Upasna Kathuria

• Inspired students and assisted them to develop their creativity and self-expression through art, also observed and evaluated their work to determine their progress or to make suggestions for improvement.
• Taught classes on painting, sketching, color theory and craft.
• Developed and implemented various thematic lesson plans, utilizing age-appropriate material and focusing on relevant topics.

• Responsible for teaching travel, tourism and hospitality management to students enrolled for the Travel and Tourism course.
• Used Microsoft Word and other software tools to create documents and other communications.
• Graded and evaluated student assignments, papers, and course work.
• Advised and counseled students to help them develop skills and knowledge required to succeed.

• Assisted teachers and other professional personnel with instructional, health and behavioral management activities, developed lesson plans, study material and teaching aids.
• Taught Art and Craft to children, prepared bulletin boards and displayed pupil work.
• Participated in the preparation and execution of school and classroom programs.
• Aided students in being aware of social acceptable behavior.

• Responsible for creative direction of the design department from planning of each month’s issue to post production including web material.
• Collaborated and conceptualized editorial content and visual concepts for various sections of the magazine which include travel , food, fashion, home decor, automobile, special events, entertainment etc.
• Created digital image files for use in digital and traditional printing methods.
• Developed creative design for print materials, brochures, banners, and signs.
• Organised and managed various events like monthly networking nights, Literary Festival etc.

Designed the Cover Page, Layout and Advance Information Sheet of fiction books along with the e-versions for kindle and createspace.

• Responsible for conducting research on photos for compiling in various sections of the magazine within the allocated budget by using stock agencies, personal contact and photographer archives. Further, ensured that the finished work contained no inappropriate images, met the required technical specifications and were credited properly.
• Designed layouts and logos for the magazine, special issues and advertorial.
• Handled, sourcing, styling and conceptualizing of photo shoots by coordinating with PR’s for product sourcing and selection of venues for photo shoots. Coordinated with photographers during photo shoots and provided instructions in work area.
• Organized and managed various zones (kids, health, beauty, family) for Good Housekeeping shows held in various cities in India.
• Imparted training to interns, as well as motivated the team to achieve higher levels of service delivery.
• Interned with the same company for 6 months from May-Jul 2009 and May-Aug 2010 and freelanced for Good Housekeeping Annual Show in 2009 and 2010.