Vivek Saurabh

Head of Design

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India19 yrs 5 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Expert in design strategy and industrial design.
  • Led multi-disciplinary design projects for major brands.
  • Innovative packaging solutions awarded for excellence.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Design Strategist with expertise in Industrial Design and Retail Solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design StrategyIndustrial DesignRetail DesignDesign ResearchProduct DesignProduct Development

Other Skills

Strategic DesignDesign ThinkingConcept DevelopmentMarket ResearchPrototypingStructural Packaging DesignHealthcare PackagingQuality ManagementPackaging Design3D ModelingConcept DesignService DesignConcept GenerationExperience DesignSketching

About

I am an Industrial designer, strategist, and thought-integrator, combing analytical thinking with imagination and creativity. As an avid ideator/ sound-board, I am competent in being able to respond to complexities and variables and draw logical patterns. My work experience includes projects in design strategy & research, product & packaging design, new product development, strategic branding, environmental & retail design.

Experience

William penn

Design Head

Sep 2014Present · 11 yrs 7 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

Design core india pvt. ltd.

2 roles

Strategy & Industrial Design

Jan 2013Jul 2014 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bangalore, India

  • Involved in core concept creation and ideation across verticals in the organization.
  • Key role in understanding and interpreting the brand and business objectives of clients/projects.
  • Assessing opportunity areas and developing appropriate creative strategy and design.
  • Handling multi-disciplinary design projects with a right mix of creative and analytical approach.
  • Projects & Clients
  • Standardized and modular solutions for scalable, service based retail spaces with custom product, communication and system design.
  • Projects in the areas of Civic design, Customer Interaction Kiosks, Crafts, Interiors and Structural packaging.
  • Worked with 3M, Toyota, Titan, Karnataka Tourism, Caperberry
Design StrategyStrategic DesignIndustrial DesignDesign ThinkingConcept DevelopmentDesign Research+1

Head - Industrial Design

Jun 2010Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bangalore, India

  • Developed the Industrial Design vertical for the organization.
  • Advocated design thinking and worked towards expanding the organization's existing portfolio.
  • Established systems to scope & create detailed project plans & proposals with appropriate timelines and resource allocation.
  • Projects & Clients
  • Handled projects which involved new brand creation, market & user research, range and product planning, product design and development, prototyping, vendor integration, packaging, retail design, technical detailing and manufacturing supervision.
  • Worked on multiple projects for signage system design and way-finding solutions.
  • Worked with Stovekraft, William Penn, Samsung, Volvo, Leeboy, Mahindra World City, TAFE, Vaishnavi Group, Divyasree Developers
  • Conducted Design Sensitization Seminar and Design Clinic with UNIDO and NID for MSME clusters in Hyderabad and Bangalore
Design StrategyIndustrial DesignDesign ThinkingMarket ResearchProduct DevelopmentPrototyping

Independant design professional

Design consultant

Oct 2009May 2010 · 7 mos

  • Structural packaging design for personal care product with unique dispensing mechanism for a major FMCG brand
  • Car freshener (container-dispenser system) design for JKHC
  • Design of Burglar alarm for a Home Automation and Security Company
Structural Packaging DesignProduct Design

Lokusdesign

2 roles

Leader - Industrial Design

Promoted

Feb 2008Jul 2009 · 1 yr 5 mos · Pune, India

  • Handled key accounts in the areas of healthcare, pharmaceutical packaging, FMCG and household plastic products
  • Created custom design tools, formats and methodologies for internal design processes and presentations
  • Involved in establishing quality management system and worked towards getting ISO 9001:2000 certifications for the organization.
  • Projects & Clients
  • Design and development of handheld Anti-counterfeit device and Health Companion (HDA) for Bilcare Research
  • One of a kind of child resistant & senior friendly compliance packs and dispensers – Designs received a US patent and FDA approval
  • Brand identity for Havells
  • Products for home security and automation with Zicom, Aftek (Digihome solutions)
  • Styling and optimization of Automated Vending Machine, Vertical Machining centre, Tapping machine and Organic Waste Convertor for Pidilite, Premier, Macintel and Excel Industries
  • Packaging design for major FMCG companies like Dabur, Cadburys, Nestle, Unilever – Packaging for Vatika shampoos awarded INDIASTAR for packaging excellence
  • Design research projects for ITW
Industrial DesignHealthcare PackagingQuality ManagementProduct Design

Product Designer

Mar 2006Jan 2008 · 1 yr 10 mos · Pune, India

  • Involved in design research, trend mapping & future forecasting, psychographic analysis, mechanism development, ergonomic research & evaluation, form studies, color schemes, sketching & visualizations, 3D modeling, prototyping & model making, co-ordination with design engineering.
  • Projects & Clients
  • Design and development of a range of household plastic products by exploring newer techniques of manufacturing for Nayasa Plastics.
  • Display systems, Visual merchandising, Point of sale solutions for modern as well as traditional retail for ITC, HUL and Pidilite.
  • Structural packaging design with innovative mechanisms and dispensing details for Allied Blenders & Distillers, Pidilite, Bilcare, Pfizer, GSK, Walls Singapore.
Design Research3D ModelingPrototyping

Education

NIFT

Graduate Diploma — Product Design

Jan 2002Jan 2005

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