Milan Makwana

Experience

• 

  Shirt Company (India) Limited

  Jun 2011 - May 2012

  Assistant Graphic Designer

  - Designed leaflet, presentations, yearly reports & review, brochures and layouts for in-house print & marketing collaterals- Mostly involved in research for presentations and assisting the designers with imagery.

• 

  Eggfirst Advertising and Digital Marketing Agency

  Jul 2011 - Sept 2011

  Design Intern

  - Responsible for assisting the Senior Designers with reference and relevant images for identity design, brochure, leaflet, print ad concepts, marketing collaterals, social media creatives, etc.- Research on new clientele, their competitors in the sector.

• 

  The Other way

  Aug 2012 - Aug 2013

  Graphic & Web Designer

  - Servicing & coordinating with clients by taking their feedback and educating them about the design concepts.- Brochures & print ads for Godrej Green Building, branding, identity design, mural, marketing material, stationery design. Assisting with brand guidelines, email communication, web banners & social media creatives. - Responsible for print projects like personalized coffee-table books, greeting cards, wedding invites, packaging & stall design for a local frankie company in Jaipur and website design for a jewellery brand. Show less

• 

  Brand Harvest Consultancy Pvt Ltd

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2014

  Senior Visualizer

  - Worked for well-known brands like L&T, Merrell, Norton Saint Gobain, Prabhudas Liladher, Oberoi, Runwal Builders, LocalBanya, Trillium Mall (Amritsar) & Pacific Mall (Dehradun), etc.- Responsible for handling entire mall campaign & marketing design for Trillium Mall, Amritsar, inclusive of all the print collaterals, outdoor design & van design for promotions.- Worked on all the print & web medium communications ranging from identity, branding, brochures, print ads, emailers, ad campaign, yearly reports, calendar, van & entire mall design, hoardings, website, social media creatives, etc. - Well versed in digital printing pre & post processes, graphics production, colour coding & colour correction and print ready artwork files. Show less

• 

  Browntape Technologies

  Dec 2014 - Dec 2016

  Senior Visualizer

  - In-house designer for e-commerce startup. Responsible for extending their brand guidelines & website design. Designing online marketplace website for fashion category, its branding & marketing activities.- Worked on dashboards, collaborated with developers for improvising website & product's additional features.- Handled UI design and responsible for creating UI style guide for the new feature called "Listr" along with its identity & branding. - Created a GIF banner for the new feature called "Tally Sync" which self-explained its benefits to the existing and new clients.- Promoting onboard clients by designing mailers, banners, social media creatives and marketing collaterals for events needed and on the website like Flipkart, Jabong, Myntra, etc.- Designing GIF's, ads, E-mailer, web banner & social media creatives to promote our own e-commerce blog "Indian Online Seller". - Worked on theatre screen ad design for in-house promotion, leaflets, murals, posters, E-mailers, social media creatives & marketing collaterals, website, web banners, etc.- Created stall design for exhibitions, worked on video graphics educating our audience about the e-commerce world. Show less

• 

  CouponDunia

  Feb 2017 - Dec 2017

  Graphic & UI Designer

  - Collaborated with the Product Managers and the Design lead along with fellow designers for better effective communications over both the UI as well as the visual design medium. - Handled browser extension and responsible for designing new features and improvising it for web & mobile design. - Responsible for creating Diwali campaign creatives, E-mailers, website banners, social media creatives for in-house promotions.- Worked for renowned merchants like Amazon, Flipkart, Airbnb, Jabong, Myntra, Redbus, Zomato, Bigbasket, Bookmyshow, Dominos, Freshmenu, First cry, Jet Airways, Oyo Rooms, Nykaa, Zoomcar and many more for promoting their offers, discounts, etc on our website, social media & other platforms creating mailers & web banners. - Worked with affiliated marketing team for promoting merchants along with our additional cash back.- Worked and promoted merchants across different domains including travel, e-commerce, recharge, healthcare, fashion, etc. - Trained & learned more about user interface design and worked on mobile & web platforms. Show less

• 

  Primarc Pecan Retail Private Limited

  Feb 2018 - now

  Design Lead

  - Strategized and developed end-to-end creative solutions for a diverse portfolio of brands that involved: Social Media Marketing, Website Creation, Paid Marketing, Email Marketing (Klaviyo, MailChimp), Influencer Marketing, Marketplace Listing, Amazon Enhanced Brand Content / A+ Listings, Amazon Brand Stores and Amazon Marketing Services- Ideation and execution of social media calendar for brands to grow their online presence and sales that include renowned international clients across various categories like nutrition, fashion, beauty, e-commerce, health and fitness- Executed design content for Amazon EBC Project for both Amazon Premium Brands and Amazon Launchpad and Accelerator brands- Conceptualization and direction of Motion Graphic Videos for social media brands, Amazon EBC- Brand and Product video creation for established brands- Mapped the creative journey for the new onboarded projects- Ensured end to end delivery of the project and met timelines as the primary point of contact for clients across all brands- Part of the top management team for business and marketing pitches and presentations- Conducting brainstorming session and coordination with the design & content team for projects- Lead a team of 7 Designers, assisting them with creative feedback, planning, and prioritizing work on a daily basis- Collaborated with multiple teams to provide creative solutions- Recruited and mentored new team members Show less