GULRAIZ KHAN
D-3, 15/L, Block 6, PECHS, Karachi +92 302 243 1361 gulraiz.khan@gmail.com
EDUCATION Parsons The New School for Design MFA Transdisciplinary Design Thesis Civic Engagement in Contested Spaces Lahore University of Management Sciences Bachelor of Science (Honors) Major Economics; Minor Social Sciences
New York, May 2015
Lahore, May 2010
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Habib University Lecturer Karachi, August 2015 – Present • Teaching modules in the Design Studio for Communication Studies and Design department in the School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences SZABIST | Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology Visiting Lecturer Karachi, August 2015 – Present • Teaching an open elective titled Design & the City in the Social and Media Sciences department Global Forum for Counter Radicalization Visual Strategist New York, June 2014 – Present • Lead designer for all campaigns of the New York- and Geneva-based organization that works on combating radicalization and extremism across the world IDEO/Knight Foundation: Cities in Learning Civic Design Fellow New York/Detroit, January – March 2015 • Prototyping a home rehabilitation ecosystem for a Detroit-based initiative, Brick & Beam, including design research and on-site prototyping Parsons The New School for Design Teaching Assistant New York, January - May 2014 • Teaching Assistant for School of Media Studies course Media Ecologies & Urban Tactics in Harlem The Express Tribune Senior Sub-editor, National Desk Karachi, September 2010– December 2012 • Coordinated with the editor on news agenda of the day; editing and vetting stories for the front and back pages • Commissioned and produced special reports and infographics, in coordination with the creative department Samovar Tea and Coffee House Partner & Manager Karachi, June 2011– October 2012 • Established a pop-up teahouse at Port Grand, Karachi • Ran the day-to-day business of the café including supply chain, publicity and promotion, and a staff of four people Lahore University of Management Sciences Tutor, Academic Writing Centre Lahore, 2009–10 • Assisted students with structure, organization, argumentation and formatting of their essays and research papers; provided a guide for the designing of academic coursework and degree requirements Teaching Assistant, Economics and Social Sciences departments Lahore, 2008–10 • Conducted tutorials, assessed papers and aided instructors for Econometrics, Industrial Organization, Environment & Development and Pakistan Studies: Culture and Heritage INTERNSHIPS & FREELANCE WORK Active Citizens Project: ProjectEATS Research Fellow/Farmhand New York, July – August 2014 • Worked at farm-sites and farmers’ market stall in Brooklyn for the art- and urban agriculture-centered community engagement non-profit • Assisted with the research for a media installation at the Brooklyn Museum
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No Longer Empty Research & Curatorial Fellow New York, December 2013 – Feb 2014 • Assisted with artist research for a site-specific exhibit titled If You Build It in Harlem, for the art-centered public engagement non-profit Partnership for Parks Design Consultant New York, November 2013 • Designed Imagination Boards as a research and civic engagement tool for the joint program of City Parks Foundation & the NYC Parks Department EXHIBITED WORK Universal Gesture Control Training Program Designer/Filmmaker New York, September – December 2014 • A speculative design project featured at the How Things Don’t Work: The Dreamspace of Victor Papanek exhibition at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Centre at Parsons The New School for Design HONORS AND AWARDS Fulbright Grantee, 2013-15 Recipient of the US State Department-sponsored Fulbright scholarship for a two-year Masters Program in the US The Provost Scholarship, 2013-15 Recipient of the Provost Scholarship at Parsons The New School for Design The New Challenge Fellow, 2015 Recipient of a New Challenge grant for a research and media project proposal, The Dumb City Project Entrepreneur of the Year, 2012 Recipient of the Shell Tameer Award, a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Shell’s global entrepreneurship program LiveWIRE, for Samovar Tea and Coffee House Model United Nations, Outstanding Diplomacy Recipient of the Outstanding Diplomacy awards at the Harvard World Model United Nations (WorldMUN) Conference 2008 in Puebla, Mexico, 2009 in The Hague and 2010 in Taipei; MUN Turkey 2007 in Istanbul LEADERSHIP POSITIONS Muslim Jewish Conference • Vice-Secretary General MJC 2015 Berlin LUMS Model United Nations Society • President, 2009-10 • Secretary General at Eurasia MUN 2010 in Passau, Germany
Aug 2010 – Present Sept 2006 – May 2010
TOOLKIT • • • • •
Advanced proficiency in Design Thinking and Human Centered Design (HCD) tools and methodologies Advanced proficiency in Adobe Photoshop and InDesign Intermediate proficiency in ArcGIS, CartoDB, CartoCSS and other online mapping tools Advanced proficiency in App Design, particularly research, prototyping and UI phases Advanced proficiency in Wordpress and Wix
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