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Art Director
Mumbai, India
Mar 2009 - Jan 2017 (7 years 10 months)
Leading a team of 5 members; managing creative direction throughout development & life-cycle of the game
Liaising with external vendors and freelancers for additional art requirements
Recruiting for projects, providing them feedback and meeting the deadlines
Understanding and facilitating the production requirement and outsourcing the work to freelancers thus, reducing
the cost
Directing efforts right from idea generation stage, producing sketches and discussing ideas for every aspect of the
game, from the story-line and the design to the game-play and the interface
Coordinating with Product Managers, Creative Team and Game Design Team for understanding & meeting the
requirements of the client
Communicating graphic themes of style and goals of a product to the team
Ensuring quality, consistency and compliance of the graphic production throughout the production process
Pitching innovative game features that are designed to improve customer acquisition; working closely with the team
to effectively implement new features and systems
Controlling budgets, planning resources and managing both the team and the process
Collaborating with team members to implement and iterate on overall game vision
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Team Leader
Animedia Interactive, Mumbai
Mumbai, India
Apr 2008 - Mar 2009 (11 months)
Supervised and supported Art Team of 7 members through the production & pre-production process
Worked with Game Designers, Writers, Animators & Programmers
Conceptualized and designed interfaces for multimedia games, products, and devices
Defined goals, clarified direction and collected and conveyed thoughts on best practices.
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Head of Art and Design
Aryan Media
Thane, India
Jun 2007 - Mar 2008 (9 months)
Successfully designed & developed games for www.kheloyaar.com & www.zapak.com
Designed websites such as www.hiranandanihospital.com, mellowtrade.com, kheloyaar.com, www.hakonefun.com and www.hawkersmenace.com
Kheloyaar.com: Suggested innovative ideas and played a key role in development of games like Elefunda, Meenakshi, Bechki & Rope-Trick
zapak.com: Prepared concept art, layouts and menu art for projects like Love in Vacuum and Ravan
Infosys: Created Animated presentations for Infosys products like Know-Your-Client (KYC), New-Account- Opening (NAO), Global-Payment-System (GPS), Integration Business Solution (IBS) and XY to XI
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Cartoonist
Mumbai, India
Nov 2004 - Jan 2007 (2 years 2 months)
Created cover illustrations-caricatures for bi-weekly magazine
Cartoons for different articles in magazine