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Mortimer LOJKA aka Mortimix

since 1979...

Professional Experience

  • 2007 - 20.. : Actually Graphic Brand Coordinator for Lipton Ice Tea International, JJM Brussels (Be).
  • 2005 - 2007 : Graphic Designer for Lipton Ice Tea Europe & Russia in the design agency JJM, based in Brussels (Be).
  • 2004 : Trainee as graphist during 3 month at Newton 21, working on different jobs for Perrier, Rover, Nestlé Waters, Veja, The Fation Factory...
  • 2003 : Trainee during 3 month at the Big Bang studio as creative for youth press.
    (1997 - 2002 : Student job in the Upignac orchards.)

Studies

  • 2000 - 2004 : Graduate at the Albert Jacquard High School (HEAJ) in Namur (Be), Computer Graphics section, Pre-Print curriculum.
  • 1998 - 2000 : Graduate at the Namur's Art School. High Distinction for my sculpture works.
  • 1992 - 1998 : Student at the Sainte-Marie school (Namur, Be).

Artistics Skills

  • 1992 - 2002 : Saxophone courses and obtaining the final diploma at the Éghezée's Music Academy (Be).
  • 2000 - 2002 : Sculpture courses at the Namur's Art School (Be).
  • 1998 - 2002 : Saxophonist in the Namur's big band.
  • 1996 - 1998 : Musical perfecting, writting and transcripting classical music (Éghezée).
  • 1993 - 1998 : Saxophonist in the Éghezée'Saxes quintet.
  • 1991 - 1996 : Music rudiments's courses. Obtaining the qualification diploma.

Techniques

  • Good knowledges of Mac & PC environments
  • Excellent knowledge of Adobe Illustrator (v8> CS3), Photoshop (v5> CS3), Indesign (v1.5> CS3), Quarck XPress, Painter (Métacréation), Acrobat....
  • Self-taught of CSS2 (web language), web accessibility and standards (just check this handcoded website...)
  • Excellent capacities to neat up designs; Typographic rules knowledge.

Languages

  • French Mother thong, perfect knowledge;
  • English good knowledge, reading/ writing/ speaking;
  • Dutch good knowledge, reading/ writing/ speaking;
  • German: basic knowledge, both readen/ spoken;
  • Hungarian: (very) basic notions...

Miscellaneous...

  • Design and illustrations for musical album covers, exhibitions participation, whole coding and design for several websites, web banners, posters & flyers...
  • WWF member, blood donnor, first-aid worker, vivid interest for graphic and visual arts, sciences, world and electronic musics...
  • IRC Operator during 4 years on a Commputer Graphic's channel and its web portal (#bardaf † 2005). IRC Script coding.
  • Collaboration on cultural events (i.e. Amnesty International...). I also can do the dishes...