Designer/Illustrator/Educator

MFA (Comics) July 2019 – California College of Arts, San Francisco, California

MBA (Marketing) Feb 2007 – Lal Bahadur Shastri Institute of Management, Delhi, India

B.Tech (Electronics and Communication) May 2005 – Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, India

Resident Artist and Illustrator, Chapter 510                                  

Oct 2018 – Present

Oakland, California

• Created a new system for teaching scientific procedural writing in comic format for the STEAM Labs
• Developed and conducted weekly self illustrated lesson plans, activities and final project templates
• Live illustrated, Co-Led and Published for Live Storytelling workshops

After-School Teaching Assistant, Sarah’s Science                                    

Sept 2017 – Present

Castro Valley, California

• Assisted teacher in implementing their pre-developed lesson plans
• Worked with children during the lesson plan to ensure that they finish projects in alloted class time
• Collaborated with teachers to monitor the progress and engagement of each student

Teaching Assistant, California College of the Arts                              

Jan 2018 – May 2018

Oakland, California

• Assisted professor Justin Hall in conducting, evaluating and monitoring his lesson plans
• Conducted a lesson on “American women in Comics”
• Led a book discussion on immigration and refugees based on Thi Bui’s comic “The best we could do”

Sales Manager and Trainer, Anglokom Germany GmbH                   

Jan 2013 – Sept 2016

Waiblingen, Germany

• Conceptualized and implemented Intercultural trainings for Trelleborg in India and Germany
• Developed and deployed tailor-made corporate and individual English Language Trainings
• Managed sales, recruitment and e-Learning systems for the Training department

International Training Manager and Sales Engineer, Veit Christoph GmbH

Jul 2014 – Nov 2014

Fellbach, Germany

• Executed marketing campaigns through press releases, newsletters and social media platforms
• Designed web-tutorials for the software VCmaster through Camtasia and Wordpress
• Advised international clients on product specifications based on policy changes

Freelance English Corporate Trainer, Arenalingua, VHS, Educomp and KERN AG                   

Sept 2010 – Dec 2012

Stuttgart, Germany

• Deployed content curricula for trainings based on standard corporate assessment tests
• Delivered trainings in technical, financial and business English for corporate and private clients
• Conducted feedback evaluation sessions and analyzed improvement techniques for trainings

Research Assistant, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft

Oct 2010 –  March 2011

Stuttgart, Germany

• Researched on the topic:  Indo-German collaboration in the field of IT
• Assisted, translated and supported the team in the English documentation and proofreading  

Business Development Manager, Big City Promotions                      

March 2010 –  April 2010

Bangalore, India

• Analyzed client requirements for product development and design
• Planned advertising activities with end clients and internal product development team
• Budgeted, controlled and delivered BTL promotions to the end clients

Deputy Relationship Manager, Reliance Asset Management Company

March 2007–  Feb 2010

Delhi, India

• Designed new derivative products based on client needs through banking channels
• Liaised between underwriting banks, distributor networks and end clients
• Trained retail distribution networks, channel partners and individual financial agents about new complex structure products involving derivatives and stock options

• Procreate
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Adobe Indesign
• Camtasia
• VideoScribe
• Canva
• Wordpress

Advertising, Cartooning, Comics, graphic design, Illustration, Lasercutting, marketing, sales, Teaching, training, Writing

English, German, Hindi