## BIO
Mantra Malhotra Objective To give shape to the visualization and creative capabilities and skills on different media: Web/ Illustrations/ graphic designing, in consonance with the functioning of the company/ client – In other words, to be creative. Summary I have Six and a half years of work experience in the Design industry in Internet / New Media design as a Creative Lead / Visualizer / Web / Graphic Designer working both in a large team and independently. I have designed over 60 Web Sites, Interface for Web Applications, numerous Interactive Multimedia CDs, Presentations, Software GUI, Corporate identity, Animations in Flash, Collages, Illustrations etc. I also have extensive experience in making HTML prototypes for Demo purpose for showcasing our Software Solution after understanding Clients requirements. Experience Currently I am working with PixelCrayons (as a Creative Head). October 2004 – Till Date PixelCrayons. New Delhi Creative Head • Head of the creative team, responsibilities included visualization for designing assignments and providing theme for the team to work on, providing direction for the team to follow. • Responsible for the complete quality check of the assignments, before finally putting across the solutions to the clients. • Client interaction with both Indian/UK/USA clients as and when required for gathering requirements, finalisation of technical and functional specifications, and features of the web site. • Ensure completion of work within scheduled timeframe, including implementation of various User-Interface screens. • Giving concept and create front end screens and designs for the Web Solutions and multimedia projects. • Conducting brainstorming sessions of the creative team to bring out different ideas from the creative team. • Search Engine Optimisation I started my career with M-Com Software Solutions ( as a graphic designer) March 2000 – September 2004 Graphic Designer • Creating designs for the various website assignments for the company. • Design, development, testing and integration of various features of the web site, ensuring its functionality as per client specifications. • Co-ordinate with the development team to develop prototype of the web site or desktop application interface (front-end). Take client feedback and incorporate changes suitably. • Creating suitable Graphics for the Design team. • Giving ideas of animations. • Making Sample Interfaces • Making layouts for Print. Skill Set Graphic Designing, Digital Painting and DTP Layout Tools Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Coral Draw Fire Works / Image Ready Adobe PageMaker Audio & Video Software Technologies Sound Forge Adobe Premiere Elastic Reality CD Presentation and 2D Animation Tools Macromedia Director Macromedia Flash Swish Flex 3D Modeling & Animation Tools Infini-D 4 3D Studio MAX 3 Logo Motion Web Page Composer and Editing Tools Macromedia Dreamweaver 3 Front Page 98 / 2000 HTML/XHTML Visual Studio CSS - Cascading Style Sheets Office Tools Microsoft Office 2000 Adobe Acrobat Search Engine Optimisation Professional Qualifications • Pursued Two and Half Year Advance Certification course in multimedia from Arena Multimedia, India. • Personality Development Course from British Council, India. • Pursued Three year Diploma course from NIIT, India • Pursued Bachelor of Arts from Delhi University, 1997 – 2000 Portfolio [login to view URL]
