Bipin Daftardar Resume

OBJECTIVE

To make optimal use of the international experience and exposure gained over a decade in a fiercely competitive market, to the success and benefit of the organization and self-career advancement.

Brief Overview

·   Comprehensive experience in the sphere of advertising and marketing

·   Experience of working with large MNCs in marketing departments

·   Efficient in computer graphics

·   Extensive user of Adobe CS3 on Mac and Windows platforms

·   Knowledge of Flash, HTML, JavaScript for Web Page Designing.

·   Taught PageMaker to aspiring art students, art directors in 90s

Education     

Course – Vector Based Animation (Flash) with scripting                   2003

Edit Institute, Pune, India

Course – Web Page Design, HTML, Java Script                             2000

Aptech Computer Institute, Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Course – Fulltime 5 years Government Diploma – Applied Art    1977

Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art, Mumbai, India

Affiliations/

Certifications

Chamber of Commerce, Dammam, Saudi Arabia                   1996

Certification: Advance Marketing Management

Detailed Professional
Experience 1

Company: Human Factors International – March 2004 - todate

Title: Senior Visual Design Specialist

Brief job description/Responsibilities:

·      Reporting to the Corporate Communications Manager based in USA & Group Leader in Mumbai office

·      Designing marketing collaterals, Web & GUI Projects

·      Over viewing the design activities for the marketing department in India

·      Responsible for designing and production of all brochures, flyers, posters, e-newsletters, packaging and other marketing material for HFI global requirement

Accomplishments:

·      Calendar on ‘Perceptions of colors’ in various countries

·      Style Guide – Print and Electronic for Human Factors International Inc.

·      Web based product UC 4.0 – Graphics Section

·      Training course module (Designing for Print) for Graphic Designers in HFI

Detailed Professional Experience 2

Companies: Bates Pan Gulf, Dubai & The Big Idea, Dubai

– December 2003 – February 2004

Title: Freelance Graphic Designer

Brief job description/Responsibilities:

·      Reporting to the Creative Directors

·      Execution of basic concepts to kick off presentations

·      Delivering final artworks after approvals of concepts

·      Clients: Qatar Airways Frequent Flyers’ Club, Saud Bahwan Automobile Group, Muscat, Franchisees of Fast Food Chains, Franchisees of Electronic Goods

Detailed Professional
Experience 3

Company: Hempel Paints (Saudi Arabia) W.L.L – May 1996 to March 2003

Title: Graphic Designer

Brief job description/Responsibilities:

·      Reporting to the Marketing Manager

·      Accountable for formulation, implementation of advertising strategies and

     advertising budgets

·      Designing product promotional material and production of these POS for

     product launches /promotions

·      In-charge of originating and producing promotional material and advertising,

     in line with marketing/advertising plans

·      Designing of two external newsletters and an internal newsletter, Designing Corporate Identity Programmes and creating manuals for usage of Corporate Identity of the Company for briefing and training to the department Secretaries

·      Contend with all print buying within the agreed budget

·      Designing and implementation of Shop Decoration throughout Hempel Saudi Arabia’s retail network.

·      Liaison with the corporate advertising department in Copenhagen, Denmark

·      Coordinating and implementing all design activities and procure printed material for Hempel Gulf associates

Accomplishments:

·      Successful in designing the design frame for Decorative Paints literature to Group Management in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1996

·      Producing required POS material for two Retailers’ Conferences, including memento and multimedia programs - First in 1997 in Dammam, Saudi Arabia (Hotel

     Oberoi) - Second in 2000 in Dubai, U.A.E. (Hotel Intercontinental)

·      Creating brand / corporate identity manual / guidelines for Hempel Saudi Arabia and training the department secretaries in 2002.

·      Designed & installed over 75 shops in 1 year’s duration.

Detailed Professional
Experience 4

Company: Mediavision Advertising, Bahrain – December 1994 to December 1995

Title: Advertising Executive

Brief job description/Responsibilities:

·      Administering sales activities with the assistance of Account Executives

·      In charge of achieving business targets

·      Supervising creative work with the support of a creative team

·      Main clients include - Gulf Economic Forum - A joint venture of Bahrain Government Ministry of Information and Dow Jones Telerate, TacoMaker –

    Chain of Fast Food Franchise, California Pizza and Gulf Gate Hotel