Arvind Balagopal

ARVIND BALAGOPAL

I'm Freelancer Web Developer UI/UX Designer

About Me

So, you are telling me the sky is blue? Sorry, I beg to differ. I can show you a thousand shades of blue, apricot and white in the morning sky. If you call me a twisted mind, I would be happy to add an over imaginative brain to fit into that description.

From a very young age, I admired the colors and shapes surrounding me more than alphabets and numbers. May be that’s why Math for me was animated squares and triangles & Biology was the perfectly sketched human body with absolute measurements, acids were magically self-transforming dark and light tints and water is too spectacular to be labelled as H2O.

I dropped out of school (a bit early than others) and entered the world of colors and animation. I learnt graphic designing and animation from Image Animation Studios. Then a question popped up on my mind. Do you want it to be your job or your life? I chose the latter!

I have been in the creative domain (mainly graphic design) for many years now. I have worked for start-ups, mid-sized companies and have also freelanced a lot. But, I wanted to put myself in a place where my quench for creativity is put to use at max. I don’t mind working for long and hard to make my clients happy. (Promise me our very own Filter Coffee)

Using my color palette I can, convince, rebel, laugh, argue and befriend. In short, I can communicate using shapes, sizes and hues. No matter if it’s business or personal, I have a knack to make your communication worthwhile.

BONUS

As if ten fingers were not enough for designing, god has gifted me extra two fingers to increase the efficiency. You can count on me (no pun intended)

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

Coding

WordPress / Elementor
95%
HTML5
80%
Cascading Style Sheets (CSS)
80%
Bootstrap
70%
Dreamweaver
60%

Design

Corel Draw X5
95%
Adobe Photoshop
90%
Adobe Illustrator
75%
Adobe InDesign
70%

Other Tools

Figma
95%
Canva
95%
Crello
95%
MailChimp
80%

EXPERIENCE

Efficienza Business Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Web Developer & Graphic Designer
June 2018 - Present (7 years 2 months)

• Creating landing pages using WordPress
• Creating Homepage assets for both Desktop & Mobile Experiences.
• Presenting concepts and ideas consistent with company branding
• Building wireframes & prototypes which were then turned into functional and responsive digital products.
• Designing images, icons and banners.

Talk Media Pvt., Ltd.,
7 years 2 months

Graphic Designer @ Mylapore Talk
June 2015 - May 2018 (3 years)

• Work with clients in creating customized advertisement
• Responsible for the timely production and distribution of Mylapore Talk
• Liaison with the head office in sharing the latest design projects for printing

Graphic Designer @ Adyar Talk
April 2011 - June 2015 (4 years 3 months)

• Responsible for creating layouts for the classifieds
• Work with clients in creating customized advertisement
• Responsible for the timely production and distribution of Adyar Talk
• Liaison with the head office in sharing the latest design projects for printing

AB Ads
Freelancer
July 2010 - March 2018 (7 years 9 months)

Created my own brand called AB Ads which largely focussed on solving design requirements such as creating corporate stationary kits, Event posters, Product/service brochures, Signage, Greeting cards, Power Point Layout

Ontwikkel Corp
Graphic Designer
April 2008 - July 2010 (2 years 4 months)

Was responsible for 360 degree design requirements for various high value clients which includes Indian Cements Ltd, Aegon Global Services, IRIS (Lingerie Items), 24 x 7 Corporate Solutions, MQ Networks, Joint Care Centre, Ortho Care, Birla Sun Life, Chennai Live, G.S. Enterprises, Limra Education, Sowmiya Earth Developers, Grand Palace Stay and much more... Created loads of corporate stationary, press kits, templates, hoarding and signage design, invites, paper ads

Freelancer
March 2007 - April 2008 (1 year 2 months)

Worked as a freelance designer for Catering Magazines and for various tables of Round Table India

Aswin Advertising
Graphic Designer
October 2005 - March 2007 (1 year 6 months)

Responsible for designing layouts for outdoor advertising such as dropbox, stall layout, booth design, standee design, banner & hoarding. for Citi Bank, Dorma, Hercules, TI Cycles, Ford, Smash

EDUCATION

B.SC Computer Science
Vijetha Degree College, Miryalaguga, Nalgonda
2021 – PUURSUING

Animation & Visual FX Specialist
IMAGE, Chennai
2007 – 2009

Master Diploma in Animation
CSC Software, Chennai
2005 – 2006

X Standard
Cambridge Matriculation Higher Secondary School, Chennai
2004 – 2005

SERVICES

Design & Development

website designs are constantly evolving in this fast-paced digital world

Social Media Marketing

SMM is a form of marketing that uses social media platforms as a medium to drive exposure.

Digital Marketing

Google paid ads is an extremely powerful platform yet complicated you need an expert

Branding

Your brand’s identity is the most powerful asset to your business, but it’s also the hardest aspect

Graphic Design

We offer the complete package for Letter Head, Brochures, Flyers, Banner and Much More...

Prototype & Framework

We understand that a crucial part of any website development is the UI & UX design.