FULL NAME: RADE SAPTOVIC CURRENT RESIDENCE: BELGRADE, SERBIA, EUROPE CURRENT POSITION: DIGITAL CREATIVE DESIGNER AT LEO BURNETT BELGRADE INTERESTING FACT #149
INTRO + BASICS A CREATIVE & RESOURCEFUL INDIVIDUAL WITH A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE + A FEW AWARDS HERE AND THERE; GRAPHIC DESIGNER BY NATURE, DIGITAL NATIVE BY GENETICS & JACK OF ALL TRADES BY SPIRIT; A DUDE OF MANY TALENTS & DIVERSE INTERESTS [MUSIC, ART, WWW, HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, LANGUAGES, TRAVELING] [HI]TECH SAVVY , FAN OF ALL THINGS DIGITAL, INTERNET ADDICT, NAVIGATION & INTERFACE CONCEPTUALIST; A JEDI + A LOT MORE!
BORN: September 14th 1982 [ Virgo/Scorpio ] MUSIC: Electronic, Progressive & Psy Trance, DnB, Downtempo, Electro, Classical, World Music... MOVIES: StarWars, Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios, Blade Runner, Trainspotting, Amelie, Lock Stock... BOOKS: 2001: A Space Odyssey, Clockwork Orange, 1984, Indian Tales, Neuromancer... BRANDS: Apple, Diesel, Google, Skittles, Guinness, Nintendo, National Geographic... QUOTE: "The mind is everything. What you think you become." - Buddha FORMAL EDUCATION: Technical School Pozega; Enrolled the Polytechnic Academy Belgrade; Certified MSDBA; The Cambridge First Certificate; TOEFL; Leadership Digital Acceleration; OTHER EDUCATION: Countless hours of online learning through tutorials, professional literature, online & offline master classes in fields of Design, Animation, 3D, Video Editing, Web Design... Many, many hours of practical work, neverending self improvement and trend watching through blogs, forums, Social Networks...
I BASICALLY GREW UP WITH NINTENDO CONSOLES [ NES & SNES ], TWO THIRDS OF MY PLAY TIME GOES TO SUPER MARIO SEQUELS, ONE THIRD TO DONKEY KONG TRILOGY. YEARS AFTER, I STILL ENJOY PLUGGING NES ONTO MY TV AND PLAYING MARIO BROSS.
THE SKILLS: DESIGN+ART DIRECTION: 3+ years of freelancing & 8+ years of professional engagement with Leo Burnett Belgrade, a part of a LB Worldwide Network. Understand that there are rules in a process, also when and how to apply them. I try to do as much personal projects as possible ANIMATION: Beginner - intermediate skills with After Effects and Apple Motion, also, find my way around 3D using C4D. VIDEO EDITING: Very handy in this field, capable of handling all sorts of projects, both simple ones and those more complex; created a number of case study films at my agency. OTHER SKILLS: UI/UX, Social Media, Community Management, Some HTML & CSS, VJing, Keynote and PowerPoint presentations, Photo editing, Operating Systems, advanced Internet, user, text editing, typography, research... LANGUAGES: Serbian [fluent / native], English [fluent in spoken/written], Czech [begginer], German [good understanding, poor speaking], Greek [some basics]
WORK EXPERIENCE
TRAININGS & CERTIFICATES
3+ YEARS FREELANCING - My first steps in design, designed a lot of party flyers, posters, brochures, business cards... Basically smaller projects that resulted in first serious business opportunity - my first job.
LEADERSHIP DIGITAL ACCELERATION, Knowledge Engineers, Istanbul 2012 TOEFL, CAMBRIDGE FIRST CERTIFICATE (FCE-1), IFFL, Belgrade 1997, 1999 S.A.T. TOOLS TRAINING, Belgrade, 2005 HUMAN KIND TRAINING, Leo Burnett, 2011 WEBIT, Bulgaria 2011 CERTIFIED MSDBA, Microsoft, FON, Belgrade 2002 NGOs, HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY, Citizen Initiatives, Beograd 2000
AUGUST 2005 - Applied and got a job with Belgrade’s Leo Burnett office, and started to build a carrier in advertising. I started as a Junior Graphic Designer, and after a lot of hard work and a lot of learning, I became Digital Creative Designer. I’ve worked on some big national and international accounts, including: Philip Morris brands like Marlboro, L&M, Parliament [ markets of Western Balkan region ], CocaCola, Burn, Molson Coors beer brands like Becks, Jelen, Staropramen, Niksicko beer, Telco clients including Telenor, Promonte, Djuice, Vip Mobile [ part of Telekom Austria ], Doncafe, stark, 24Kitchen, Knjaz Milos, Frikom... AUGUST 2010 - PRESENT - Promoted to Digital Art Director Position at Leo Burnett. Besides usual projects: concepts, mockups and UI design for mobile apps and websites, mostly for single campains or pitch projects, I helped winning a huge Digital Pitch for local Molson Coors beer brands. I did a good job with brands strategies for social media, content and conversation planing and developing.
CLIENTS LIST:
ADVERTISING AWARDS LIST:
EPICA AWARDS [ Epica Bronze - Guru Jafforidza Integrated Campaign ] GOLDEN DRUM FESTIVAL [ New Driving Tests App - 1 gold, 3 silvers - New Driving Tests App; 2x Integrated Campaign Shortlist - Jafforidza, djuice; 5x TVC Finalist djuice ], FAB AWARDS LONDON [ Fab Award + Fabulous Award - Jafforidza Integrated Campaign ], ADS OF THE WORLD [ Bronze - Beck’s Sobriety Test mobile app ], FORFEST [ Gold - Jelen Sobriety Test mobile app ], AICP Festival [ shortlist for The Next Award ], GOLDEN THUMB FESTIVAL [ Grand Prix and Best Campaign - djuice Good Stuff Industry ], + Other local awards ...
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