Graphic designer & illustrator - Brussels - Résumé

Relevant work experience

2015 Graphic designer at Quidam environmental graphic design in Brussels

2011 Junior Graphic Designer atFontana Identity & Design in Brussels : creation of graphic identities, brochures, posters and booklets

2010 Graphic Designer at Mutualité Socialiste du Brabant Wallon : realisation of invitations, cards, leaflets, posters and booklets

2009 Graphic Designer at Okidoki Design in Mons

2001-2006 Illustrator & cartoonist for Le Petit Écho, student news magazine from Louvain-la-Neuve

1998-2014 Illustrator & cartoonist for Kulturopoint, fanzine of youth culture and underground rock of the Charleroi region

2003 Graphic designer and employee to production service at Éditions Dupuis in Marcinelle

Additional work

2011-2013 Courier at Écopostale in Brussels : delivery of mail and parcels by bike, cyclocargo and electric van

2008 Trainer for Design Innovation during Biennale Design 2008 in Liège

Training

2014 Skills training in computer graphics at Cepegra (Bruxelles-Formation) : for ten months, in-depth study of the various computer graphics software, web publishing and e-publishing techniques

2011-2013 Dutch and English lessons with a private teacher at Berlitz-Montgomery in Brussels

2009-2010 Corporate identity specialist training at Design Innovation in Mons. Long training based on practical exercises with real clients.

2009 Communication software training  : Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator at Design Innovation in Mons

2000-2003 Degree in Graphic Arts (bachelor) at IESAA in Saint-Ghislain

2001 Comic strip course with Sabri Kasbi in Jemappes

1996-2000 Law at UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve

Skills

Illustrator – InDesign – Photoshop – Acrobat Pro – Edge Animate – Dreamweaver – Flash

HTML & CSS

Languages

French : mother tongue

English : good knowledge – B2*

Dutch : knowledge – B1*

Spanish : basics

 *according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages

And more …

Sports : Cycling - Futsal - Running - Swimming - Hiking

I am an everyday cyclist and member of Gracq

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Great lover of literature: French and Anglo-Saxon novels - Art and history, among other art history - Biographies and autobiographies of artists and creators - Scientific journals, art and History - Comics

Music/Concerts : Independent and underground rock

Instruments : Guitar - Ukulele - piano

Compulsive drawer, I have always a book on hand to record my graphic ideas, sketching.

Créative, I regularly produce illustrations, comic books or paintings for myselfor for the others.

Passionate about Mesoamerican pre-Columbian cultures, I travelled to Mexico, Peru and Bolivia.

Curious, I visit museums and art galleries in Brussels or elsewhere.