Full Name: Amos William Abaidoo
Date of Birth:
29th December, 1984
Place of birth:
Ghana
Nationality:
Ghanaian
Phone Number:
+233 24 4545375
E-mail:
me@amoswilliam.com
Marital Status:
Single
FORMAL EDUCATION
Dates:
August 2003 – May 2007
Institution:
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Certification:
B.A. Publishing Studies (Design and Illustration)
Dates:
January 2000 – August 2002
Institution:
Prempeh College, Kumasi, Ghana
Certification:
Senior Secondary School Certificate (Visual Arts)
OTHER CERTIFICATIONS
Dates:
August 2006 – May 2007
Institution:
Department of Publishing Studies/ KNUST Business School,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Certification:
Certificate in Entrepreneurship and Small Business
Dates:
April 2010 - date
Organization:
Web4Africa Limited
Position:
Web Developer
Duties:
Developing Websites, Blogs, Web Application (PHP)
Dates:
June 2008 - April 2010
Organization:
SW Global Limited, Ghana
Position:
HCI/Graphic Designer
Duties:
Designing user interfaces, websites, web application graphics,
corporate designs (Documents, publications etc)
Dates:
August 2007 – June 2008
Organization:
Department of Publishing Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Position:
Teaching Assistant (National Service)
Duties:
Assisting the teaching and research of Design and Illustration courses
Dates:
June 2006 – September 2006
Organization:
World Bank Headquarters (Office of the Publisher), Washington DC, USA
Position:
Print Coordinator (Internship)
Duties:
Preflighting Print-Ready files and fixing errors
Awarding Printing Bids/Contracts to Vendors
Supervising the Printing of Books
Coordinating the Distribution of Books to Clients
Archiving project files
Production of old E-books
Dates:
January 2006 – April 2006
Organization:
Type Company Limited, Accra, Ghana
Position:
Graphic Designer (Internship)
Duties:
Assisting press and pre-press staff
Working on small design projects
Multimedia Design:
Web
XHTML | CSS | JavaScript | PHP | Flash
Publication Design | Book Design | Identity Design | Branding | Promotional Design | Advertising Design
Screen
Flash Presentation Design | Interactive Media Production
Music:
Sound Engineering
Music Composition | Programming | Audio Mixing and Mastering | Scoring
Musical Performance
Bass Guitar | Piano | Recorder | Music Direction |
Reading (Graphics and Multimedia, Publishing, IT)
Playing musical instruments (piano, bass guitar)
Watching Movies
Internet surfing
Date:
April 2007
Details:
Third Place Group (Best Business Plan), 3rd Heidelberg Entrepreneurship
Graduation and Awards ceremony, Department of Publishing Studies,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Date:
May 2006
Details:
Winner, First World Bank Group Publishing Internship Prize
The award was for a 3-month internship at the World Bank
Headquarters (External Affairs, Office of the Publisher) in
Washington DC, USA
Date:
November 2006
Theme / Subject:
Negotiation Skills
Venue:
Novotel, Accra, Ghana
Details:
One-day workshop by The World Bank, African Publishing Network and
Ghana Book Publishers Association
Date:
November 2006
Theme / Subject:
Total Quality Management
Venue:
KNUST Great Hall, Kumasi, Ghana
Details:
One-day seminar by the Department of Publishing Studies, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Eric Anane-Antwi
Department of Publishing Studies
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Private Mail Bag, KNUST
Kumasi, Ghana
Randi Park
Office of the Publisher, External Affairs
The World Bank
1818 H Street, NW
Washington, DC 20433
Francis K. N. Nunoo
Department of Publishing Studies
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Private Mail Bag, KNUST
Kumasi, Ghana
