Headline

Creative Lead

About

A results-driven professional with excellent team and project management skills for creative studios catering to presales and marketing collateral. With over 18+ years of experience in corporate branding, graphic design (print, digital, online) for multinational organizations, I consistently exceed stakeholder expectations through innovative thinking and execution. My versatile experience spans Retail, LifeScience, IT, Advertising, Events and Publishing industries.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

dalle

elevenlabs

gemini

kimi

ChatGPT

Work experience

Creative Lead - APAC & Korea at Indegene, Nov 2020 - Sep 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Creative Head at Shilahar Associate, Sep 2017 - Oct 2020 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Creative Design Manager at Saltmarch Media, Jul 2016 - Feb 2017 · 8 mos, Bangalore, • Develop creative campaigns for across medium, social media, mobile and extended digital channels for the events. • Maintain communication between project teams using internal communication systems. • Provide quality assurance of all creative deliverables. • Clients: Google, Amazon, Dell, Akamai, EY, Tizen.

Sr. Specialist at Target Corporation, Jul 2006 - Aug 2015 · 9 yrs 2 mos, Bangalore, • Passion for pixel perfect design and strong command of visual design capabilities, including composition, layout information hierarchy, typography, color and is aware of the latest trends, patterns and practices in UX. • Thoughtfully interpret creative brief and goals. • Create visual systems/brand guidelines across all mediums. • Design and produce exceptional creative solutions through organized color comps • Develop campaigns for social media, mobile and extended digital channels. • Maintain communication between project teams using internal communication systems. • Provide quality assurance of all creative deliverables. • Ability to work collaboratively with other designers, information architects, and content strategists. • Ability to present designs and sell solutions to various stakeholders. • Ability to solve problems creatively and effectively.

Graphic Designer at End to End Marketing, 2004 - 2006 · 2 yrs, Bangalore, End to End Marketing Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Sr. Graphic / Web Designer / Production Manager • Head of creative department; work included conceptualizing, planning and execution of creatives. • Projects include Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2004. Was designer for the entire campaign, worked on posters, banners, eDM’s, mailers and backdrops. • Interacting with outside vendors for printing solutions. • Other clients include Adobe, Intel, Microsoft, HP, National Instruments, NetApp, MatrixOne, SAS. Stark World Publishing Pvt. Ltd. • Layout artist for their first publication Stark World - Bangalore & Karnataka, a 500 page large format book that aims to be the comprehensive guide book on the city and state. • Was responsible for all layout related work such as coordinating with pre-press, color-correction, image editing and other production requirements. • Involved in negotiations with third party vendors.

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Business/Commerce, General, bangalore university

Public links

shilahar.com: https://shilahar.com/