My name is Syed Asad, and I am a Graphic Designer specializing in Artworking for Pharmaceutical Packaging and Labelling. Please find some brief information about my career below.

MY JOURNEY

I started my career in July 2007 as a Junior Web and Graphic designer at Abrif software solution. My responsibilities included supporting both the web and graphic teams in designing website layouts, performing website HTML conversion (slicing), creating logos, and designing print products such as brochures, business cards, thank you cards, banners, customized letterheads, faxes, and stationery, among others.
In May 2011, I began freelancing from home. During my freelance work, I focused on designing brochures, websites, posters, adverts, and exhibition graphics. I provided print-ready files to clients for printing and also created and maintained graphics for company websites.
In 2014, I received an offer from Al Raja Printing Press in Saudi Arabia as a prepress designer. In this role, my responsibilities included preparing files for printing (Pre-press) and ensuring that the artwork was in the proper format and appearance. I determined page layout, color format, fonts, graphics quality, and made sure that text and images were properly set before the full print run. I also ensured that the artwork had appropriate bleeds and gripper, added crop marks and color bars as necessary, sent press-ready documents and final layouts to both the rip and press stations, and provided mock-ups to the pressman while coordinating printing schedules.

I created artwork for prepress and production design for both large and small format printing, including tasks such as color matching, size reformatting, and adding die cuts. I also conducted quality checks on created artworks before sending them to the printing press for mass printing. I possess strong systematic knowledge of color separation, bleeding, and other print-related technical troubleshooting areas.
In 2016, I returned to India and joined Freyr Solutions as a Senior Graphic Designer. In this role, I manage changes required in product packaging based on customer briefs and adapt customer artwork to new packaging by converting the source language into different languages (such as Hebrew, Arabic, Urdu, etc.) The artwork I create must be 100% accurate.
My responsibilities at Freyr Solutions also include completing artwork for packaging components and ensuring they are available to meet submission and production schedules. I proofread text for labeling of pharmaceutical products as required by regulatory guidelines and ensure that labeling artwork and proofs meet all medical, legal, and regulatory requirements. Additionally, I ensure the accuracy of commercial packaging components and maintain regulatory compliance, accuracy, timely completion, and version control of all new and revised text on labeling components. I continuously coordinate, monitor, and expedite labeling changes to meet established deadlines for submission and production, including support for product launches. I ensure that all typesetting of packaging components, including text, graphics, chemical structures, barcodes, etc., adhere to medical guidelines and standards. Once again, I possess strong systematic knowledge of color separation, bleeding, and other print-related technical troubleshooting areas.

MY JOURNEY