Neeti Gokhalay

Founder & Principal Designer

Bangalore, India

Work Experience

SECOND : DESIGN + MEDIA

Founder & Principal Designer

April 2014 - Present India

Srishti School Of Art, Design And Technology

Visiting Faculty

LAYOUT 1: Teaching a course on the basics of Layout to 2nd and 3rd year students. The course covers the principles of design and layout through presentations and a series of exercises. The course focuses on creating layouts using grids and explores the relation of typography with a page as well.
September 2013 - January 2016 India

White Canvas

Visual Communicator

Worked on purely design based projects. The projects ranged from branding, exhibition design, packaging, publication design, illustration to brand strategy and UX/UI. Worked with brands such as Comedy Central, KRSMA Estates, The Brigade Group, Habanero, U.S. Polo Association, WIlliam Penn and the Accord Group of Hotels.
August 2012 - March 2014 Bangalore, India

Styletag.com

Principal Designer

Worked on the UX in colllaboration with the lead UI. Art direction for the overall look and feel of the website, keeping it consitent in terms of imagery, collaterals and communication. I also handled the brand's Facebook and Pinterest pages. Product curating and styling for certain shoots was also a part of my job profile.
December 2011 - August 2012 Bangalore, India

Geek Creative Agency

Visual Communicator

Worked on branding, publication design, web design, facebook applications, ipad and iphone applications. Headed projects that involved delegating work and art-directing illustrators, collaborating with 3Ds Max artists, developers and coordinating studios. During the period of one year I had the chance to work with some exciting brands like The Biere Club (Brand strategy, Brand identity), Manipal University (UI/UX), Yahoo, School Cinema (Publication Design), Traderz.in (Brand Identity + UX/UI), Durex (Illustration, Inforgraphics), SAB Miller (Inforgraphics, Handled Twitter Account for The Coolest Job Finals in Goa) etc and also the Geek Website (UI/UX).
December 2010 - December 2011 Bangalore, India

GizaPage.com

UX/UI Designer

Worked on the UI/UX and marketing of the new GizaPage platform by developing a series of pages and task flows which have now been included in the mainstream design. Youtube and Twitter interfaces custom designed for the GizaPage website.
February 2010 - March 2010 India

Freedom Tree Design

Visual Communication Intern

Worked as a graphic designer for 8 and half weeks and was involved in working on identity design, packaging for Hindustan Pencils and illustrations for textiles that are now sold at select lifestyle stores.
May 2009 - July 2009 Mumbai, India

White Canvas

Graphic Design Intern

Worked as a graphic designer for 8 weeks and was involved in working on identity design, web and print based work. Pitch work included identity design for Mantri Mall - Malleshwaram, White Canvas design cell and menu design for Bon South.
May 2008 - July 2008 Bangalore, India

Education

Srishti School Of Art Design And Technology

Professional Diploma in Visual Communication

2006 - 2010 Bangalore, India

Edinburgh College Of Art

Graphic Design : Exchange Program

January 2009 - March 2009 Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Languages

Hindi (Fluent),
Marathi (Native),
English (Fluent),

Awards

The Advertising Club Bangalore

Gold for F&B Collaterals

2012

PromaxBDA Awards

Silver for Best Collateral Material

2014