Professional Experience
Prem is a highly creative and versatile individual with a passion for digital design. He has several years of industry experience as a digital artist and web designer. He can conceptualize, create and deliver high end designs to client specification.
He is personable, articulate, resourceful and hard-working. His work ethic and commitment to the project inspires peer commitment to similar high performance standards.
Specialities
Web & Graphic Design (UI, Web UI, HUD, Social Network, Website Design/Editing/Maintenance, CMS System/Management, XHTML, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery and JavaScript), 3D Modelling and Texturing (Environments, Vehicles, Characters and Props), Advertising and Marketing Design (Logos, Brochures, Business Cards, Flyers, Posters and other collateral), Illustration (Digital/Classical), Image Manipulation & Colour Correction (for Web/Newspapers/Magazines), Photography (Print/Web), Game Designing, Social Media Design, Interactive Media Design.
Experience
The Sussex Sign Company (Present)
Graphic Designer – Vehicle Wrap Designs, Digital Sign Design & Business Stationary
The Sussex Sign Company is a specialist sign manufacture, designer, supplier and installer of a wide range of signage such as shop signs, ficias, window displays to digitally printed vehicle signs, vehicle wraps and various business stationaries (Sussex Signs).
Created advertising and marketing signage and wraps for vehicles, shops signs and for business establishments such as the gym group, Caburn Hope, Sussex police, Britannia Student Services, Brighton RNLI, Forfars, Brighton Centre, Big box storage, University of Sussex, Plumpton Racecourse, noodle bar and others, experience with advanced digital cutting tools and printing in a production environment
1-High Street Designs (2011 – 2013)
Graphic Designer – Digital Designs, Advertising and Marketing Collateral & Website Design
1-High Street is an umbrella design company, started in 2011, for contract design work carried out for corporate clients; a select list includes BSkyB, Sports Interactive, PAX Spices, Media Marketing, SeaChange, Alcatel-Lucent, Quadra, Red Bee Media, Rave Mx, Sun TV, Clasticon, Vril Interactive, OneMG, WishBox.
Created corporate identities and related marketing collateral created for DANU Wind Solutions, London Business School, University of Sussex, Binarybuff Technologies, ONINE, MediSave, Vikram Hegde Architects, Namlekar Constructions, Kasenally Associates, Absolute Tax, Sail in Soft, Hopin Apps, Parallel AI and others.
Pipex Internet Ltd (2009 to 2011)
Graphic Designer and Web Content Editor – Web Content Editor & Website Maintenance Support
Pipex were the first ISP to bring the Internet to UK Businesses and provided the first fully featured web community, enabling customers to create and promote their own websites.
Designed, edited and maintained customer websites and provided design consultancy for external partner websites. Received commendations and awards of excellence for the design of the Pipex corporate website and for the creation of the Southern Healthcare web presence
AOL Online (2008)
Associate Photo Editor –Web Content, Graphic Design & Photo Editing
AOL Inc. is a brand company, committed to continuously innovating, growing, and investing in brands and experiences that inform, entertain, and connect the world.
Design author and content editor for primary portal (aol.com). Principal image content editor for sub-portal (Black Voices). Responsible for the UX/UI design and asset creation for the image portal (Pixcetera) Efficiently and effectively increased portal viewership by suitable content creation and manipulation for better web performance.
Resurgent Studios (2007 to 2008)
Graphic Design Consultant – Corporate Media Identities & Marketing Collateral
Resurgent studio is an advertising and marketing agency located in Chennai (India)
Created corporate identities their clients (KTV, Tata Tea, Food World, Apt International, Spencer’s Daily, Madras Medical Mission, Sulekha Constructions, Raheja Capital, Landmark, Godrej, Lakme and others)
Designed and created web layout and content, graphic design, brand management, corporate presentations and interactive media content. Maintained customer relations and communication channels so as to increase project engagements Negotiated content pricing and facilitated content acquisition on behalf of clients.
DQ Entertainment Ltd (2006 to 2007)
3D Game Artist and offshore developer of EA Games – Game level design, 3D modelling and texturing
DQ Entertainment (DQE) is an animation, gaming, live-action Entertainment Company for production and distribution around the world.
Instrumental in building up the game development team from 11 to over 300 individuals Managed a team of thirty two and inspired team commitment to high performance standards through multiple design cycles by personal mentoring and example based leadership.
Designed levels, characters, props, assets, textures and environments for AAA game titles such as Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Burnout games (Dominator & Paradise), Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Black 2, Medal of Honour, Simpsons and NFL for the PS2, PS3 & Xbox 360 consoles.
Created in-game sets, props, assets and textures for Harry Potter. Created four High, Medium & Low Level of Detail (LoD) Race Tracks (namely Tuscany, Pittsburgh, Bushido & Detroit) for Burnout
Created game tests and pilots for pre-release games (NFS: Car Pilot, Burnout: Track and Car Test, Black 2: Guns, Medal of Honour: Assets/Props, Simpsons: Props, Sims 2: Props which won us the contracts from EA and DICE a studio owned by EA)
Artlab Madras (2004 – 2005) – Animation and Illustration
Studio Sujith Kumaar (2001 – 2004) (Apprenticeship) – Photography and Image Augmentation
Education
University for the Creative Arts, Surrey – 2009 | Masters in Digital Games Design
Specialisation: Game Design and Development, Game Engine Integration and Authoring, Level Design and Execution
Artlab Madras, Chennai – 2005 | Postgraduate Diploma in Digital Media and Communication
Specialisation: Digital Animation (2D & 3D), Character Design, Game Environment Creation, Photography and Film Production, Digital Design, Web Design and Illustration
Kalakshetra Rukmani Devi College of Fine Arts, Chennai – 2004 | Diploma in Fine Arts
Specialisation: Painting in Oil, Acrylic and Water, Pencil Art, Caricature and Comic Art, Classical Animation
University of Madras, Chennai – 2004 | Bachelor of Arts, English Literature
Specialisation: Language and Linguistics, Prose and Poetry
Software Proficiency
Autodesk (Maya & 3DS Max), Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop/Illustrator/In-design/Dreamweaver), Zbrush, Unity 3D, CMS (Wordpress/Joomla/Custom CMS), WYSIWYG Web Editor and Other Tools
