Summary

Passionate, detail-oriented art director with 10+ years of experience. Lead the design team at United Online, India. Expert in Adobe CC, brand strategy, written and verbal communication. Developed logos, iconography, marketing collateral, UI designs, email templates and ad campaigns for businesses.

Work Experience

Art Director / Brand Designer

Freelance/Self employed - Butler, NJ. February 2008 to Present

Consistently achieving effective, empathetic design solutions.

• Designed book jackets and paperback covers, retouched and color-corrected art and photography.

• Developed new branding.

• Designed icons, researched stock photography and applied advanced image manipulation techniques to help add visual impact to the content

• Designed covers that were successful on book shelves and praised by the authors - researched and commissioned illustrators and photographers - conceived and executed complicated special effects for book covers to maximize the shelf impact - fine-tuned color at the press before printing

• Designed and developed different signs and designs.

• Developed media and marketing promotional packages.

Expertise:

• Photoshop

• Illustrator

• InDesign

• MS Office

• Keynote

• Idea Generation & Storyboards

• Branding and Marketing Collateral

• Print design

• UI / Responsive design

• Email design

Strong suits:

• Layout and composition

• Typography

• Written and verbal communication

• Effective time management

• Goal setting

Notable clients/projects:

• Logo and branding for a non-profit, 'Manaviya'

• Tableware designs for Amscan, a division of Party City

• Handled the production of picture books for Priority Publishing, India

• Created unique artwork for the Ishi Systems anniversary representing the company values

• Logo and branding for vibgyor creations

• Book production - '52 Weeks of Yoga' by Gwen McCarthy

• Picture Book production - 'How Mr. Rat Got His Cheese' by Isabelle Burge. To be released in 2019

Assistant Manager, Creative Services

United Online, Inc. - Hyderabad, Telangana July 2005 to December 2007

spearheaded the charge of delivering print and web projects in an optimum fashion maintaining effective, seamless communication across international teams.

• Designed and executed Ad campaigns for major clients/partners.

• Trained and managed a team of designers.

• Researched design trends to optimize solution delivery.

Senior Graphic Designer, Creative Services

Juno Online Software Development Services, Inc. - Hyderabad, Telangana November 2000 to July 2005

Addressed gaps in training and performance within the design team. Helped find cost effective strategies to achieve optimum results.

Notable contributions:

• Designed the company mascot

• Took charge of finding and optimizing strategies for print and web content

• Designed regular internal training sessions

Graphic Designer, Creative Services

Juno Online Software Development Services, Inc. - Hyderbad, Telangana July 2000 to November 2000

• Single handedly conceptualized and executed a successful ad campaign for a leading auto manufacturer.

• Was at the helm of creating web content for all the major affiliates.

• Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator / Macromedia Flash and Dreamweaver authority.

Graphic Designer

Navayuga Infotech Pvt. Ltd. - Hyderabad, Telangana January 1999 to June 2000

Led the charge for the design and layout of the company’s print and online content. Photoshop and Dreamweaver authority. Point of contact for the developers and the QA teams.

Education

Diploma in Graphic Design

Billy Blue School of Graphic Arts - Sydney NSW February 2007 to July 2007

Diploma in Computer Programming

National Institute of Information Technology - hyderbad, Telangana June 1996 to May 1998

Bachelor of Science in Botany, Zoology and Chemistry

Osmania University - hyderbad, Telangana July 1992 to April 1995

Skills

Adobe Photoshop (10+ years), Adobe Illustrator (10+ years), Adobe InDesign (9 years), Microsoft Office (5 years), Typography, Graphic Design

Links

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/navina/

Portfolio: https://www.navinachhabria.com/portfolio.html

Additional Information

Picture Book writer/illustrator:

Deeply passionate about creating high quality illustrations and stories that compliment each other. Represented by Mike Hoogland of Dystel, Goderich & Bourrett LLC.

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