Rafael Fischmann

2004 - today

Studying Social Communications in Media and Advertising: UNIFACS — Salvador University. Graduation estimate date: June 2008.

08/2007

Won a prize for 2nd Best Student in Social Communications in Media and Advertising: UNIFACS — Salvador University.

02/2007

Won a prize for 3rd Best Student in Social Communications in Media and Advertising: UNIFACS — Salvador University.

08/2006

Won a prize for Best Student in Social Communications in Media and Advertising: UNIFACS — Salvador University.

02/2006

Won a prize for 2nd Best Student in Social Communications in Media and Advertising: UNIFACS — Salvador University.

2003

High School Graduation: Taradale High School in Napier (New Zealand).

2001 – 2002

Intermediate School: Colégio Cândido Portinari.

1999 – 2002

Advanced English course: ACBEU.

English

Fluent speaking, fluent reading, fluent writing.

Spanish

Basic speaking, basic reading, basic writing.

Hebrew

Basic speaking, basic reading, basic writing.

Experience planning, creating and programming small, medium and large web sites; creation and editing of folders and visual projects for companies including internal papers, business cards, catalogs etc.; planning, creation and graphic production of advertising campaigns and general media; deep knowledge in most of production and editing softwares in both Apple Macintosh (Mac OS Classic 9.x and Mac OS X 10.x) and Windows (2000, 2003, XP and Vista) platforms:

• Microsoft Office suite;
  Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access and Outlook
• Apple iLife suite;
  iTunes, iMovie, iDVD, iPhoto, GarageBand and iWeb
• Apple iWork suite;
  Pages, Keynote, Numbers
• Adobe Creative suite;
  Photoshop (+ImageReady, +Fireworks), Illustrator (+FreeHand), Dreamweaver (+GoLive), Flash, InDesign (+PageMaker) e Acrobat
• Final Cut Studio suite;
  Final Cut Pro, Compressor and LiveType
• Apple Aperture;
• CorelDraw;
• HTML, XHTML and CSS (+tableless);
• Basics of JavaScript, PHP and CGI.

2006

Graphic Production course (20 hours total): SENAI – FIEB System.

2005

Apple Final Cut Pro and video production course (30 hours total): UNIFACS – Salvador University.

2002 – today

Contributions to MAC+ Magazine (formerly Macmania) — I periodically participate as a supporter for the publication with articles, analysis, reviews and news about all things related to the Apple Macintosh platform and general technology.

2001 – 2002

Participation in school bosom: Colégio Cândido Portinari — I was named press director of the Consiência Bosom, in Salvador (BA). I was responsible for building a biweekly newspaper with everything related to the school, something that hadn't been done by any bosom in Portinari's history until then.

2000

Electronic editing course covering Adobe Photoshop, Adobe PageMaker and CorelDraw (60 hours total): Real & Dados.

1996

A complete and all-around course covering Windows, networks and the Microsoft Office suite (40 hours total): private teacher.

01/2003 – 12/2003

New Zealand — a one-year academic and cultural exchange program course made through STB (Student Travel Bureau).

03/2007 – today

TUPPI PROPAGANDA | Web Director
Creation-focused, Tuppi is a result of 4 young entrepeneurs hard work that decided to give personal touch to their ideas. Even though the company has a short period of life, it is already well recognized by the quality of its work.

• Responsible for creating and producing web sites, hotsites, banners, newsletters, electronic invitastions and general digital jobs for companies like MasterCred, Massicas, Orale, Conseil, Eventos & Eventos, Pirilampo School, Renaissance, Netwatts and SiSMONT.

09/2006 – 12/2006

VILLAS SOLUÇÕES EM COMUNICAÇÃO | Creative Trainee
Following corporate communication tendencies, the rapid proliferation of new medias and the increasing quality requirements from consumers, Villas Soluções em Comunicação offers its clients a new marketing integrated communications concept.

• Responsible for creating web sites, folders, multimedia CDs, outdoors and other medias for companies like Caraíba Metais (Grupo Paranapanema), Prazeres da Carne, Sport Brazil and UNIBAHIA.

02/2006 – 09/2006

IDÉIA 3 DIGITAL | Art Direction Trainee
Strategy and interactive creation company specialized in building communication actions in the internet and new technologies.

• Responsible for creating web sites, hotsites, folders, newsletters and electronic invitations, banners in various formats, multimedia CDs, various jobs related to email marketing and animated content for portals and sites like Perini, Companhia da Pizza, ARC Engenharia, Grupo Fator, Costa Andrade, JCG Construtora, Galeria do Livro, Sistema FIEB, Nexcom, Correio da Bahia, FAPEX, Coonpetro, Ice Café and Prefeitura de Salvador.

04/2004 – 09/2004

MACMANIA | Responsible for the Macmania Portal
Only and better printed publication specialized in the Apple Macintosh platform in Brazil, founded in 1994 and published by Bookmakers Publishing. Today, it is called MAC+ Magazine.

• Responsible for consolidating the union between the MacMagazine.com.br portal and Macmania magazine and to launch a completely revamped web site visually and structually to celebrate the 2nd year of the portal's existence;
• Participation in the development of a new visual project and implementation of all management and publishing systems for the portal;
• Developed the strategic, financial and management planning of Macmania's Portal new era;
• Responsible for consolidating the Macmania Discussion Board as the biggest and most visited community about the Apple Macintosh platform in Latin America, supported by the brazilian internet portal Terra;
• Acted directly negociating partnerships with other national and international media vehicles: Magnet.com.br, Concatenum.com, MacMinute.com and MacsimumNews.com (formerly MacsimumPerspective.com).

04/2002 – 04/2004

MACMAGAZINE.COM.BR | Founder and Director
Internet portal dedicated to publishing content and daily news related to the Apple Macintosh platform.

• Developed the visual project of four different versions and implemented management and publishing systems for the portal, as well as an online discussion board;
• Promoted the portal together with Apple Brazil and its press assessorship;
• Participated covering national and international events, with a supporting team of contributors and Macintosh users from Brazil, Portugal, Japan and the United States;
• Responsible for creating and organizing a group of four partners for managing the portal, in Salvador (BA), Rio de Janeiro (RJ) and São Paulo (SP);
• Experience negociating online advertisements with companies and sponsors, and also basic financial administration;
• Responsible for positioning the portal as the biggest and most complete source of information for daily news about Apple Macintosh in Brazil, together with the biggest discussion board about the platform in Latin America.

• Founder, director and chief-editor of BLOG.MACMAGAZINE, one of the most visited and recognized Apple and technology blogs in Brazil and other Portuguese-spoken coutries.
• Lots of articles, analysis and reviews published in MAC+ Magazine (formerly Macmania).
• Through the whole of 2002 year, I participated in the creation and editoring of content to AppleTalk, a small newspaper created by the Apple Macintosh user group from Rio Grande do Sul, called Brasil Apple Clube.
• Between August 2001 and February 2002, I participated in the MacNews.com.br portal as a daily news writer.