Open to new opportunities in the UAE

Abdullah
Mosa

Senior Graphic Designer Publications, print and digital design

Graphic designer with 10 years of experience, specialising in bilingual publications, print design and editorial production. I work across visual identities, institutional campaigns, advertising materials and social media design, build InDesign templates and automation, and coordinate print production from layout to delivery. I also build interactive websites, edit video and create AI-assisted visual content.

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Abdullah Mosa

Abdullah Mosa

Senior Graphic Designer, UAE

10Years of experience
12Journal issues a year
1200Bilingual pages in 2 weeks

Showreel 2026

Ten years of publications, identities and campaigns, cut into forty-four seconds.

SHOWREEL · 2026

Editorial · Print · Branding · Digital · Motion Graphics

Organisations and publications I've designed for

Craft and toolkit

Publications and print, campaigns and social media, website building, and video and AI-assisted visual content.

Tools and competencies

Experience

Ten years across university publishing, magazine editorial and brand work, from manuscript to press.

1,200 pagesin two weeksDelivered across multiple journal issues using reusable templates, scripts and GREP-based InDesign automation.
Nursery 2026Visual identityCreated the University Nursery 2026 identity: guidelines, colours, icons and templates for print and digital use.
Interactive siteApproved and rolled outBuilt an interactive University of Sharjah website that management approved and rolled out for staff use.

Graphic Designer

University of Sharjah

Feb 2016 to present Sharjah, UAE
  • Lead the design and production of three peer-reviewed journals, totalling 12 issues a year with roughly 500 to 1,200 pages per issue, alongside academic books and institutional publications.
  • Convert Arabic and English Word manuscripts into structured InDesign layouts and prepare publication-ready PDFs for online release and print.
  • Build reusable templates and automated workflows to improve production speed and consistency; helped shorten a production cycle from more than a month to two weeks.
  • Coordinate print suppliers, compare quotations, negotiate costs, review samples and proofs, and check final production quality.
  • Design institutional campaigns, advertising and event materials, social media content, roll-up banners and flyers for university units.
  • Develop visual identity applications and coordinated templates across printed and digital materials.
  • Built an interactive website for internal staff use, from initial development through management approval and rollout.
  • Produce explanatory and training videos for the OJS journal platform, including filming and editing.
  • Design the Alumni yearly newsletter.
Academic journalsInDesign automationVisual identityCampaigns and social mediaInteractive webVideo production

Selected freelance experience and projects

Vehicle permit design proposal

Umm Al Quwain University

2026 UAE
  • Developed a proposed 2026/2027 colour-coded vehicle permit sticker system for faculty, staff and students; the proposal is under review.
Sticker designColour systemPrint specifications

Senior Graphic Designer

Danube / Filmfare Middle East

Freelance Feb 2021 to Dec 2022 UAE
  • Designed the magazine's complete Arabic editorial section, aligning typography and page hierarchy with the master brand and delivering consistent production-ready layouts across issues.
Arabic typographyMagazine layoutEditorial design

Freelance Graphic Designer

Sharjah Scouts Commission

2018 to 2019 Sharjah, UAE
  • Designed the newsletter of the Programs and Activities Committee of the Arab Union of Scout and Guide Pioneers.
Newsletter designEditorial layout

Graphic Designer

NG Media

Freelance Feb to Aug 2018 UAE
  • Led art direction and bilingual page design for RAK Business Magazine, published by the RAK Department of Economic Development.
  • Developed corporate and promotional materials, social media advertising and video content.
Art directionRAK Business MagazineSocial mediaVideo content

Selected projects

Publications, campaigns and creative work drawn from across my career.

Arabic calligraphy and logos

Hand-lettered names, wordmarks and calligraphic marks, drawn in Arabic and refined as vectors.

My full nameWritten in Arabic calligraphy
AbdullahCircular composition
DawiyaCalligraphic mark
DawiyaBilingual logo, Arabic and English
AbdullahVertical composition

Published on Shutterstock

"Love" in Arabic calligraphy

A decorative Arabic calligraphy of the word "love" that I wrote and published as a vector on Shutterstock, where it is still available for licensing.

View on Shutterstock

Education and languages

Trained in both communication and design, and fluent in the two languages I typeset every day.

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Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication, Public Relations

University of Sharjah

2018
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Diploma in Graphic Design

University of Sharjah

2012
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Graphic Design Skills Development

Apple, certificate awarded

2014

🗣️Languages

العربية ArabicNative
EnglishProfessional working proficiency

🎭Leadership and creative activities

  • Graduation ceremonies coordinator, 2015 to 2018Supported logistics and on-site operations for four consecutive University of Sharjah graduations.
  • Director, short film "Tolerance" (2016)Submitted to the Ibdaa competition organised by Sharjah Media Corporation.
  • Sharjah Desert Theater FestivalParticipant, and selected for the University of Sharjah Fine Arts Competition, Creativity (2015).

Let's work together

Have a publication, campaign or brand that needs a careful hand? Reach me directly.

LocationSharjah, United Arab Emirates
AvailabilityOpen to new opportunities

Abdullah Mosa

Senior Graphic Designer for editorial, branding and print.

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