Manoj Zachariah, UX/UI Lead

Manoj Zachariah

UX/UI Lead

IBM

Location
India - Bengaluru
Education
Diploma, Corel draw, Page maker
Experience
26 years, 7 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :26 years, 7 Months

UX/UI Lead at IBM
  • India - Bengaluru
  • February 2013 to April 2024

More than 25 years of experience as Project manager, Lead Visual Designer, UX/UI designer,
and print lead. Resourceful and hardworking with expertise to find vendors and keep all team
members on task. Innovative UX Lead with extensive design experience across high-profile
projects. Works with drive and care to conceptualise and create client briefs within deadlines.

Committed to maintaining high standards for excellent customer satisfaction. Ambitious
Digital lead experienced in B2B and B2C brand development. Engages staff and exceeds KPIs
by fostering a passionate, committed work ethic. Decisive in leading teams, managing
performance and uphold standards. Experienced Digital lead skilled in managing personnel,
resources and schedules to handle service demands.

Image editor at Microsoft
  • India - Hyderabad
  • September 2012 to February 2013

Lead Photo editor supports Windows 8 apps team. Photo Editor supports News, Sports, Finance, Business and Entertainment Apps.

Sr. Graphic designer at Freelance
  • India - Bengaluru
  • July 2011 to August 2012

Design brochures, newsletters, and flyers for pharmaceutical companies. And photo editing works from overseas clients.

Photo Editor / Graphic Designer at America Online Pvt. Ltd
  • India - Bengaluru
  • November 2007 to June 2011

- Photo research: For each photo request first will search around 7-8 image vendors, then negotiate, finally license the same. Some cases if it is not with the agency then will call the concerned paper / agency or the person and negotiate and license the same. For publicity photos will check with the media site of the respective Hotels / Resorts if not getting will mail/ call the concerned PR Manager then arrange the photos.

- Photoshop: Each photo is very carefully crop as per requirement and then edit and color correct as per International standards.

- Design: For gallery introduction image or teaser images for the article, will carefully select the photo first then layout the same with text and images.

- SEO: Each photo before publishing will make sure the caption is as per SEO standards.

- Publish: Each WS photo will publish with Dynapub platform and then upload the same in ADAM and the unique number of each photo also will provide to the respective programmer.

- Omniture trained: Trained on Ste Catalyst and Discover which are used for pulling the PVs and UVs for analyzing each photo galleries and article in order to understand the performance.

- CMS knowledge: Thorough knowledge of CMS tools of AOL i.e. ADAM & Telescope - where photos from agencies are uploaded and downloading on a daily basis.

- Static images from videos: Video grabs are taking and then uploading the same into ADAM and providing the unique id’s the programmer which is using for the promotion of each videos.

- Sourcing: Sourcing RM/HO photos from the respective agency/paper/individual by calling/mailing them and then negotiate the price later on licensing according to AOL terms.

- Legal: Each HO / RM photo will buy as per legal terms then later on send the license details, contact address to the legal department for the approval.

Sr. Graphic Designer at GFA India Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • March 2007 to November 2007

Meeting the two leading food brand ad requirements under the parent company- For both brands all advertising material designing and preparing for Offset print, Files for Hoardings, Large format prints etc.
Successful launch of Donut Baker in India and store brandingfor all the brands.
Major clients: Pizza corner, Coffee world, Cream & Fudge and Donut Baker

Sr. Graphic Designer at Smartvisions - A division of Rajhans Offset Printers
  • India
  • January 2004 to February 2007

Meeting the client for print requirements, collecting job details, designing (developing literatures, Presentation modules, Packaging materials - Labels, cartons, Shipping labels, Inserts, Etc.) preparing the artworks as per print requirements, sending for CTP Plates, checking the plates. Coordinate with product managers, technical editors & customers to develop designing aids as per their requirements.
Major clients: FMC India Pvt. Ltd, Airtel, Kennametal India Ltd, Birla 3M, Pigeon Home appliances, Elken India Ltd, Nightingale Home appliances, Cindrella Home appliances, Sophia School etc.
Successful launch of FMC products, Pigeon brands, Cindrella, Nightingale

Senior Graphic Designer at Nevelos Graffiti Scanning Pvt. Ltd
  • India
  • January 2003 to January 2004

Color separation, Image Editing for print, Knowledge of Image setter and preparation of files for print and production.

Graphic Designer at XEROX DOCUMENT CENTRE a subsidiary of Xerox Modicorp Ltd.
  • India
  • March 2000 to December 2002

Designing of Package Materials, Brochures, Posters, Project Works, Digital printing colour Xerox with DC12 and large format printing etc.

Graphic Designer at Bharthi Ads & Graphics
  • India
  • October 1997 to March 2000

Designing of Package Materials, Brochures, Posters, and Project Works

Education

Diploma, Corel draw, Page maker
  • at Sanford Academy
  • November 1997
Diploma, B
  • at Media Spot
  • August 1997

Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark Xpress

Bachelor's degree, Commerce, Accountancy & Cost Accounting
  • at Mahatma Gandhi University
  • June 1991

Specialties & Skills

Photo Research
Graphic Design
Graphic Arts
Graphics Creation
Layout designer
Corel Draw
Quark Xpress
MS Powerpoint
Adobe Page maker
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Indesign
MS Word
MS Excel
Adobe Illustrator

Languages

English
Expert
Hindi
Expert
Malayalam
Expert
Kannada
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

IBM Agile Explorer (Training)
Training Institute:
IBM
Date Attended:
September 2017
Duration:
8 hours
IBM Design Thinking Practitioner Certification (Training)
Training Institute:
IBM
Date Attended:
December 2017
Duration:
6 hours