Career History
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Nur Ahmad Furlong Curriculum Vitae Dec 2010
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Nur Ahmad Furlong 1 Page CV Summary
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Nur Ahmad Furlong
Strategic Web Design/Development Professional, WordPress Consulting & Training - the-colab.com
- Location
- Cape Town Area, South Africa
- Industry
- Internet
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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
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.
Experience
Founding Partner
StrictlyHalaal.com
Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry
November 2009 – Present (2 years 4 months)
Strictly Halaal is an online information hub to provide quick & easy access to Halaal(Islamically Permissible) businesses and other information resources. We aim to help those interest embrace a more Halaal Lifestyle.
Strategic Communications Consultant
The Colab
September 2008 – Present (3 years 6 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.
Web Design/Development Lecturer
Friends of Design
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry
2008 – February 2011 (3 years)
Teaching part time classes on screen design theory, HTML & CSS & WordPress Theme Development. I developed the WordPress Theme Development curriculum as well as a Screen Design Theory Curriculum for some of the courses covered. I've also serviced various clients on behalf of Friends of Design including the Auditor General's Office of Botswana and Multichoice DSTV in Johannesburg.
Independent Strategic Design & Web Consultant
nomad-one.com
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.
Skills
- WordPress Development
- Web Strategy
- Web Design
Languages
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Arabic
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Afrikaans
Education
VeloCITI Business Development Program
Certificate, Business Incubation
2008 – 2008
The VeloCITI program was hosted at Bandwidth Barn and sponsored by the South African DTI. From a pool of applicants I was selected as one of 15 to attend the 9 month long course.
Upon completion I embarked on setting up The-Colab.com
Activities and Societies: How to start a business, Marketing, Sales, Financial Management, Product Development, Strategy
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
National Diploma, Graphic Design
1996 – 1998
Livingstone Senior Secondary
Senior Secondary, Matric
1989 – 1995
Additional Information
- Interests:
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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.
- Honors and Awards:
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• 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
