Alex Samovarov
art director

Goal: make a world a better place.

Achievements: TV and print ad creation, layout design for new projects,
layout redesign for existing projects, advertising campaigns, BTL activities.

Experience in working with leading Ukrainian photographers
(Igor Gaidai, Dima Peretrutov, Alexander Morderer, Vitaliy Zaporozhchenko, etc.)

professional activities

April 2011 — current time
Korrespondent news magazine, Kyiv

Art director/Chief designer

April 2010 — February 2011
CMS UA, Kyiv

Art director
Corporate style, website and intranet design, packaging design.

September 2009 — April 2010
AT Media Publishing House, Kyiv
(print projects: Meridian (Aerosvit and Donbassaero airlines inflight magazine),
Meridianchik, Your Wind (WindRose Airlines inflight magazine))

Art director
Covers, design/redesign for print projects, logo creation.

September 2003 — April 2006
CHEIL COMMUNICATIONS (SAMSUNG) Ad Agency, Kyiv

Art director
Ad development and adaptation for Samsung Electronics Ukraine
(print, outdoor, TV commercials, POS materials, BTL activities, etc.)

November 1997 — April 2003, April 2006 – September 2009
KP Media Publishing House, Kyiv
(print projects: Afisha, Korrespondent, Novynar, Pink, Pani, Vona, 15 minutes,
Kyiv Post, Kyiv Business Directory; internet projects: bigmir.net,
korrespondent.net, uasport.net, ukrjob.net, ukrbiz.net, ivona.com.ua, etc)

From designer to art director
Covers, design/redesign for print projects, logo creation, tv and print ad for all projects.
Ideas, casting, shooting managing, etc.

May 1997 – November 1997
EASTERN ECONOMIST English-language newsmagazine, Kyiv
(Department of MATLID PUBLICATIONS, USA)

Designer. Magazine design restyling. Layout design, advertising.

June 1995 – April 1997
RECON and Kapitan-A Ad Agencies, Kyiv

Designer. Colour and b/w ad development. TV commercials.

education

2008 – Desktop Publishing Training (by Ukrainian Association of Press Publishers, Kyiv)

2007 – Photography Training (by Victor Maruschenko, Kyiv)

2004 – Basics of Composition Training (by Gennady Gaivoronskiy, Kyiv)

2003 – Prepress Training (by UkrINTEI, Kyiv)

2000 – Practice in Axel Springer AG Newsweek Polska (Warsaw)

1990 – 1996 Kyiv Polytechnical Institute, Heat&Power Dept., Kyiv

professional skills

MacOS/Windows: Adobe, Quark, Corel, Dreamweaver, HTML, CSS, 3D Studio.

awards

Kiev International Advertising Festival (REX) 2000 - 1 place (internet banners)

Cover of the Year 2006 - Afisha magazine (special prize)

Cover of the Year 2006 - Korrespondent magazine (3d place)

Patent #53282 for utility model: a way of container's forming (2010)

languages

Ukrainian, Russian, English.

hobbies

Photography, travelling, genealogy, table tennis