Strategic Communications Consultant
Cape Town Area, South Africa
- Current
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- Strategic Communications Consultant at The Colab
- Past
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- Independent Strategic Design & Web Consultant at nomad-one.com
- Associate Creative Director at Intermark-corp
- Senior new Media Designer at Liquid Thought
- Freelance Designer at nomad-one
- Graphic Designer at INTERACTIVE LIMITED SAUDI ARABIA
- Design & Branding Consultant at ICG LONDON (Islamic Finance Events Company)
- New Media Designer at Ogilvy Interactive (London)
- New Media Designer at TBWA Hunt Lascaris Cape Town
- New Media Designer at Forward Slash
- New Media Designer at Ogilvy Interactive Cape Town
- Graphic Designer at iafrica.com
- Education
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- Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Nur Ahmad Furlong’s Summary
I develop Communications which are "Human Centric" in other words, facilitating the new ways people are starting to interact and communicate by helping companies speak to people in their own language.
I have been involved with Graphic/Web Design, XHTML Development, CSS coding, Brand Development, Conceptual & Strategic Development, Animation, Illustration & Information Architecture. I design & conceptualise for both printed or electronic media.
I wish to partner with organizations which makes it their goal to be beneficial to those they serve and are always pushing the boundaries to find new and improved ways of doing things and solving problems for both their clients and society on the whole.
I prefer an ethical approach to business which focuses on only promoting and creating products and services which are of real meaningful benefit to society. I follow the "no-harm" approach and will not promote
Nur Ahmad Furlong’s Specialties:
Brand Strategy as well as Design & Web development. I've been actively involved in wordpress - blog design & development, community events & admin/code training recently. Web 2.0 technologies & approaches are of particular interest to me in that they provide ways of empowering business and organizational activities much more efficiently and cost effectively.
I believe in creating media & communications which is engaging, informative, rewarding and which has a positive effect on society.
Nur Ahmad Furlong’s Experience
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Strategic Communications Consultant
The Colab
(Marketing and Advertising industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
The Colab, currently registered as Colab Communications is an Ethically Focused Communications Agency which helps you develop people friendly communications strategies. Using Design, On and Offline Media, and a collaborative approach, we help bring people and companies closer together. We want to help create healthy relationships and a positive society.
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Independent Strategic Design & Web Consultant
nomad-one.com
(Design industry)
September 2007 — June 2008 (10 months)
We offer high end design services for web and print based media. Whether you need a logo, business card, A Full Brand Identity Created, website - new designs or re-design, wordpress blog themes. Check out our website www.nomad-one.com for more info.
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Associate Creative Director
Intermark-corp
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
October 2006 — May 2007 (8 months)
Associate Creative Director responsible for Conceptual & Strategic Development. Art Direction. Brand Development. Copywriting, Script Writing, Graphic Design & Art Direction.
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Senior new Media Designer
Liquid Thought
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
June 2005 — August 2006 (1 year 3 months)
Design & development of websites, advertisements & brochures, site maintenance, branding, CSS & html coding
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Freelance Designer
nomad-one
(Graphic Design industry)
2006 — 2006 (less than a year)
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Graphic Designer
INTERACTIVE LIMITED SAUDI ARABIA
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Online Media industry)
April 2005 — June 2005 (3 months)
Design of logos, advertisements, flash animations & font design
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Design & Branding Consultant
ICG LONDON (Islamic Finance Events Company)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Events Services industry)
February 2005 — April 2005 (3 months)
Re-branding & development of Corporate Identity, advertising and websites.
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New Media Designer
Ogilvy Interactive (London)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
November 2004 — March 2005 (5 months)
This was a contract position while on travels to London where I was responsible for maintenance on brands like BT, IBM, Tassimo, Cisco & Sunsilk (websites, banners, emails)
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New Media Designer
TBWA Hunt Lascaris Cape Town
(Graphic Design industry)
2002 — 2004 (2 years)
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New Media Designer
Forward Slash
(Graphic Design industry)
2001 — 2002 (1 year)
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New Media Designer
Ogilvy Interactive Cape Town
(Graphic Design industry)
2000 — 2001 (1 year)
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Graphic Designer
iafrica.com
(Graphic Design industry)
1999 — 2000 (1 year)
Nur Ahmad Furlong’s Education
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Cape Peninsula University of Technology
1996 — 1998
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Nur Ahmad Furlong’s Interests:
I aim to develop myself in all aspects of media & communications.I have ambitions of using media in a ways which would serve to educate communities and spread awareness of issues affecting society. I believe in creating media & communications which is engaging, informative, rewarding and which has a positive effect on society. I wish to find myself within an organization which makes it it’s goal to be beneficial to those they serve and are always pushing the boundaries to find new and improved ways of doing things and solving problems for both their clients and society on the whole. Ideally I would like to constantly be improving my skills and learning new technologies and approaches of reaching creative solutions. I would like to be part of an organization which will make use of not only my design and creative skills but my strategic and conceptual skills as well.
Nur Ahmad Furlong’s Honors:
• I’ve attended an intensive Ogilvy training program in called the "Africa Training Program"(ATP) which focused on 360 degree Branding, Marketing, Strategy and client presentation skills.
• I was also given the “Employee of the Month” award in September 2000 for creating an animated interactive product for iafrica.com
• I had work nominated as Loeries advertising award finalists in 2003 & 2004
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