Volunteer

B.Com

Design Consultant

Led Jigserv's foray into apps and products, including product management, design and information architecture.

The role involved....
• defining the product scope
• designing the app UI & UX 
• working closely with the development team in Noida
• creating a brand strategy with an online-offline mix  
• building and nurturing partnerships
• community building and content marketing strategies

Chief Creative Officer

Ran targeted, results driven digital marketing and advertising campaigns for a set of clients in the education and financial sectors, including the Indian School of Business (ISB) and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).

Co-hosted the ISB Digital Summit 2012, 2013 - a unique platform which brings together digital industry experts, academia and business leaders.

Led the creative team which brewed ideas and collaborated with a technical team in Noida for execution of projects.

• Project based UI / UX design consulting & implementation
• Experience in verticals: Higher education, BFSI, FMCG, Sports, Healthcare, Travel
• Creative outsourcing for Zill Consulting, Lightbox, Jigserv Digital, Neon Trumpet & Dure Tech.
• Training & workshops on design thinking: worked with Google on design sprints.
• Clients include Takeda, Vestergaard, Avenir, Access Accelerated, Graphene Solutions

Chief Creative Officer (CCO)

Design & creative outsourcing:

├∙ Executive Presentation for Steve Ballmer, CEO, Microsoft
├∙ Viacom 18 - Consultation and strategy for digital assets on MTVIndia.com
├∙ Reliance Entertainment BIG 92.7 FM - Direct mailers and marcom
├∙ Microsoft India - Worked on multiple turnkey projects as vendor

Proprietor

├∙ Handled internal and external marketing communication
├∙ Microsoft.com - Managed parts of the India section
├∙ Designed logos & campaigns
└∙ Created interactive presentations for Kiosks, Virtual Labs, Events

Marcom Lead, DPE Team

├∙ Airtel - Designed and managed the official brand website.
├∙ Managed mobile content creation team of 4 and helped build library.
├∙ Designed promos and campaigns for over 50 global clients.
├∙ Managed 'Hollywood Hungama' and 'Music Hungama' properties.
└∙ Designed microsites & campaigns for Coca-Cola, Cadbury, Universal, Bacardi, Lakme, Unilever & more.

Sr.Visualizer

Product Designer

Webmaster

<p>Design, UX, social media outreach and engagement.

Key Projects: 

├∙ Toastmasters International - Print, Web and Event on-site creatives &amp; communication
├∙ Microsoft India - Customer &amp; Partner website designs
├∙ Created POCs for ICICI Bank and Indiatimes</p>

Creative Director

• Inspiring people to 'travel exotic & live simple' via stories told through words, photos and videos.
• Spent 15+ months traveling full time, primarily in South America (11 months)

📲 World Views App
Launched WorldViews.app which showcases blogs, vlogs and podcasts categorized by country.

🛫 Official / FAM Trips:
Visit Canberra, Jordan Tourism Board, Brand Colombia, Germany Tourism, Goa Tourism

🏡 Hosted by:
SaffronStays, Singapore Airlines, Le Meridien (Mahabaleshwar), Suryagarh (Jaisalmer), Narendra Bhawan (Bikaner), Ginger Hotels (Indore), Miramar & Panjim Residency, Seaview Holidays (Goa), LimeTime (Brazil), Grandhotel Hessischer Hof (Frankfurt), Hotel Realm (Canberra) 

✍🏼 Published in:
Lonely Planet Magazine India, NatGeo Traveller Magazine, Femina, Grazia, Mumbai Times.

👍 Content / Influencer Partnerships:
Kosha Travel Wear, Amazon Kindle, Jaguar Land Rover, KLM, AirBNB, TATA Pravesh, Kansai Nerolac, Jeep, Quiksilver, Intel, Gunnar Optics, Wildcraft.

🎤 Speaker at:
Globa

Travel Blogger

Product Designer | Travel Blogger | Community Builder

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