Yawar Abbas ZaidiF.H.E.A H.No: 899 Street :22, Baharia Town Phase lV, Rawalpindi. M: 0333-3327234, e-mail: [email protected]

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS Creative Design Educator highly trained in a varied array of artistic mediums. Passion for Teaching and talent for infusing art appreciation, and promoting imagination and open- mindedness. Proven ability to generate a highly creative learning environment. Extend personal- ized guidance and provide positive encouragement to ensure that each learner thrives. Collabora- tive Educator, with strong communication and interpersonal skills, an ability to interact with cross-cultural teams, with the high degree of professionalism, discretion and problem resolution capabilities. Quick learner, Self-motivated, Result oriented person, with aim to make a Dierence in the Society through Teaching.

EDUCATION KINGSTON UNIVERSITY, UK (www.kingston.ac.uk) 2010 Kingston University, UK, established in 1899, oering course through its seven faculties including Art, Design & Architecture, and ranked 30th in UK Universities. MA – Design with Learning & Teaching in Higher Education Concentration: .Curriculum Development and Evaluation of Practice in Higher Education .Assessment and Feedback in Higher Education .Developing Teaching Practice and Supporting Students in Higher Education .Design Pedagogy and Practice esis: Nature of Expressive Typography- A Pedagogical Resource for Design Educators and Students

UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON, UK (www.bolton.ac.uk) 2001 e University of Bolton is ranked top in the north-west for student satisfaction, according to e Times Good University BA (Hons) Art & Design Major: Advertising Design Minor: Victorian Art & Architecture Photography Video SCHOOL OF ART (www.ksa.edu.pk) 1997 Diploma in Communication Design Secured First Class First Position UNIVERSITY OF PUNJAB (www.pu.edu.pk) 1996 B.A (Journalism, Political Science, History)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AS DESIGN EDUCATOR

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, (www.comsats.edu.pk) Aug 2011 – Present Assistant Professor - Design

Founded in 1998 by e Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) CIIT is the Pakistan’s rst exclusive institute of information technology. e CIIT was awarded Charter by the Govern- ment of Pakistan in 2000 and in less than a decade, it has grown into a quality institution of higher learning, with campuses in seven cities, a student population exceeding 16,000 and faculty base of 1,500.

During the rst three months designed curriculum modules for the newely launched Design course in alignment to department’s philosophy of reviving values of aesthetics along with craft. Performed varoius administrative roles including member DARC ( Departmental Academic Review Committee), Departmental Representative for Students Week, Committee member for new students screening and interview. KARACHI SCHOOL OF ART, PAKISTAN (www.ksa.edu.pk) Sep 1998 – Sep 2009 Faculty Head - Design

Founded in 1964 by Rabia Zuberi, KSA is rst private art institution of the country and rst centre of art education of any kind in the city of Karachi with a mission to provide higher education options with Bachelors and Masters Degree programs in the elds of Art and Design facilitating the national eort of lling the massive educational gap that exists in the creative industry.

During the 7 years starting as Lecturer in 1998 and becoming Faculty Head in 2005, developed and applied a culture of design pedagogy and guided over 600 students to explore creativity and appreciation for visual arts, through personal development planning, dedication and knowledge sharing.

.Redesigned Curriculum modules for nal year students with focus on current practices in graphic designing and advertising to help develop creativity in students. .Utilized new techniques and tools in teaching practice by introducing multimedia and new digital medium to cater emerging trends in advertizing industry in Pakistan.

COLLEGE OF MEDIA & ARTS, KIET UNIVERSITY, PAKAISTAN (www.pafkiet.edu.pk) Feb 2005 – Dec 2008 Visiting Faculty - B.S. Media Studies

e College of Media & Arts oers degree programs of Bachelor of Computer Arts, Bachelor of Science in TV & Film Production and Bachelor of Fine Arts, with the specializations in Animation & Multimedia, Graphic Design, Media Production, Drawing & Painting, , , Media Management, Media Journalism, and Direction & Production.

Being a part of University’s rst faculty intake, developed modules and taught the courses including; Basic Design, Colour eory, Typography, Editorial Design and Visual Branding. Continuously challenged traditional pedagogical methods while developing the modules, with focus on concepts like; impact of digitization on visual arts, concept of beauty and its appreciation in computer age, manual art transformation, helped bring module content close to contemporary needs of industry.

.Led “Green Field” eorts of designing curriculums for Bachelor of Computer Arts for four year program, including pedagogical aspects of learning outcomes, student participation and teaching strategy. .Achieved enhanced student participation by utilizing studio space exercises to develop creativity and cognition. .Consistently impacted groups learning abilities by utilizing multimedia, computers, movies, outside speakers, and complex lessons both visually and conceptually. SZABIST UNIVERSITY, PAKISTAN (www.szabist.edu.pk) Aug 2007 – Dec 2008 Visiting Faculty - B.S. Media Studies

One of the top 15 business schools from South Asia ranked in Asia Inc. Also ranked among the best Science and Technology and MBA schools in Asia by the CNN-Time publication Asia week. Business Week, the leading international business magazine, has listed SZABIST among the best business schools of the world for ve consecutive years (2001- 2006).

Challenged by the University to take on the subject of Advertising Research as newly introduced module in Bachelor’s courses of Media Studies, produced the content and teaching strategy which, than became part of the program in successive years also.

IQRA UNIVERSITY, PAKAISTAN (www.pafkiet.edu.pk) May 2005 – Aug 2005 Visiting Faculty - M.S. Advertising Founded in 1998 as private University, Iqra University has been ranked as top or rst By Chartered Inspection and Evaluation Committee in March 2009. Approached by the University to teach the modules for their Master’s program of Art Direction and of International Advertising developed the module’s outline and content using the gained experience in Industry, personal education and teaching.

UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI, PAKISTAN (www.ouk.edu.pk) Oct 2001 – July 2002 Visiting Faculty Established in 1951 University of Karachi is one of the largest universities of Pakistan catering over 28,000 students. University has 53 Departments and 20 Research Centers and Institutes, with Department of Visual Studies completing its tenth year. Although being a fresh graduate from Bolton University, was approached by faculty member of the Department to teach the course for Basic Typography, Advance Typography and Printing Techniques to the foundation and second year students of Bachelor’s of Communication Design. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INDUSTRY TPS (www.tpsonline.com ) Oct 2008 – Oct 2009 Art Director TPS is a leading technology provider of switch and payment processing related solutions and services. With more than a decade of focused domain expertise in empowering the self service & nancial delivery infrastructure of over 130 banks and telcos in 32 countries across South Asia, Asia Pacic, Middle East/Gulf, Europe and Africa.

As an Art Director, for an IT Solution provider was responsible for idea development, design execution and production of Corporate Branding and Advertising. Focusing on the in-house client’s speci c needs and balancing it with delicate requirements of visual art’s best practices.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE INDUSTRY Joined following companies, with aim to educate myself with the corporate advertising and design world, to gain better understanding of industry requirements and trends, which was then utilized in my teaching experiences. During this, developed campaigns and advertising material for various FMCGs. Analyzed the team dynamics in generating, developing and executing the campaign ideas and how it reects on the creativity of the team involved. Learned great deal about practical usage of theories studied during my Bachelor’s in Bolton University.

JWT KARACHI, PAKISTAN (www.jwt.com ) Feb2005 – June2005 Art Director

CORPORATE & MARKETING COMMUNICATION, PAKISTAN (www.cmc.com.pk) July2002 – Jan2003 Assistant Creative Manager

ASTERISH * DESIGN STUDIO, BOLTON, UK Mar2001 – Sep2001 Intern Designer

PAPERS

Signage Typography for Architectural Spaces; Coding the Navigational Memory Paper presented at IAPEX 2013. Organized by Institute of Architects, Pakistan Rawalpindi Islamabad Chapter (May 2013)

WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

Type & Narrative Building. Conducted by Paul McNeil at London College of Communication, University of e Arts, London. (Feb.2004)

Calligraphy: History & Techniques. Conducted by Paul Antonio at London College of Communication, University of e Arts, London. (Mar.2004)

Ideas Into Reality: Workshop on Brain Storming for Advertising. Conducted by Alan Fletcher at e Design Museum, London. (Apr.2004)

Letterpress Printing: History & Techniques. Conducted by Kelvyn Smith / Alex Cooper at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, University of e Arts, London. (June.2004)

Typographic Sequence: Typography, narrative, performance. Conducted by Paul McNeil/ Wayne Daly at London College of Communication, University of e Arts, London. (July.2004)

FELLOW/MEMBERSHIP, RECOGNITIONS & PORTFOLIO .Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK (www.heacademy.co.uk) .International Council of Graphic Design Associations Friends Membership (www.icograda.org) .Secured First Position in Sindh Technical Board Final Exam 1997 .Honored with KSA Elites Title .Parallel to my teaching practice, have worked as a freelance Art Director for various design projects. For portfolio review please visit: http://www.behance.net/yawarzaidi/frame