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michellecreativestudio
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Negeri Sembilan, SEREMBAN
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About Me


Hi! I am Michelle Thong. I am a full time freelance Multidisciplinary Creative Designer with a passion to collaborate and be part of the creative solution that you are looking for. In years of experience, I contributed to numerous projects that helped clients achieve their goals. Currently available for new projects!

Being a Multidisciplinary Creative Designer, I have diverse experience with integrated skills from different design areas. Functioning as a channel to transform collaborative ideas into designs with love, I strive to to nurture your ideas according to your design needs by working together with you to bring your narrative to life.

I collaborate on a wide range of design projects such as print design, brand design, illustrations, publication design, video editing, digital image editing (retouching), digital content design, and photography.

You can also view my complete portfolio at: https://www.michellecreativestudio.com

Current Status

Self Employed

Language

Spoken

English
Malay

Written

English
Malay

Working Experience

17 Jan, 2022 - 13 Sep, 2022

Senior Graphic Designer

Maxvue Vision Sdn Bhd, Seremban

Company Type

SME

Position

Manager

Specification

Art & Creative

Roles

Graphics Designer

• Responsible for conceptualizing and designing packaging and marketing collaterals for in-house, local and overseas OEM clients.
• Plan and create monthly social media design content and caption in both English and Bahasa Malaysia for ColourVUE Malaysia and ColourVUE International Facebook and Instagram account.
• Introduced the need to implement a Social Media Calendar that improved the work flow of content design planning among team members.
• In charge of producing, editing and proof-reading copy of artwork.
• Review final artwork of various design projects to ensure copy and layout of artwork is print-ready.

Reason of resign

5 May, 2019 - Current

Freelance Multidisciplinary Creative Designer

Michelle Creative Studio, Seremban

Company Type

SME

Position

Manager

Specification

Art & Creative

Roles

Graphics Designer

• Develop and present design conceptualisation and art direction for print and digital artwork as briefed by clients.
• Multidisciplinary design work consists of mostly below-the-line marketing collaterals, product and packaging design, t-shirt design, logo design, POSM, social media content design: still post feeds and animated gifs, corporate sales and educational videos.
• Collaboration on wide range of projects with Cxicon Sdn Bhd, Home Grown Concept Sdn Bhd, Vinda Malaysia Sdn Bhd, Columbia Asia Seremban Hospital, Kerrtas Global (M) Sdn Bhd, Protech Paper Sdn Bhd, Loving Hands Marketing, Loving Foods Enterprise, Titan Apparel, YMC Technologies Sdn Bhd, WiseSight, Neolee Rehab Supply, Krayon Social Partnerships Plt., Fajar Baru Sdn. Bhd.

Reason of resign

5 Nov, 2012 - 31 Jan, 2019

Homeschool Teacher / Supervisor

Agape Resource Center, Seremban

Company Type

Other

Position

Manager

Specification

Others

Roles

Other Roles

• Planned and facilitated presentation topics for chapel sessions, devotional studies and extra-curricular activities.
• Coached students ages between 13 to 16 for all required academic subjects ranging from grade 4 to 10.
• Developed yearly module projection to monitor the academic progress of each student.
• Graded English IGCSE essay assignments.
• Designed invitation cards, program schedule and power point presentations for the centers’ yearly Awards Night.

5 Sep, 2011 - 15 Oct, 2011

New Arrivals Program (NAP) Primary School Teacher

Gilles Street Primary School Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

Company Type

Other

Position

Intern

Specification

Others

Roles

Other Roles

• Completed 60 hours with minimum of 40 hours classroom contact inclusive of the 12-week elective course (Language Teaching Methods: TESOL, LOTE, and Literacy Course).
• Observed 3 different classrooms:
• Year 2 and 3 New Arrival Program (NAP) students.
• Year 6 and 7 New Arrival Program (NAP) students.
• Year 4 and 5 mainstream students.
• Teaching experience gained: One-to-one tutorial support, Small group teaching and Classroom-style teaching.
• Increased awareness in multicultural sensitivity especially in teaching English as a Second Language to New Arrival Program (NAP) primary school students.

16 Jul, 2007 - 18 Jun, 2010

Digital Imaging Artist

Wizard Photography Sdn Bhd, Petaling Jaya

Company Type

Other

Position

Junior

Specification

Art & Creative

Roles

Retoucher/ photo editor

• Edited and retouched commercial, fashion, and product photography.
• Work process included overall colour correction, adjusting contrast level, working with layers, masking, etching, superimposing, composing, and image manipulation.
• Collaborated with team members and liased with art directors from advertising agencies to produce award winning artwork for various award events such as the Kancil and Cannes Awards.

Reason of resign

4 Oct, 2004 - 3 Jun, 0007

Graphic Artist

Magicolour Sdn Bhd, Petaling Jaya

Company Type

SME

Position

Junior

Specification

Printing/Packaging/Publishing

Roles

Print Designer

• Designed name cards, posters, buntings, banners, and signages.
• Gained print production knowledge such as checking final artwork (F.A), adjustment of file size and colour to match visuals provided by client.

3 Nov, 2003 - 6 Aug, 2004

Web/Graphic Artist/Administrator

Kombinasi Pasifik (M) Sdn Bhd, Petaling Jaya

Company Type

SME

Position

Fresh / Entry Level

Specification

Art & Creative

Roles

Graphics Designer

• Designed, developed, and maintained websites for each publication.
• Designed the layout for an exhibitor-listing magazine (Pet Asia Magazine).
• Created participant and staff name-tages for events and expeditions such as The Dog Carnival (Dec 2003), The MIPE (March 3 - 7, 2004), The Asian Music Festival and IMPACT Competition.
• Appointed as assistant coordinator for the Asian Music Festival.
• Scheduled meetings and appointments for the directors.

Education

INTI International University & Colleges

Major in B.A. (hons) in Multimedia Computing

Bachelor's Degree

Art/Design/Creative/Multimedia

9 Sep, 2001 - 3 Mar, 2004

INTI International University & Colleges

Major in Certificate in Computing & Information Technology

Certificate

Computer Science/ Information Technology

3 Apr, 2000 - 3 Dec, 2001

Other

Major in M.A. in Applied Linguistics

Master Degree

Linguistics/ Languages

14 Feb, 2011 - 14 Sep, 2012

Skill Sets

Product Photography
Digital art
Banner
Brochure / Leaflet Content
Bunting
Email Marketing
Logo & Identity
Packaging
printdesign
branddesign
publication design
video editing
digital image editing

Tools & Software

Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Microsoft Office
Adobe After Effects

Experienced Industry

Arts & creative design
Education

Additional Information

Owns Transportation

Yes

Owns Laptop

Yes

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