Address: (Full address upon request) Selayang, Batu Caves 68100 Selangor, MALAYSIA Mobile: +6 019 2359610 Email: [email protected] CREATIVE ANALYST AND PRACTITIONER Website: http://www.muidlatif.co/ MALAYSIAN DIGITAL ARTIST http://my.linkedin.com/in/muidlatif INTRODUCTION SKILL SETS I’ve involved in the new media development and creative Management arts more than a decade with high profile experiences in Design Strategy, Project Management, Product Development, coordinating art shows, workshops and exhibitions besides Retail Management, Exhibition & Curatorial, Sourcing and my regular practice as a creative practitioner, working for Procurement, Events, Public Relations, Social Media Manage- various clients, stakeholders and agencies. ment, Corporate Gifts Services, Administration & Archiving, My vision is to seek and empower myself through designs by Audit, Legal Compliance, Risk Assessment, Policy Development, understanding the works around me. Their purpose helps me Intellectual Property and Copyright Consultation, Creative find mine, and through that, I wish to inspire others in this line. Commons Licensing, Coaching, Talent Management, Creative There are many challenges ahead because arts still hold the Entrepreneurship. stigma of being easily accessible with no real brain work, expect to be fast and cheap labor. But people fail to compre- Content Creation hend the pain we go through to produce beauty including Graphic Design, Illustration, Digital Illustration, Painting, Mural, analysing risks to minimise errors. It's amazing how with certain Identity and Brand Building, Typography, Publishing, Language talent you can make complicated things turn into simple beauty. Translation, Copywriting, Web and Flash Development, User In short, we are the problem solvers of today's life, by being an Interface Design for Mobile App and Projection Mapping, Video outlet for creative expression. I am proud to be a part of this. Editing, 2D & 3D Animation & Photography. EDUCATION APPLICATIONS Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture), University Technology MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia. Level (Beginner to Expe r t ) 1 2 3 4 5 Creative Applications: CERTIFICATION Adobe Photoshop CC National Occupational Skills Standards (NOSS) issued by Adobe Illustrator CC Department of Skills Development, Ministry of Human Adobe InDesign CC Resources Malaysia, 2012 and 2013. Adobe Flash CC Adobe Dreamweaver CC Introduction to Central Banking, Issued by Bank Negara Malaysia, 2012. iWorks > Keynote Programming: HONORS AND ACHIEVEMENTS HTML4/CSS 2015 Listed Expert Instructor for Directory of National JavaScript/DHTML Industry Experts (DPIN) by Department of Skills ActionScript 2 Development, Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia Technical: 2014 Outstanding Innovation Award Microsoft Office / Visio Issued by Bank Negara Malaysia Museum, Art Gallery and Knowledge Management Centre Web Hosting/DNS FTP/Email/MySQL 2013 Panel of Expert (Graphic Design and 3D Animation) LAN Setup Issued by Ministry of Human Resources Malaysia Presentations (VGA/HDMI) 2012 Innovation Award Operating System: Issued by Bank Negara Malaysia Museum and Art Gallery Microsoft Windows XP+ 2012 Portfolio Reviews: International Appreciation Award Macintosh OSX 10+ Issued by Behance LLC 2010 1st Digital Artist to perform live with Malaysian EMPLOYED BY COMPANIES AND AMBASSADORSHIP Philharmonic Orchestra, Organised by Galeri Petronas and Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP) WebguruAsia, Pointflex Sdn. Bhd., Netinfinium Sdn. Bhd., Earth9 (Singapore), XM Expanded Media, Central Bank of 2007 Commendation for Outstanding Staff Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia), Creative Commons Issued by Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) (USA-Malaysia), Behance LLC (USA-Malaysia). and Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) 2002 Finalist, MSC-APICTA Awards for Best of QUICK FACTS Student Project (Digital Malaya Project), Issued by • Produced minimum of 4 personal artworks every quarter MSC Malaysia-APICTA Committee of each year and published on Behance and Instagram • Produced more than 200 designs and delivered more than 1998 Malaysia Book of Records: Longest Banner 20 products in 2014 Group Drawing in conjunction of SUKOM '98 • Gave talks and workshops to more than 300 people per year Organized by Galeri Shah Alam & UiTM • Left-handed Page 1 / 3 PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND / WORKING EXPERIENCE Special Position 1 : Project Lead, Creative Commons Malaysia : To empower people about copyright awareness and sharing culture, encourage CC license adaptation to content creators, translation of CC licenses in Bahasa Malaysia. : 14 March 2011 until present Special Position 2 : Behance Ambassador Malaysia for Behance LLC, New York, USA : To promote and encourage creative professionals to strenghten portfolio management by using Behance to showcase portfolio online, organize meetups, exhibitions and portfolio reviews. : August 2010 until 2014 Company : Central Bank of Malaysia Position : Creative Supervisor Duration : August 2010 until present (inquiry upon request only) Company : Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) Position : Brand Consultant / New Media Specialist Job Description : Research & Development of the Creative Multimedia Industry, Project Management, Consultation, Art & Creative Direction, Multimedia development and other projects under Creative Multimedia Development (CMD), Saladin, The Animated Series Duration : March 2006 - July 2008 Company : XM Expanded Media Sdn. Bhd. Position : Senior Web Designer Job Description : Provide creative designs, mocks for pitches, interactive & website maintenance for clients; Maxis & Hotlink web campaigns, Toyota: Tribe updates, E-cards & Illustrations for PETROSAINS and other various projects. Projects : Hotlink Portal maintenance & new campaigns, Flash banners, Toyota Tribe Newsletter, Illustrations & e-Cards for Petrosains Learning Centre Duration : March 2005 - March 2006 (Hired as Senior Web Designer) : July - November 2002 (Hired as Junior Web Designer) Company : Netinfium Sdn. Bhd. Position : Head of Creative, New Media Specialist Job Description : Creative & Project Management,Consultation, Art Direction, Graphic Design for interactive development and multimedia development. Projects : MOFAZ, Alla Fonte (Mineral), Fairuz Fauzy (Version 2) Website Revamp, : Petronas MyMesra Online Campaign (with SKALI), Maxis Developer Program, : CIMB Portal pitch, HP Malaysia website maintenance & updates, : Akademi Sains Malaysia, Petronas Philharmonic Orchestra Website. Duration : April 2004 - December 2004 Company : Webguru Asia Sdn. Bhd. Position : Web Designer Job Description : Maintaining web projects, flash banners, HTML optimization and slicing, coding and Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Duration : April 2002 - July 2002 * list of companies for freelance and contract available upon request MEDIA APPEARANCES - 'Socially applicable' by Siti Syameen Md Khalili, Tech, News Straits Times, 22 December 2014 - Drawing attention to artists' rights by June Moh, That's Life, Focus Week Magazine, 11 Dec 2014 - 'Tech in art' by Siti Syameen Md Khalili, Life & Times, News Straits Times, 4 Nov 2013 - 'Apakah Itu Creative Commons?' by Aman Firdaus, www.amanz.my, 24 March 2013 - ‘By all means, create!’ Life & Times, Page 8-9, News Straits Times, 12 Nov 2012 - ‘Duta Muda Seni Digital’, Diari Panca, Mingguan Malaysia, 9 Sep 2012 - ‘Drawing in the music’ KLCC Festival 2010, By Amy De Kanter, Entertainment Section, TheStar, October 24, 2010 - ‘Artist Profile: Muid Latif’, JUICE Magazine, September 2009 - ‘Creative Movement Steps Up’, by Steven Patrick, Page IT11, In-TECH, 31st March 2009 - ‘Young Tiger Showcase: ’, Page 18, Issue 287, The Circle, Malaysian Today newspaper, 12-18 March 2009 - ‘Creative Economy’, Focus Economy, ASTRO Awani, Channel 501, 16th March 2009 (http://vimeo.com/3760232) - ‘A Comical Site’, Page 16 (PULSE), by Lim Ai Leen, KLue October 2008 - Featured work in ‘Getting a Mooove On: SPACE’, SPACE Mag, Issue 2008 #1, KLue March ‘Get Mooving’ 2007 - ‘Moved By The Arts’, M2-M3, Saturday Metro, TheStar, 27 Oct 2007 - ‘Art Is Jim, But Not As We Know’, By Jo Timboung & Steven Patrick, Page 13-15, In-Tech, TheStar, 5th June, 2007 - ‘MekarMara PDF magazine, Reviewed in Computer Arts UK, Issue #132. * The rest of list upon request Page 2 / 3 SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND SHOWCASES - CREATIVE©ITIES, Pier-2 Art Center, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, 13 Dec 2013 - 12 Jan 2014 - Young Malaysian Artists II, Galeri Petronas, Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, 9 Oct to 30 Nov 2013 - Beautiful Junk Exhibition, In Studio @Straits, Armenian, Penang, 23-24 June 2012 - Behance Portfolio Review Week, White Box @ PUBLIKA, Solaris Dutamas, KL, 14 May 2012 - Behance Malaysia 2st Group Exhibition (Akar & Kukubesi Vol.II), Shah Alam, Selangor, 8-26 Feb 2012 - INSIGHT Asia Creative Culture Exhibition, Red Gallery, East London, London, U.K, 22-24 Sept 2011 - Behance Malaysia 1st Group Exhibition (in conjunction of KLDW), PUBLIKA Solaris Dutamas, KL, 16-26 Sept 2011 - AKAR & KUKUBESI Group Exhibition, Galeri Shah Alam, Selangor, 21-25 May 2011 - IN-SIGHT, Contemporary Malaysian Designers Exhibition, Centre of Creative (CCC), Shizuoka, Japan, Nov 2010 - Live Digital Art Performance with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, DFP KLCC, Kuala Lumpur, 16-17 October 2010 - Digitization, In Conjunction of KL Design Week 2010 (NOVA), Galeri Petronas, Suria KLCC, 1 May - 1 June, 2010 - Digitization: Digital Art Exhibition, Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand, 8th Oct - 11 Oct 2009. - Young Tiger Showcase,