ALAIN VAN CANG

My Journey

SNEAK PEAK

I am a sociable, flexible, dynamic, punctual and efficient person, which I believe are essential qualities to thrive in a professional setting.

I base all of my professional collaborations on trust and honesty among colleagues. I am a naturally curious person, with a perfectionist streak that keeps me quite detail oriented and drives me to always seek out innovative and creative solutions. There is no challenge too big or small and I welcome the chance to put my skills to the test.

I hope through this brief introduction you have met your next colleague and invite you to reach out to me!

LONG TERM PROJECTS

02/201 – In progress

KPMG | Senior graphic designer

  • Meeting business requirements and user needs into designs

  • Multiple support design and creation based on brand book and latest trends

  • Corporate photography/film

  • Liaise with marketing department to meet common objectifs

03/2019 – 12/2020

Darts-ip | Cross-media designer

  • Mass email design and creation
  • Webmaster for multilingual websites
  • Brochure design and creation
  • Corporate photography/headshots
  • Liaise with marketing department to meet common objectifs

8/2016 – 03/2019

Carré Associates | Graphic designer

  • Layout of the Carrefour Market commerical flyer
  • Creation of visual content for different brands
  • Food photography (In-packaging photos and general ambiance)
  • Relationship management with various printing services (Up to 200,000 prints/copies per week)
  • Quality control on all customer facing content
  • Proofreading in three languages

CORPORATE WORK

03/2014 – 08/2016

Creaset | Pre-press operator / Graphic designer

  • Creation of visual content
  • Placement online/digital transformation
  • Optimisation for scalability
  • Content editing (typographical and grammatical)
  • Color and palate correction

07/2019 – In progress

BE KEY SPRL | Founder

  • Management and development of visual and digital presence
  • 360° Graphic Design| 2D and 3D images, photography, videos, printing for all surfaces, professional placement
  • Intuitive and clean UI/UX Design
  • Website analysis and optimisation (UI/UX, SEO, readability)

11/2015 – 06/2017

VEASY SPRL | Co-Founder

  • Digital strategy to increase online visibility
  • Web design and content optimisation
  • Statistical analysis of traffic and use data

SNEAK PEAK

I am a sociable, flexible, dynamic, punctual and efficient person, which I believe are essential qualities to thrive in a professional setting.

I base all of my professional collaborations on trust and honesty among colleagues. I am a naturally curious person, with a perfectionist streak that keeps me quite detail oriented and drives me to always seek out innovative and creative solutions. There is no challenge too big or small and I welcome the chance to put my skills to the test.

I hope through this brief introduction you have met your next colleague and invite you to reach out to me!

LONG TERM PROJECTS

02/201 – In progress

KPMG | Senior graphic designer

  • Meeting business requirements and user needs into designs

  • Multiple support design and creation based on brand book and latest trends

  • Corporate photography/film

  • Liaise with marketing department to meet common objectifs

03/2019 – 12/2020

Darts-ip | Cross-media designer

  • Mass email design and creation
  • Webmaster for multilingual websites
  • Brochure design and creation
  • Corporate photography/headshots
  • Liaise with marketing department to meet common objectifs

8/2016 – 03/2019

Carré Associates | Graphic designer

  • Layout of the Carrefour Market commerical flyer
  • Creation of visual content for different brands
  • Food photography (In-packaging photos and general ambiance)
  • Relationship management with various printing services (Up to 200,000 prints/copies per week)
  • Quality control on all customer facing content
  • Proofreading in three languages

03/2014 – 08/2016

Creaset | Pre-press operator / Graphic designer

  • Creation of visual content
  • Placement online/digital transformation
  • Optimisation for scalability
  • Content editing (typographical and grammatical)
  • Color and palate correction

CORPORATE WORK

07/2019 – In progress

BE KEY SPRL | Founder

  • Management and development of visual and digital presence
  • 360° Graphic Design| 2D and 3D images, photography, videos, printing for all surfaces, professional placement
  • Intuitive and clean UI/UX Design
  • Website analysis and optimisation (UI/UX, SEO, readability)

11/2015 – 06/2017

VEASY SPRL | Co-Founder

  • Digital strategy to increase online visibility
  • Web design and content optimisation
  • Statistical analysis of traffic and use data

SKILLS

  • Adobe InDesign 95% 95%
  • Adobe Illustrator 93% 93%
  • Adobe Photoshop 97% 97%
  • Adobe Lightroom 94% 94%
  • Adobe Premiere Pro 95% 95%
  • Adobe After Effects 90% 90%
  • Adobe XD 75% 75%
  • Figma 80% 80%
  • Adobe Dreamweaver 80% 80%
  • Wordpress 95% 95%
  • HTML 5, CSS 90% 90%
  • Office Suite 90% 90%

Since the beginning, my plan as a Graphic Designer was to be as complete as possible. That’s why I’ve always tried to complete my basic training with internet courses or to follow tutorials on a daily basis in order to be as up to date as possible.

CERTIFICATIONS

07/2021

After effects – Level 1

Adobe After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Systems and used in the post-production process of film making, video games and television production. 

    01/2019

    Google Analytics

    Google Analytics is a free tool to analyse the audience of a website or web app. This tool is used by over 10 million websites, representing 80% of the online market.

      05/2017

      Agile Trained

      In software engineering, agile practices favor collaboration between self-organised multidisciplinary teams and their clients.

      ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

      BONUS

      2010 – 2013

      École Supérieur des Arts – Saint Luc

      Bachelor in Graphic Design and Advertisement

        2002 – 2009

        Collège Cardinal Mercier

          Youth Leadership Certification
          Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

          Belgian Scouts Troop Leader
          29ème unité BNO

          Snowboard Instructor 
          Vacances Vivantes

            LANGUAGES

            French

            English

            Dutch

            Spanish

            ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

            2010 – 2013

            École Supérieur des Arts – Saint Luc

            Bachelor in Graphic Design and Advertisement

              2002 – 2009

              Collège Cardinal Mercier

                BONUS

                Youth Leadership Certification
                Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles

                Belgian Scouts Troop Leader
                29ème unité BNO

                Snowboard Instructor 
                Vacances Vivantes

                  LANGUES

                  French

                  English

                  Dutch

                  Spanish