Rahul Satpute

As an Art Director was mainly responsible for operations and creative direction at Ruptured Horizon. Managed various projects related to Preproduction, Virtual Reality & Development.

• Won Best Technical Startup award at Pune Startup Fest’20.
• Worked on a Feature Film, it was produced in UK & will be releasing on Prime Videos in year 2023. Was involved in preproduction work. This film won many national and international awards in year 2022.
• Involved in doing an Art Direction and Level Design for a Cyber Security awareness-web based game for an international client, where kids and teenagers will learn & understand about cyber security by experiencing an interactive story with fun gameplay and engaging combat mechanics.
• Did Art Direction for a web based interactive meeting platform where different avatars can walk around, interact and exchange conversations. The platform is called zappy.
• Did Visual Direction an Animation Video & Character Designs for US based AI platform illumu, ensuring that the company’s vision and standards were met. illumu deals with mental health of kids and teenagers in schools and universities.
• Pro-actively participated in weekly team meetings with clients to ensure that their vision and goals were met.

Working for Ruptured Horizon gave me a pretty solid experience in Production Planning, Project Management and Art Direction. Was responsible for handling many national and international clientele. Delivered high quality work for movies and interactive entertainment, also increased our client base by 175%.

Skills - Art Direction, Production Planning, Project Management, research and Development, Concept Development, Storyboarding, Animatics, Character Design & Storytelling.

As a Production Storyboard Artist, my goal was to understand the vision & the story from the director and realize it in the form of Storyboard and Animatics.

• Responsible for understanding director’s vision and the given script. Based on the inputs and market research, developed a storyboard to animation pipeline.
• Responsible for managing and co-directing Preproduction and Production Team.
• Worked on the upcoming animation series project, where I was a lead character designer and board artist.
• Was involved in some IPs from Green Gold Animation Pvt Ltd. It was a very challenging yet fun experience.
• Worked as the main Assistant Artist under international level senior storyboard artist. She was managing the complete storyboarding side for BYJU'S. The project was on very tight deadlines & I did finish my job very effectively.

Working for iMUONS and in the Animation Industry did give me an intense experience about Animation Industry and I became very proficient.

Skills – Storyboarding, Concept Art, Character Designing, Team Management & QA.

At the beginning I joined as a Storyboard Artist and learned many things about

video production. Then I was asked to direct a video production team of 6

individuals. Afterwards, as a team lead, whenever I get a video script, my responsibility was to develop and define a suitable visual style for the video production, then I designed storyboards to receive confirmation from the client on storytelling part.

• Managed a production team to get work done in a time. Ability to work under tight deadlines by using new emerging tools and plugins.
• As a Storyboard Artist and Creative Director, I provide storyboards and develop a production plan to execute a project on time with proficiency. I direct a production team from preproduction to post-production.
• Increased video production efficiency by 100% and reduced the timeline to deliver a complete project.
• Successfully delivered videos in different categories like motion graphics, 2D animation, explainer and advertisement. Handled video production responsibility for clients like Deloitte, Persistent Systems, L'Oréal & Angel Broking, etc.
• Worked with designers, UI UX team on R&D, creative ideas, smart design solution & increased project pipeline efficiency by 50%.
• Also involved with HR team for hiring the best talent for video production team. Trained these individuals to make the project pipeline more seamless and reduced iterations by 50%.

While working with Chittlesoft, I’ve learned so much about the importance of professionalism and management. Learned new approaches and smart decision making choices.

Skills – Storyboarding, Animatics, Character Designs, Visual Development, Vector Illustrations, Production Planning & Management.

I was a part of visual development team and working as a creative designer. We are designing and developing an app for healthcare industry.

• As a Graphic Designer, I had an opportunity to work with people from a wide range of disciplines. The visual development lifecycle involves working with so many experienced and professional individuals and I’ll build great connections.
• As a graphic designer I don’t just work with visual development team but with digital marketing team also. We brainstorm on campaigns, figure out creative ideas & take smart decisions to make marketing strategies for B2B market.
• Working with the Art Director and Senior Designers is an evolving experience for me. Understanding the responsibilities and delivering the designs on the timeline is a learning curve for me. I hope that I’ll be evolving as a better designer and visualizer in future.
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• Skills – Graphic Design, Visual Development, Vector Illustration & Character Design.