CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Full Name : Santosh Sitaram Pandav

Date of Birth : 9th Feb. 1975

Marital Status : Married

Languages Known : Marathi, Hindi, English.

Hobbies : Reading, Travelling, Music, Surfing.

Mobile : 986*-**-****

Email : acwk3b@r.postjobfree.com, acwk3b@r.postjobfree.com

Experience : Working from last 14+ yrs and above in this creative field.

Expected Salary : as per industry standard

PERSONAL INTEREST

OBJECTIVES : Use graphics and the tools of good design to make difficult information simple. Use graphics and images to illustrate and reinforce what you are saying in the copy. a good graphic also helps to break up the copy and entertain the viewer. Remember the old saying A PICTURE IS WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. Take a look at one of my early infographics. It has excellent examples of someone who understands and uses the tools of good design to clarify.

COMPUTER SKILLS

l Digital Art Designing : Screen Edge Graphics Institute ( Bandra – E )

l Web Designing : Tassa Workstation ( Vile Parle – W )

l Modelling & Animation : Cad Center ( Andheri – E )

l Multimedia Designing : C-DAC Center ( Bandra - W )

l MSCIT : Shree Ganesh Computer Institute ( Bandra – E )

l Commercial Art Diploma : Academy Of Applied Art ( Dadar - W )

l Diploma in Web +

UI n UX Design : Edit Institute ( Dadar - W )

Professional in Media

PRINT, TV, WEB : Corel X8, Photoshop CC 2015.5, Illustrator CC 2015.3, InDesign CS3

( using MAC n PC ) Quark Express, HTML, Dreamweaver, Gif Animator,

Microsoft Office 2010 (Word, Excel, Power Point), Internet

Shree Lipi 7 (Regional language - Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati).

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

Commercial Art Diploma

Multimedia Designing

B. Com

WORK EXPERIENCE

May 1994 to March 1996 - Screen Edge Advertising Agency - Worked as a Digital Artist and Graphic Designer – Publicity for Event, Posters, Press Material like News Paper, Magazine, Template, Dangler, Broachers and many more.

June 1996 to May 2003 - Worked as a Freelancer for INDIAINFOLINE BROKERS,

K R CHOKSEY BROKERS – Publicity for Promo and Advertising, E - Press Material like

E - News Paper, E- Magazine, E - Template and many more.

July, 2003 to till date, Presently working since last 12+ years in a Creative Department as a Senior Commercial Artist, with GITS FOOD PRODUCTS PVT. LTD. It is an FMCG Company, Gits founded in 1963, Gits is the pioneer in Ready to Cook mixes and

Ready Meals in India as well as International Market and has established itself.

If given an opportunity to work in your esteemed organisation.

I assure you to do my best in the work entrusted to me entire satisfaction of all my superiors.

Thanking you…

Yours faithfully

Santosh Pandav

DUTIES / TASKS

1) Create designs, concepts, and sample layouts based on knowledge of layout principles and esthetic design concepts.

2) Determine size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy, and select style and size of type.

3) Use computer software to generate new images, touch up n finish images.

4) Mark up, paste, and assemble final layouts to prepare layouts for printer.

5) Draw and print charts, graphs, illustrations, and other artwork, using computer.

6) Review final layouts and suggest improvements as needed.

ACTIVITIES

1) Thinking Creatively -- Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

2) Interacting With Computers -- Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

3) Getting Information -- Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

4) Making Decisions and Solving Problems -- Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

5) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge -- Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

6) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships -- Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

SKILLS

1) Time Management -- Managing one's own time and the time of others.

2) Coordination -- Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

3) Active Listening -- Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

4) Judgment and Decision Making -- Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

5) Active Learning -- Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

6) Critical Thinking -- Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

7) Complex Problem Solving -- Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

8) Monitoring -- Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

9) Social Perceptiveness -- Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

10) Troubleshooting -- Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

11) Learning Strategies -- Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

12) Speaking -- Talking to others to convey information effectively.

13) Operations Analysis -- Analysing needs and product requirements to create a design.

14) Equipment Selection -- Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

ABILITIES

1) Originality -- The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

2) Fluency of Ideas -- The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

3) Near Vision -- The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

4) Visualization -- The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

5) Speech Recognition -- The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

6) Speech Clarity -- The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

7) Inductive Reasoning -- The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

8) Information Ordering -- The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

9) Category Flexibility -- The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

10) Visual Color Discrimination -- The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

11) Oral Expression -- The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

12) Selective Attention -- The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

13) Written Comprehension -- The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

14) Finger Dexterity -- The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

15) Problem Sensitivity -- The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

16) Deductive Reasoning -- The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

KNOWLEDGE / EXPERIENCE

1) Computers and Electronics -- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

2) English/Hindi/Gujrathi/Marathi Language -- Knowledge of the structure and content of the language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar middle level.

3) Communications and Media -- Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

4) Design -- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production of precision technical plans, prints, drawings, and models.

5) Customer and Personal Service -- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

6) Sales and Marketing -- Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

7) Exhibition n Campaign (Sales/Marketing) – Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

8) Commercial Arts -- Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

9) Printing and Publication Prepress to Post Production -- Knowledge of the theory and techniques tools, and principals involved in production required to compose, produce, and perform works for final output.

10) Broad cast (TV Channels) -- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principals involved in production

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