What I do
As a Design Manager with over a decade of experience in managing and guiding creative teams and processes, I aspire to design and develop products, services and solutions which derive insights from design frameworks and inspire creative solutions
I have managed projects and teams which have delivered outcomes for 100+ clients across the globe such as Australia, India, UK and the UAE.
DOMAINS
FUNCTIONAL DOMAINS
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Health
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Law Enforcement
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Finance
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Education
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Transport
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Strategic Landscapes
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Business Operating Models
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Project Lifecycles
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Product Roadmaps
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Product Feature Prototypes
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Dashboard Prototypes
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Investment Pipelines
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Strategy Plans
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Knowledge Base
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Web Pages
EXPERIENCE
GRAVITY ILABS
FEB 2015 to PRESENT
An innovation lab focussed on solving strategy realization
problems for senior executives by building products and services
at the intersection of design, technology and consulting
Project Coordinator
June 2015 - Sept 2017
Project Manager
Sept 2017 - Oct 2019
Design Manager
Oct 2019 - PRESENT
NATURE OF WORK
Setup and Management of Projects for
the Design Team
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Streamlined project setup, tracking as well as reporting using various platforms for 100+ projects to ensure project success
Leadership Initiatives and Motivation
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Initiated training programs to develop new and existing skills within the team by identifying courses in platforms such as - Domestika, Skillshare, etc
End to end content development for various
purposes
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Developed content for product training, knowledge articles, marketing collateral, website copy, social media campaigns, as well as other opportunities which required content development
Setup, Administered and ensured Quality Control
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Administered the setup of governance and success
criteria for project deliverables and ensure 100
adherence improving customer satisfaction
Design Systems & Repository Management
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Designed processes to maintain deliverables based
on categories with purpose of providing content or
repurposing during client buy ins and negotiations
Other Supportive roles
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Created induction portal to streamline onboarding
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Created knowledge & training
portal to inform users about the flagship product -
Created reusable repository
to maintain deliverables
BLITZKRIEG MEDIA (REMOTE)
MAR 2014 to NOV 2014
A Toronto-based media company that employs the latest marketing
techniques such as Social Media, Search Engine Marketing and Digital
Advertising to bring awareness to companies' products and services.
NATURE OF WORK
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Development of keywords to derive the best content strategy fit for clients
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Writing & managing content for posts, product descriptions, informative videos and Meta Data
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Generation of online and offline optimization (SEO) Reports based on the researched keywords using the SEO Profiler software
CONTENT WRITER, SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGIST, PROJECT MANAGER
PRIME FOCUS LTD
MAR 2012 to MAR 2014
PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
A production house focused on providing end-to-end creative
services (stereo 3D conversion and animation), technology
products & services (Media ERP Suite and Cloud-enabled media
services), production services (equipment rental) and postproduction
services (Digital Intermediate and picture post) to the
Media and Entertainment industry.
NATURE OF WORK
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Coordinating between the Artists, Supervisors and Team Leads to
ensure smooth delivery attaining to the ETA provided to us -
Other administrative responsibilities such as tracking monthly
performances of the artists and generating daily progress reports
SKILLS
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Project Management
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Design Thinking
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Conceptualization
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Visualization
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Content Development
PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
R E P O R T I N G
DESIGN
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AirTable
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Asana
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ActiveCollab
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Monday
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Trello
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Zapier (For workflow
Automation
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MIRO
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Airtable
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MS PowerPoint
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MS Excel
COLLABORATION
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Adobe Photoshop
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Adobe Illustrator
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Adobe Captivate
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Figma
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Axure
W E B S I T E &
K N O W L E D G E B A S E
M A N A G E M E N T
PRODUCTIVITY
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MS SharePoint
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MS Word
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Notion
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OneNote
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Adobe Dreamweaver
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WordPress
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Elevio
EDUCATION
BACHELORS DEGREE
Design & Multimedia
2011
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University, Hyderabad
BACHELORS DEGREE
Project Planning:
Putting it all Together
January 2023 (Coursera)
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Foundations in
Project Management
February 2022 (Coursera)
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Foundations in
User Experience Design
February 2022 (Coursera)
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Sketchnoting 101 - Drawing as a
Communication Tool
January 2022 (Coursera)