score: 4.7 out of 5.0, or 94
out of 100.
A Master Degree of Architecture from the Belarusian
National Polytechnical University (BNTU) (Sept. 1st,
1990–June 28th, 1996)
Multiple courses taken at lynda.com on variety of
subjects to keep up with current technology and widen
the areas of my knowledge in graphic design.
Attended Adobe seminar on Creative Cloud and Digital
Publishing Suite.
PERSONAL
My name is Aliaksei (Alex) Koran, and I am a Christian
illustrator and senior graphic designer based in Houston,
Texas. I have over 19 years of experience in graphic
design and illustration, and have worked as both a full-
time and a contract worker. You can see some of my
work on my portfolio website at alexkoran.com.
I take pride in my work, appreciate precision, accuracy,
detail, quality, originality and treat any project I’m
working on as art. Regularly working on bettering and
improving my skills is very important to me, so I always
welcome opportunities to learn.
I enjoy working with people, both clients and co-workers
and try to create a cooperative and friendly environment
in the work place. I am self-motivated and can complete
projects with a minimum oversight and supervision.
Understanding that a designer needs to be efficient, I
look for improvements in my workflow and share the
knowledge in my team, so we all move forward and don’t
stagnate.
I have a high level of commitment to my work, and I
enjoy the process of creation. My true passion is art and
illustration, but I equally embrace the technical and
logical challenges of graphic design.
Looking into the future, my professional goals include:
shift from Graphic Design to illustration and maybe have
my own studio eventually. I was always interested in art
and illustration, but didn’t have possibilities to do so
before.
I would like to lessen my current commute by finding a
workplace closer to home, if at all possible.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Sincerely,
Alex Koran
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