Graphic Designer

*+ Years of Expertise

(PRINT AND PUBLISHING DESIGN)

Phone: +91-981*******, +91-011-********

Email: *******.*****@*****.***

Present Location: Chandigarh

Nationality: Indian

Career Objective

A Position in Managing Graphic Design / Marketing / Communication and Soft skills enhancement field where I can utilize my efficient design-oriented and other skills to contribute in producing a proficient quality output.

Proficiency Forte

Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, MS Word and Excel.

Managing and coordinating graphic design teams and projects

Passionate and inventive creator of innovative marketing strategies and campaigns

Effectively built, motivated, and directed design

and production teams.

Highly skilled in client and vendor relations and negotiations

Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills – Have trained cross location teams on communication skills

Co-ordinated with freelance designers, consultants and vendors to meet all project requirements

Dynamic team player with well-developed written and verbal communication abilities.

Experience Summary

Creating advertising and promotional material for magazines and publications.

Designing magazine/ book covers, feature spreads, and advertorial pages.

Preparing work to be accomplished by gathering information and materials.

Illustrating concept by designing rough layout of art and copy regarding arrangement, size, type size and style, and related aesthetic concepts.

Creating and conducting highly persuasive sales and marketing presentations.

Expertly converting features to benefits to achieve client objectives.

Managing all operational, strategic, financial, quote/ bid, staffing, and administrative functions.

Preparing final layout by marking and pasting up finished copy and art.

Completing projects by coordinating with outside agencies, art services, printers, etc.

Maintaining technical knowledge by attending design workshops; reviewing professional publications; participating in professional societies.

Contributing to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.

Resourcing and organizing the company font and stock image library

Professional Experience

Ernst and Young – Deputy Design lead (June 2016 – October 2017)

I am a part of the Creative Agency of EY, where my key responsibilities are to Coordinate and get business from Overseas Clients, give the required training and instructions to fellow designers and also design the required output according to Brand Guidelines and the given budget and brief from the clients. These include Magazines, Posters, Web banners, Book covers, reports, infographics and marketing collaterals.

Dorling Kindersley as Art Editor (Sep 2012 - May 2015)

I was a part of the Creative Agency of the design team, where my key responsibilities were

to coordinate with my colleagues from London to design the required output and work as a team by giving proper brief and the required training to junior designers. This included book cover designing, book jackets, inside spreads and other marketing collaterals.

Parragon Publishing, Noida as a Senior Visualizer (May 2010 - February 2012)

Thomson Digital, Noida as a Senior Visualizer (May 2009 - February 2010)

Q2A Media, Okhla as a Trainee Visualizer – (May 2008 – March 2009)

Education

B.A. (English Hons.) from Delhi University (April 2005)

PGDBM – Marketing (TISS – Tata Institute of Social Sciences)

Professional Qualifications

Bachelors in Multimedia, Apeejay Institute of Design-New Delhi (Affiliated to Guru Nanak Dev University Amritsar (May 2008)

Software known: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, Quark Express, MS Word and MS Excel

Voluntary Activities

Worked for Environment campaign in and around Apeejay Institute of Design.

Provided tuitions to Government School Children.

Active member of the Online Networking Sites such as Facebook.

Designed Posters and Banners for the annual college festival IRIS.

Written various articles for school & college magazines.

Submitted a project on “Video Editing” to the concerned teacher at Apeejay Institute of Design based on class presentation.

Thesis on Choko La restaurant that includes print media campaign and television commercial.

Interest and Activities

Meeting People and Communicating.

Want to walk some extra miles to achieve excellence.

Interest in Movies, Art and Theatre.

Personal Overviews

Highly motivated & self-Driven.

Readiness to face challenges.

Effective Communication Skill.

Willingness to learn.

A good communication and strong team player.

Strong organizing capabilities & good at people skills.

Decision making abilities & strong believer in work.

Personal Information

Marital Status: Married

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Languages Known: English, Hindi & Punjabi.

Reference available upon request

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