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EDUCATION LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY, UK SEP 2006 - NOV 2007

Did my M.A. in Film & Moving Image Production, a two years course in
which I specialised in Direction. Completed my First Year and currently on
long leave and in the process of submitting my Final Year project.

LOYOLA COLLEGE, CHENNAI 2003 - 2006

Finished my B.Sc. in Visual Communication with First Class with
specialisation in Advertising Photography and Television Production.

SBOA MATRIC & HSS, CHENNAI 2001 - 2003

Completed my 12th Standard Board with 77% aggregate.

EXPERIENCE Visual Design Manager at AMAZON NOV 2015 - NOW

I am currently working with Amazon as Visual Design Manager, heading
a team of 12 designers responsible for retail graphic production for North
American marketplace (.com, .ca and .mx).
My responsiblities include driving team goals which include setting
employees on the path to success by organising Design Forum sessions
(an open forum based on the TEDX model) and creating design goals which
will help build their portfolio. I am also expected to develop strategies
individually, and by partnering with counterparts in other regions to help
improve processes in the team and help scale the business.
Writing business reviews is also an integral part of my job profile. I write
monthly business reviews for NA marketplace and more recently regional
monthly reviews for India region.
With a creative background I also help mentor the designers by conduction
design tests and creative projects apart from their daily work. By regularly
interacting with stakeholders, I solicit feedback and conduct training
sessions to address design and communication specific requirement.

Creative Consultant at COMPINDIA INFOTECH MAY 2015 - OCT 2015

CompIndia Infotech is a Mobile app development company which focus
primarily on in-house and client based app design and development.
My responsibility was to interact with the clients for the brief, design UI
and UX for mobile app, co-ordinate with the design team to deliver all
necessary resources to the development team.
As a consultant I was part of the online client meetings and was responsible
for understand the client brief and design requirements. Based on the brief
my responsibility was to create first the User Experience for a particular
app and based on the UX, to design the User Interface. The challenge here
was to design keeping in mind the framework of the operating system and
what can or cannot be implemented during the development process. I
had to work very closely with the development team by having regular

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skype calls and discussing the progress and challenges of implementing

the designs.
My responsibility also included presenting the designs to the clients and
getting feedback and make necessary changes. Though a consultant
position I was expected to assign work to the in-house designers and make
sure the slices reached the developers on time, everytime.
Since development was done on both iOS and Android platform, I had to
be aware and up-to-date about the various guidelines and recent trends in
both operating systems.

EXPERIENCE Creative Head at SYSBIZ TECHNOLOGIES MAY 2014 - APRIL 2015

I joined Sysbiz Technologies as Creative Head and my responsibilities
included hiring and training the creative team.
My immediate roles included, interaction with clients to understand the
requirements and then develop concepts based on the brief. I also took the
added responsibility of Art Director to ensure all deliverables and deadlines
are met with utmost precision and high level of creativity.
My role required me to communicate with clients based in Japan, Germany
and US as well as clients in India. By scaling up to learn client management
and relationship building skills, I was able to head a team which was able
to satisfy and endear to the clients time and again, gaining recognition and
appreciation for the same.
Being at Sysbiz also gave me the opportunity to be a part of Toastmasters
International, a public speaking forum with presence in 153 countries. It
gave me a very solid platform to imporve and exhibit my interpersonal and
public speaking skills

Creative Head at SAROJ AD CREATORS JUN 2010 - APRIL 2014

I joined Saroj Ad Creators (IND) Private Limited as Creative Director. Saroj
Ads was a small agency which focused on media planning and buying
with limited work in ad film production. My responsibility was to hire and
develop a creative team primarily servicing print campaigns. From a 3
member team, we grew to a creative team of 12 members which included
visualisers and copywriters.
My responsibilities also include, in the pitch process, to conceive ideas and
implement them, keeping in mind the limitations and brand sense the client
carries. I was also responsible to make sure that any print collateral is well
executed, which requires me to have a good understanding of the print
process and maintain rapport with the printing vendors.
Saroj Ad Creators produces TV commercials and with my background in
TV Production, I co-ordinated the pre-production and also was present
during the shoot as a creative consultant. Since every ad shoot also requires
photo-shoot of products and models, I was responsible for planning and
organising the same. This included partnering with the photographer,
production designer, make-up and stylist, and the models to co-ordinate
the same.
Saroj Ads was primarily 360 degree agency, providing end-to-end
advertising and marketing solution to their clients. I had the opportunity
of working closely with some great brands and was able to learn about
advertising, not just in terms of creative but also the strategising and

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planning, which included media planning and buying, and research.

In 2013 Saroj Ads started its digital marketing arm, Digimaniak, in
Hyderabad and I was chosen to head the team. My responsibilities included
hiring talent in the digital marketing space and establish short term and
long term goals for the team. One of the bigger projects piloted was an
online portal called AdFromHomes, to design and book newspaper ads
online. The project gave me extensive experience in working closely with
developers and designer to implement and execute the wireframes.
The 1 year period with Digimaniak was able to open my eyes to the limitless
possibilities of the digital world and got me really interested in the UI-UX
and design for technology.

EXPERIENCE Chief Designer at MEDIA VOICE MAGAZINE JUN 2009 - MAY 2010
Media Voice magazine was a monthly English magazine started by Mr.
Sarath Kumar. I joined as the Chief Designer and my responsibilities involved
developing guidelines for the magazine layout and deliver layouts for print
every month. Since the magazine was new I was expected to develop the
entire branding and look and feel of the magazine.
I was also responsible for organising photoshoots for the cover page by
co-ordinating with the photographers, make-up, stylist and art directors.
On numerous occasions I was also required to travel to various parts of the
country along with Mr. Sarath Kumar and shoot interviews and establish
rapport with the local journalists there.

Visualiser cum Designer at AXES ADS JAN 2009 - APR 2009

Worked as Visualiser cum Graphic Designer. Was part of two member
design team and was involved in the designing of various print collaterals.

Freelancer at TV PRODUCTION JAN 2008 - DEC 2008

Worked as freelancer in the Camera and Production department for various
shows in Tamil Channels like Kalaignar TV, Vijay TV and Sun TV.
Also wrote additonal screenplay for Santosh Sivans Urumi and S.J. Suryahs
Komaram Puli.

IN SUMMARY I am always looking for new challenges and this has helped me be part
of various creative industries. I began my career in Film and TV, and then
progressed to design and advertising. Advertising introduced me to the
digital medium and I have been hooked since. UI-UX is my most recent
passion and I get excited design for technology.
I take pride in being extremely dedicated to work and my desire to keep
learning is what has driven my passion towards my career. I believe that
design and technology are inseparable, as one evolves it drives the other
as well. Being in the center of both is most exciting part of my life.
I love my Royal Enfield bike and road trips give me a high. Travelling and
beer is what keeps me alive!

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PERSONAL NAME: Abishek Antony

DETAILS
DATE OF BIRTH: 08-08-1985

MARITAL STATUS: Married

LANGUAGES KNOWN: English (To read & write)

Hindi (To read & write)
Tamil (To read & write)
ADDRESS: #1598, 5th Street,
J-Block, Anna Nagar West,
Chennai - 600 040
MOBILE: +91 98843 96294