SUMMARY
I am a graduate from the Savannah College of Art and Design, GA, USA in the field of Graphic Design with specialization in print and web graphics with over ten plus years of experience in design and execution with excellent record of accomplishment of creative direction and leadership:
Creative Leadership: Developed my own multimedia product and run my own design agency. I have guided a team of designers to achieve creative excellence through various projects and campaigns and developed a team of creative professional with knowledge and tools from scratch, a multiple times.
Design team building: Played the lead role in team integration and training in a number of companies across Techna International, Response India, iContract, Logix Microsystems, Ornus Web solutions and Wipro.
Project Management: Played a major role in project implementations across multiple clients and verticals.
Business Perspective: Strong understanding of design and visual communication - Believe in aligning creative processes to drive business results for clients.
Industry Experience: Enabled design and development with emphasis on visual design, concept design and UI/UX practices – Internet, BTL advertising, digital design for apps. and products in India and abroad.
Leadership & Communication: A team builder with excellent people management and interpersonal skills.
SKILLS:
Strong working experience in advertising, web design methods, UI design, usability in visual design and user centered design. Graphic design basics like mechanical, paste-up and layout methods, the use of markers, colour pencils, pen and ink, INTs, Chromatecs, Omnichrom and Photostat, and video editing, pre and post production.
Fluent in Macintosh & PC based software like QuarkXPress, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Freehand, Flash, Swish, Dreamweaver, Adobe Dimensions, Typestyler, Fractal Painter, Visio Professional, Final Cut Pro X, Axure, Sketch and Balsamiq Mockups.
Special Prize for Paper Plate Ensemble Design, for ‘Paper Art’, James River Corp., Indianapolis, IN, USA.
Dean’s List 1993 - 1994.
Award for Advertising design (classified advertisements) on ‘50 years of Indian Independence’ in the ‘Economic Times’ - 1st Jan 1997.
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