Project Design

Piyush Goel

Whitefield Bangalore, INDIA. Ph - +918*********

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E.learning Specialist / Visual Designer

Dynamic and highly talented professional with 8 years of experience especially in interactive design and animation for E.learning and Gaming, visual and graphics design and content development (e-learning), as well as creating online visual designs on dynamic platforms. Strong understanding of corporate brands, layout, colour theory and typography in both print and digital media. Hands-on exposure in managing complex projects focussed on creative designing while fulfilling client needs and ensuring compliance to cost and quality standards. Demonstrating strong business acumen while working in close collaboration with team of printer personnel, copywriters, photographers, stylists, illustrators, designers, account executives, web developers and marketing specialists. Creative thinker, inspirational leader and an outstanding team player utilising collaborative approaches in work to create robust strategies to translate goals into achievements.

CORE COMPETENCIES

Design and Animation:

Visual Framing and Layout Graphic Designing Animation (Both character and object) Interactive design Project Coordinator Translating Visual and Descriptive References Delivering Optimised Graphics Project Planning

Technical Forte:

Adobe Articulate, Flash Design and Animation, Photoshop, Interactive design, Flash integration. 3d Animation, Sound Editing, Video editing (After Effects)

KEY SKILLS

Creative Thinking – Design expert involved in drawing and designing with an inborn aptitude for using new ideas and applications on graphical presentations. Strong understanding of design processes with an ability to translate vision into reality while efficiently contributing to team projects for creating simulated, real-world applications utilising design and development skills.

Project Management – Hands-on exposure in preparing e-learning, in-house gaming and character animation and short filmmaking projects utilising combined knowledge of 3D/2D designs software. Efficient in handling projects from conceptualisation to delivery phase.

Team Building – Inspiring, motivating, and guiding others towards an understood goal. Actively encouraging and facilitating cooperative and collaborative working relationships. Responsible for realigning work groups and roles to foster and develop teamwork and increase staff productivity. Ability to liaise with consultants to assess design solutions and guarantee integrity in final designs.

Interpersonal and Communication Skills – Excellent communicator with an ability to work under pressure in fast-paced, time-sensitive environments. Proven ability to effectively interact with people of diverse nationalities; comfortable working in a multicultural setting.

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS ACROSS CAREER SPAN

Successfully design and developed concept and character design and animation for a short film project titled “So Far So Good.”

Significantly contributed to a TV Series ‘Panah’ on Doordarshan TV channel in India.

CAREER HISTORY

Sr. Graphic Designer – Skills Development Network From Jan 2014

Jan 2014 – Present

Wadhwani Foundation, Bangalore, India

Design creative and innovative e-learning materials using Articulate and other tools for training proposals

and blended learning courses.

Develop training and appropriate learning materials for different domains and user groups via relevant

methods and media, including screencasts, quizzes, webinars.

Develop training and appropriate learning materials for different domains and user groups via relevant methods and media, including screencasts, quizzes, and webinars.

Project Lead eLearning Content Designer Feb 2012 – Sept 2013

Sunitek Marsham Pvt Ltd, Wolverhampton, UK

Responsible for managing the Project related to Interactive Learning and Training in line with the requirement of the client and other stakeholders.

Project Planning and Analysis and coordinated with team members.

Responsible for visualising, designing both interactive and animation content of academic books for small grade students to higher grades including complex science experiments.

Designing and animating e-learning content for GCSE Science and Biology.

Visual Designer

Oct 2008 – Jan 2011

Hurix System Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India

Created the e-learning material (attano.com) for students using Adobe Flash and Photoshop, HTML, and Flash Script.

Coordinated with team members, producers and developers for major changes in materials designed for academic books as per the content provided by the content writer and generated content feeds for use on websites, courses (CBT) and CD drives.

Freelance Animation

Aug 2008 – Apr 2009

VR Entertainment, Mumbai, India

Project Title:

Character Animation for Television Series “Panah (Doordarshan Channel)”

Role:

Utilised contemporary animation and compositing software tools including Adobe Photoshop and Flash and After Effects CS6, as well as performed audio editing to create animation clips for specific client needs.

Created and assembled series presentation including different character expressions.

3D Animator, I/T Specialist

Oct 2007 – Sep 2008

Trine Animation Studio, Mumbai, India

Project Title:

Developed 3D-animated movie content and in-house game animation (promo for a car racing game)

Role:

Coordinated with a team to conduct compositing and video editing using software tools like Maya and 3ds Max.

Assisted with Proof of Concept reviews and game testing as well as cleaning motion capture data using Motion-Builder software.

2D Animator, Graphic Artist

Mar 2007 – Sep 2007

Zeus Systems Pvt Ltd., Mumbai, India

Coordinated with a team to develop 2D animations based on an e-learning project while preparing design graphics and illustrations (as per client requirements) using Adobe Flash and Adobe Photoshop software.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

MBA

Jan 2011 – Mar 2013

Wolverhampton University, West Midlands, UK

DAFM, Diploma in animation and Filmmaking

Aug 2004 – Dec 2006

Zee Institute of Creative Arts (ZICA), Mumbai, India

Bachelor in E-Commerce

Aug 2000 – Dec 2003

Bharat Institute of Technology, BIT, Meerut, India

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 24th Oct, 1981

Nationality: Indian

Marital Status: Single

Driving Licence: Indian

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