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Curriculum Vitae of Joseph Francis


  • ADDRESS
    Rehiman Manzil,
    140/1, Mottappan Palaya, 6th Main,
    Indiranagar II stage, Bangalore -560 038,
    Karnataka - INDIA
    +91(080) 5213368s

    Email: [email protected]
    Web site: http://www.geocities.com/jofra007

  • SUMMARY

    9 years of experience in Print / Advertising and Web Medias; 5 years in Print/Advertising and 3 years in web designing.
    1 year experience in leading the graphics team.
    Well-versed with all major graphics formats, tools and Packages.
    § Familiar with Quality processes - Part of implementation and maintenance team for ISO 9001 Quality Management systems for the portal.

  • PROFILE

    Pen & Ink: 2 year stint as Illustrator (92-93) at Belart, A Belgium based company with operations at Trivandrum - Kerala -India.
    Cartoon: A year as Cartoonist in a Malayalam Christian Monthly called ' Jeevanum Velichavum'.
    Cinema: A year journey through cinema as Associate Art Director. Assisted in 2 Malayalam feature Films with Mr. Moni Karapuza (1993 to 94).
    Advertising: VISUALISER at M/s Akshar Advertising (94 to 99 Oct 31st )
    Illustrator: Story board, Cartooning, ad -Illustrations, Miniature settings
    Sculptor: Plaster of Paris, wood (mediums)
    Web Designing.

  • CAREER GRAPH

  • Visualiser/Illustrator
  • Cartoonist
  • Graphic Designer
  • Web Designer
  • Creative Manager(Art Director)

  • EXPERIENCE

    Creative Manager, Indiainfo.com Ltd, Bangalore

    From Nov 2nd 1999 to Present date

    IndiaInfo.com is one among India's premier information portal, web solutions and e-commerce based services provider. Started in 1999 in the current form, Indiainfo has been the major content provider for Indian and NRI audience offering multilingual content and solution. It is the first Indian portal to be ISO 9001 certified.

    Key responsibilities

  • Manage 8 member Graphics team
  • Responsible for the designs of the portal and Web solutions projects,
  • spanning from simple web sites to high quality designed applications.
  • Achieve business commitments on schedules and delivery.
  • Maintain the defined processes and high quality.
  • Ensure high degree of teams' confidence and morale.

    Prior to the current assignment

    Graphic Designer, Indiainfo.com, Bangalore

    From Nov 2 nd 1999 to 2000

    Worked as a graphic designer with www.indiainfo.com Held responsibilities for the entire site design, micro-sites, banners, illustrations, flash animations, daily cartoons etc.

    Visualiser, M/s Akshar Advertising Pvt. Ltd.
    From Oct, 1995 - Oct, 1999

    http://www.aksharad.com/
    Clients -Tata yellow pages,Bglr.IT.COM 99,Prestige Group,Himalaya Drugs,Coats,
    Times of India,Britania,


  • COMPUTER SKILLS

    Fully conversant with latest versions of graphics Softwares such as Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady ,Illustrator, Macromedia Flash, CorelDraw, Macromedia Dream weaver,
    Gif Animator, Macromedia Fireworks. Can work on both IBM and Macintosh.

  • CREATIVE SKILLS

    Storyboard making, Sculpture, Miniature settings, Cartooning. Plays Tabla.

  • EDUCATION

    NDFA (5 yers-National Diploma in Fine Arts) - Govt. Ravi Varma College of Fine Arts -Mavelikara - Kerala (1986-91).
    Certificate Course in Commercial Art (1985-87) Govt. R.I.F.A Mavelikkara,Kerala.
    Certificate Course in Multimedia - Aptech, Indiranagar,Bangalore.


  • AWARDS

    Winner - Cartooning and Painting competitions at 'Zestivity 2000'(Corporate Fest) at J.N.Tata Auditorium, Bangalore.
    Winner - Cartooning, Painting and Sketching competitions at 'Zestivity 2002'(Corporate Fest) at J.N.Tata Auditorium, Bangalore
    Winner - 'Valentines Day card (Flash) contest 2001' at www.asianetglobal.com


  • PERSONAL
  • Date of Birth: 03.10.1968
  • Marital status: Married
  • Language Skills: Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Hindi
  • Passport Number: A8793054 (Date of Expiry 07.05.2010)
  • Personal Web site: http://www.geocities.com/jofra007
  • Permanent Address: Anakkallil House, Eattithoppu, P.O, Idukki District, Kerala - 685510

  • REFERENCES
  • Mr.Ajayan km - AGM- www.indiainfo.com -080-5734960-5
  • Mrs.Beena Nandakumar - Sr.Manager Corp.Services www.people-one.com -5506015-19
  • Capt.Unnikrishnan - GM- www.Akshar Advertising Associates pvt.Ltd -080-5355252

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