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Resume

W o r k E x p e r i e n c e: (Overall: 9+ years)

- Working as a Design Consultant

Worked as Design Support Manager, Printo Document Services, May 2009 - September 2010

Roles & responsibilities

Managing Team (Freelance designers & Products team)
- Preparing briefs, specifications for the designs
- Brainstorming for design ideas with cross functional departments
- Reviewing, short listing designs and updating the templates

Product Lifecycle
- Product Calendar: Based on the past data and current trend, positioning, analysing and preparing product launch, costing for the product and delivery
- Product Templates & Catalogues: updating templates as part of the product launch, refresh of new designs for existing products, preparing product release notes and updating soft & hard copies of catalogues
- Product Promotion: Posters and marketing material for the product launch, updating the interface for CSR and customer communication
- Reports: Making monthly sales reports of products for analysing, future trends and future products

Store Display
- Planogram for product display – A unique tool for product display. Based on season, trend and revenue, products are displayed at stores
- Understanding the store type, layout
- POSM for products based on the product planner
- Refreshment of products, templates and catalogues at stores on timely basis
- Seasonal promotions for products
- Preparing store samples, signage, store launch fliers, business cards & necessary consumables for new store launches & renovation of existing stores

Vendor Management
- Generating PO’s for procuring materials for products and display stands for stores
- Coordinating with vendors for procuring material, timely delivery and quality checks


Worked as a Senior Industrial Designer & Research at Elephant Design Pvt Ltd, Pune, May 2007 - 2009

Spacial Design - Product Display Stand for Office Space
- Concepts, Vendor Identification, Materials and Finishes
Point of Sale - Gillette, Vicks, Pantene, Godrej Locks
- 6 Projects (for Modern Retail and Kirana)
- Field Study, Concepts, Technology, Materials and Vendor Identification
Air Cooler - Symphony
- Air Cooler Design, Control Panel Design, Water Inlet Door Design
- Concept sketches, Interaction with engineering team
Luggage Design - VIP
- User survey, TG Profiling, Interior Concepts, Materials and Technology, Vendor identification
Health Kiosk Design - Bilcare
- Ergonomic Study, Concepts and Mock-up
Trophy Design - Sakaal Trophy
- Concept sketches, Materials and Vendor identification
Signage for Office and Entertainment Mall - Makers Maxity
- Concept sketches, Materials and Technology, Vendor Identification
Exhibition Design - Gloden
- Concept sketches for Stall Design, Materials and Vendor identification
Research for Nissan micra low cost Car
- Research, Workshop with Nissan Team, Feasibility Study, Interior Concept sketches, Materials and Vendor Identification
- Concept sketches for various other projects

Worked as a Technical Support Expert at Dell International Services, Bangalore, November 2002-2005

- My role was to cater technical solutions over the phone to American and Canadian customers
- Specialised in Portable and Desktops solutions
- Resolving issues related to computer hardware, software and basic networking for Home and Small Office
- Was part of the OSCAR team in reducing calls related to OS reinstallation
- Handled Escalations
- Mentoring New Hires, Ethics and Integrity
- Trainee of Six Sigma


I n d u s t r i a l P r o j e c t:

- Worked as an apprentice at SANYO BPL, Bangalore
The objective was to design a new Amazing Slim TV for Indian market. Other objectives were to make it look compact, slim, give it a look of an LCD TV and initiation of ‘Eye Strain Study’ due to watching television leading to research as part of the Ergonomics Study. The picture tube size used here is a breakthrough in technology where in the size of it is reduced by 50mm as compared to the existing Slim TV’s.

A c h i e v e m e n t s:

- Ad Copy Design Event - Judge, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Bangalore, Mar 2012
- Innovation Workshop with IDEO Team - India Design Festival, Feb 2009
- Runner up winner in the Helmet Design Competition conducted by Overdrive, an auto journal, Dec 2003
- Redesigned my father’s scooter for better functionality and to give it a new look
- Attended a workshop related to “Design for Consumer Durables” at National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, 2004
- Participated in Scorpio Design contest conducted by Autocar India, 2006

S k i l l s:

- Microsoft Word | Powerpoint | Excel
- Adobe Photoshop | In-design | Illustrator (advanced)
- CorelDRAW (advanced)
- Alias Sketch Book Pro - Wacom (advanced)
- Google SketchUp | Rhino | Think3 (Basic)
- AutoCAD

A c a d e m i c Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s:

M.Sc. (Engg) in Product Design, 2007
- M S Ramaiah School of Advanced Studies (through Coventry University, UK), Bangalore
B. Sc in Electronics, 2002
- Vijaya College, Bangalore University, Bangalore
Certificate course in French as Foreign Language, 2001
- Central College, Bangalore University, Bangalore

P r o f e s s i o n a l Q u a l i f i c a t i o n s:

Diploma in Software Engineering, 2001
- NIIT, Shivajinagar, Bangalore

P e r s o n a l D e t a i l s:

- DOB: 30.11.1979

P a s s i o n:

Swimming | Adventure | French notion | Music | Connoisseur of classic automobiles | Photography

C o n t a c t:
9900 10 7421
nagaprashanth.lakkur@gmail.com

*Reference and Portfolio available on request