Ratnakar Singh
B-2005
Ajnara Gen-X
Crossing Republik, Ghaziabad
Contact: 91+9818099420
Email:
singh.ratnakar@gmail.com
Creative Head, Operations and Customer Relationship Management
CORE COMPETENCIES
• Fine Art
• Visualization
• Animation
• Graphic/Layout Designing
• Employee Communications
• Production Management
TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Adobe PhotoShop
• Adobe Illustrator
• Macromedia flash
• Coral draw
• Indesign
• Animation software
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
July’11 – till now with OM BOOKS INTERNATIONAL
Creative Head
Job profile:
Active involvement in organization and design of business models, workflows and processes.
Presently I am cultivating art at OM BOOKS INTERNATIONAL. OBI is one of the largest English language trade publishers in the Indian subcontinent and has been a leading force in the Indian book industry for several years, with its coffee table books, fiction and eye-catching promotional material. OBI publishes children’s titles under the Om Kids imprint: illustrated classics, mythology, folk tales, encyclopaedias and more. In addition to being a publisher, OBI is a major distributor of books for many leading international imprints as well. Here my responsibility is to manage the creative team, workflow, quality of the whole artwork, visualization, illustrations, colouring of our own high quality stylized children books like Picture Dictionary, Nursery Rhymes, Mythology, etc. My work involves working with a team of artists to create flawless illustrations for projects, design out of the box ideas and see a project from start to end, with conceptualization, creation and then sales by making great promotional material such as catalogues, brochures, posters, invites and trade sheets etc.
Aug’09 – July’11 with Pen2print Media Solutions
Creative Head
Job profile:
Active involvement in organization and design of business models, workflows and processes.
Was heading the designing team at P2PMS, wherein I was mainly responsible for overall visualization and appearance of art and illustration, manage the team, workflow and maintain standards and quality of the output. Pen2Print Media Solutions is a provider of solutions and services in Composition, Financial, Content Transformation Solutions and Marketing Communications services. My most challenging task here was to focus on the promotion and building up of the brand, whether of P2P or of our client. I have been responsible for many promotion campaigns here, especially developing material for clients and the company as they sought to represent themselves at various international book fairs around the world.
Feb’09 – Aug’09 with Thomson Digital
Art Director
Job profile:
Client communication, Planning, organization, staffing, execution, and closing of projects.
In early 2007 I was in charge of the overall visual appearance of art and illustration and visualization at Thomson digital. Thomson Digital is among the leading global service providers in India for end-to-end content .The art director processing and conversion for publishers worldwide. At Thomson I was responsible to ensure how art communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. Here my responsibility was not just the book format, but a considerable number of magazines and web templates, UI design were also handled by me.
2007-2009- Planman Technologies
Art Director
Job profile:
Was responsible to manage the team, workflow, quality and timely delivery for the whole artwork, visualization, illustrations, coloring of International magazines, web portals, promotional material and children’s books like Picture Dictionary, Nursery Rhymes, Mythology, etc .My work involved managing a team of artists to create flawless illustrations against tight deadlines.
2005-2007-Illustrated Orchid
Art Director
Job profile:
Responsible to manage the team, workflow, quality and timely delivery for the whole artwork, visualization, illustrations, coloring of International Comics like Santa Banta & Trendy and Bollywood and various children books.
2004-2005 -Cyber Media India Limited
Senior Visualizer
Job profile:
I was involved in many successful domestic and international large-scale projects. The work majorly involved creating artwork and illustrations for graphic-heavy books. These books are children’s books with activities and stories. My work involved working with a team of artists to create flawless illustrations against tight deadlines.
2003-2004 Base 77 (Interactive)
Illustrator, Visualizer
Job profile:
I worked along with a very creative team in creating 2D animation backgrounds and illustrations in e-learning programs. I have also worked with flash animations and created characters for 3D and 2D modeling.
2002-2003- Q2A Media
Illustrator, Animation Artist
Job profile:
I worked along with a team of experienced illustrators and animation artists to produce heavily-illustrated children’s educational books. The projects involved visualizing education concepts with lucid narration styles for teaching. I have produced board books and activity books. I have also worked on demos and visual coloring. For all these materials, I have also developed sales and promotion presentations.
2001-2002- Escorts
Illustrator, Animation Artist
I worked along with well acclaimed clients, such as Fun Bag, to produce animations. I was part of the Escotoons animations studio in this organization.
2000-2001- UTV
Illustrator, Animation Artist
The team here, created animation characters, such as Meena, Toad Patrol, Planet Monster, etc. These characters were part of educative CD-ROMs aimed at children. I was involved in the layout, design and animation of these projects.
2000-2001- Creative illustrator
Illustrator, Animation Artist
I began my work in Lucknow. I designed and provided illustrations for two books for a literacy house. Another project involved creating logos, monograms and packaging designs for castle pharma, Lucknow. I was also involved in creating ‘Kaun Banega Biskutpati’, an ad film for Lucknow city cables. I have worked with Sahara city designing, a famous art team. I have also worked as an illustrator for the Indian Book House (IBH), Mumbai.
Academia
• 2012 – Pursuing PhD from Lucknow University in Design
• 2004- MFA-Lucknow University- Topped the university in visualization
• 2002-BFA-Lucknow University-Topped in the commercial art
• 1995 - Intermediate Allahabad Board,
• 1992- High School- Allahabad Board, UP
Co-curricular Activities
➢ Participated in KODAK Group Photography Exhibition, 1998-99, At Lalit Kala Academy.
➢ Held Annual Exhibition illustration (College of Arts & Craft 1997–2000).
➢ Three-day exhibition of realistic illustration in Lalit Kala Academy (April 2004).
➢ Won first Prize in Visualization competition by Camel Poster Colours 1998–1999.
➢ Won first prize in poster making competition organized for AIDS Awareness, in 1998.
Book fair Visits
Bologna Book Fair- 2009- My visit to Bologna book fair exposed many new ideas of visualization and new concept of illustrations. It has broadened my horizons and opened my eyes to trends in foreign markets.
Frankfurt Book Fair-2010-Frankurt book fair opened many new horizons for many new style of designs and illustration style. It was an enlightening peek at what the European art and literature circuit is all about, and how art and business can function progressively with each other.
Personal Details
Nationality : Indian
Passport : F2718836
Date of Birth : 31st Jan., 1978
Languages Known : English, Hindi
Marital Status : Married
