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Chandan Shankar

Chandan Shankar

Bangalore

Summary

I'm a highly solution-oriented designer with hands-on research , Communication Design, User Experience Design ( XR ) & Visual Design adhesively to business goals. Most importantly, I create, deal, catalyst channels a product to blend within the human the life's.


I'm a man with his tools who has a habit of experimenting and fusing them to increase productivity exponentially. You will find me a science geek, computational designer, a researcher on creating values using technology, manufacturing, and ideating new products for future business pitches where AI is now started giving push.


** Sharing HAPPINESS and KNOWLEDGE is the best way to have a good time. Moreover, that's my second expertise. 😉 **

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Freelancer ( VR Project )

Aquarelle
10.2023 - 10.2023
  • Collaborated with Fashion Brand to design, develop, and deploy of VR application for their Global Summit event.
  • Teamed up with Designers and Developers to make this happen.
  • My role: Project Manager - Collect Project Brief and consult Client based on Time and deliverables. Designed, Developed & Deployed Virtual Enviornment and VR application & involvement onsite for setup installation.
  • Their team achieved the best innovation award :)

Visual Designer

Porter
11.2022 - 12.2023
  • Executed user-centered and empathically designs with integrated marketing information for geographically expanding business, and creative assets within the design system.
  • Integrated and set in action various GenAI tools ( Midjourney, Bing, Dall-E ) and other AI productivity tools into the design pipeline.
  • Collaborated with product ( UX ) teams to define visual and functional requirements such as visuals for the product ( website, application ), customer acquisition, retention, partner side, and various other business verticals.
  • Thoroughly communicated with stakeholders to translate project requirements and business objectives into polished user interfaces.
  • Keep track of the latest tools and agile methods to solve problems by vigorous design market research and design thinking.
  • Worked on challenging tasks to maintain consistency while also refreshing the brand's image ( Re-Branding ).

Motion Graphic Designer

Buffalo Soldiers
06.2022 - 11.2022
  • Worked closely with various account managers, delivering high quality empathically visual content for brands like Udaan, Tech Mahindra, etc.
  • Prepared conceptual layouts for few in house promotional projects.

Design Intern

deGournay
11.2020 - 06.2021
  • Design Intern under Visual Merchandising team Head, London - Worked on various projects such as designing Degournay's Paris & Moscow showroom and simultaneously hands-on creative visuals, design blueprints & 3D visualization.
  • Closely functioned with in house architects to deliver prototype/visualizations to clients.
  • Hands on boosting productivity in design software and design technical approaches to Degournay's Indian Design team within their working pipeline.

Graphic Design Intern

Marketinc
01.2020 - 07.2020
  • Keys: Graphics designer, R&D on design systems. Designing & managing International ( Australia ) Client visual graphic projects.
  • Designed graphics for websites, logos and promotions for marketing purposes.

Education

B.Des (Bachelor in Design) - User Experience Design, Visual Design

National Institute of Fashion Technology
06.2022

High School Diploma -

Delhi Public School
Bokaro Steel City
01.2017

Skills

  • UX Research
  • Problem Solving
  • User Experience Design
  • User Interface Design
  • Information Architecture
  • Visual Design
  • Adobe Suite
  • Figma
  • Python
  • JavaScript
  • Product Development

Accomplishments

    Industrial Design Competition

    Issued by IIT - KGP · Nov 2019


    🥈First Runner up in Industrial Design competition, National Student's Space Challenge (NSSC) held at IIT-Kharagpur.


    Problem Statement : To come up with a Solution design for a Drone that can lift weight multiple times of its own. ( Duration: 6 hours )


    Certificate : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pBhgyJea2Ar69mZv0NVEk4n391Z3q11E/view?usp=sharing


    Concept Design Competition

    Issued by IIT - BHU · Nov 2018


    Backed up 2nd position in Designing Competition at IIT - BHU : FMC Fest 2018.


    Concept designing a futuristic weapon. Duration : 1 hour


    Certificate : shorturl.at/xCPS8

Languages

English
Advanced (C1)
Hindi
Advanced (C1)

Timeline

Freelancer ( VR Project )

Aquarelle
10.2023 - 10.2023

Visual Designer

Porter
11.2022 - 12.2023

Motion Graphic Designer

Buffalo Soldiers
06.2022 - 11.2022

Design Intern

deGournay
11.2020 - 06.2021

Graphic Design Intern

Marketinc
01.2020 - 07.2020

B.Des (Bachelor in Design) - User Experience Design, Visual Design

National Institute of Fashion Technology

High School Diploma -

Delhi Public School
Chandan Shankar