Oct 2024 – Oct 2025 · 1 yr · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Strategic Leadership:
• Lead the Audio and Accessories category, focusing on innovation and quality.
• Develop strategies to establish a strong presence in the premium market segment.
• Design Excellence:
• Drive design initiatives in India, setting new benchmarks for excellence.
• Create a unique and coherent design language that aligns with the company's brand values.
• Market Positioning:
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality, innovative products.
• Enhance brand positioning through design-driven marketing and product launches.
• Team Development:
• Mentor and develop a high-performing design team.
• Foster a culture of creativity and collaboration.
• Customer-Centric Approach:
• Prioritize customer insights and feedback in the design process.
• Conduct market research to stay ahead of industry trends.
• Performance Metrics:
• Establish metrics to evaluate the success of design initiatives.
• Regularly review and refine strategies based on performance data.

Jul 2024 – Present · 1 yr 8 mos · Remote

• As an Industrial Design Mentor, i use adplist platform to guide and inspire aspiring designers and professionals, helping them develop their skills, creativity, and professional acumen. Leveraging my decade long industry experience to provide valuable insights, feedback, and support, fostering a collaborative and innovative learning environment.
• Provide one-on-one and group mentorship sessions to students or junior designers, offering constructive feedback on their projects and portfolios.
• Assist mentees in honing their design skills, including sketching, 3D modeling, prototyping, and user-centered design principles.
• Share knowledge about current trends, tools, and best practices in industrial design, helping mentees stay updated with industry standards.
• Guide mentees through the design process, from concept development to final presentation, ensuring they understand each stage and its importance.
• Offer advice on career paths, job search strategies, and professional development opportunities within the field of industrial design.
• Facilitate connections between mentees and industry professionals, helping them build a robust professional network.
• Conduct workshops, seminars, and webinars on various topics related to industrial design to enhance the learning experience.

Jun 2023 – Sep 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos · Delhi, India

• Manage a team of Interns, 3D artists and Industrial Designers.
• Work on product ranges for 5 brands. With a range of products from Wired-Wireless Earphones, Headphones, Portable Speakers, Large Home Audio, Smart Watches, Powerbanks, Mobile/ computer/ gaming Accessories and Grooming products.
• Develop and manage products from initial stages to the launch. While coordinating with multiple Product category Managers.
• Ensure time management between CMF, OEM and ODM projects.
• Coordinating with the manufacturers to ensure the quality of the designs and CMF.
• Develop In-house UI for the watches.
• Develop CGI and Animations for Graphics and Marketing teams.
• 3D Creative Supervision and Art direction.
• Been an integral part of the core team at boAt that helped the brand reach from 90CR to 4000CR revenue.

Jan 2021 – Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Delhi, India

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021 · 11 mos · Delhi, India

Sep 2019 – Feb 2020 · 5 mos · Delhi, India

Sep 2019 – Aug 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Developing Conceptual designs for well known brands that would generally not exist in the real world. This series of projects are named as ‘What If’ Series.
• Interpreting design through design patents to generate concepts before the launch.

Jul 2018 – Sep 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos · Delhi, India · Remote

• Worked with multiple international brands delivering furniture, sneaker and commercial product designs for manufacturing.

Aug 2017 – Jul 2018 · 11 mos · Cardiff, United Kingdom

• The Cardiff Met Careers Service ran a new project in 2018 called the International Student Career Academy. The Academy is designed to further enhance the careers support delivered to international students to ensure that the Careers Service and wider university continues to meet the career development needs and career aspirations of international students.
• This is an extra-curricular role designed to enhance our career development knowledge and maximise our employ-ability skills.

Jun 2016 – Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Noida Area, India

• Design sketching and ideating for short projects.
• 3D modeling and visualizing potential concepts.
• Develop product graphics and adverts.
• Setup meeting with clients for Briefing and feedbacks
• Create product presentations for clients.
• Handle multiple roles in the design process.

May 2016 – May 2016 · 0 mo · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• Developed Multiple digital assets for the companies product catalogue.
• Post processing of product photo shoots and advertisement posters were also developed.

Jul 2015 – Aug 2015 · 1 mo · New Delhi Area, India

• A factory based internship to develop a better understanding
• of the manufacturing processes and the the manual roles involved behind the production.