Vaibhav Bhanot (VB)
Experience Designer & Strategist
vaibhav7bhanot@gmail.com
+1 (912) 713-3245
Work Experience:
Experience Designer & Strategist
vaibhav7bhanot@gmail.com
+1 (912) 713-3245
Work Experience:
Co-founder
Link it Black is a call for everyone to use their personal platforms not just as a means for self-promotion, but to help draw attention to underrepresented talent. So when recruiters, clients and industry peers come looking for us, they also see those who too often get overlooked.
Wunderman Thompson - Director of Product Design - (Experience and Innovation)
March2017-Present
- Communicating strategic solutions for brands, products, services and experiences with highly detailed diagrams, flows, wireframes and graphics.
- Build innovation process as a practice to unlock new domains of creativity and sustainable partnerships.
- Collaborating in new business activities with discipline leads, responding to new client briefs.
- Apprehend UX design decisions for clients via strategic and relevant deliverables through impactful presentations while being open to feedback and collaboration.
- Supporting and balancing team recommendations with research, analytics, usability testing, customer insights and other quantitative/qualitative insights as appropriate to advance ideas.
- Providing research driven contextual design for digital and interactive experiences.
Awards: CES Innovation Design 2019: Honoree; Clios 2018 - Silver; D&AD Impact: Wooden Pencil; Cannes 2018 - 3 shortlists
Link it Black is a call for everyone to use their personal platforms not just as a means for self-promotion, but to help draw attention to underrepresented talent. So when recruiters, clients and industry peers come looking for us, they also see those who too often get overlooked.
Wunderman Thompson - Director of Product Design - (Experience and Innovation)
March2017-Present
- Communicating strategic solutions for brands, products, services and experiences with highly detailed diagrams, flows, wireframes and graphics.
- Build innovation process as a practice to unlock new domains of creativity and sustainable partnerships.
- Collaborating in new business activities with discipline leads, responding to new client briefs.
- Apprehend UX design decisions for clients via strategic and relevant deliverables through impactful presentations while being open to feedback and collaboration.
- Supporting and balancing team recommendations with research, analytics, usability testing, customer insights and other quantitative/qualitative insights as appropriate to advance ideas.
- Providing research driven contextual design for digital and interactive experiences.
Awards: CES Innovation Design 2019: Honoree; Clios 2018 - Silver; D&AD Impact: Wooden Pencil; Cannes 2018 - 3 shortlists
Great Dane - Media Specialist
Jun2016-Aug2016
- Utilized raw content to create storyboards that support engaging learning experiences.
- Provide support for multiple learning solution platforms such as Extranet and LMS.
- Assisted production and coordination of creative facilitation activities.
MTV Networks- VIACOM - Assistant Producer
Apr2013-Nov2014
- Managed and led MTV India and MTV Indies' experience products and partnerships, platform innovation and new initiatives of content and creative innovation.
- Synthesized user requirements, usability research, competitive business cases and technical elements into prototypes.
- Initiated and executed a functional database rooted with analytics across all digital platforms.
Savannah College of Art & Design
UX Designer (Mar2016-Jun2016)
COGMAT Digital
Creative Visualiser (Feb2013-Apr2014)
Skumars Online Limited
Designer (May2011-Aug2011)
Achievements:
1. CES Innovation Design 2019: Honoree
Bongiovi Aria - "Tech for a Better World"
Jun2016-Aug2016
- Utilized raw content to create storyboards that support engaging learning experiences.
- Provide support for multiple learning solution platforms such as Extranet and LMS.
- Assisted production and coordination of creative facilitation activities.
MTV Networks- VIACOM - Assistant Producer
Apr2013-Nov2014
- Managed and led MTV India and MTV Indies' experience products and partnerships, platform innovation and new initiatives of content and creative innovation.
- Synthesized user requirements, usability research, competitive business cases and technical elements into prototypes.
- Initiated and executed a functional database rooted with analytics across all digital platforms.
Savannah College of Art & Design
UX Designer (Mar2016-Jun2016)
COGMAT Digital
Creative Visualiser (Feb2013-Apr2014)
Skumars Online Limited
Designer (May2011-Aug2011)
Achievements:
1. CES Innovation Design 2019: Honoree
Bongiovi Aria - "Tech for a Better World"
2. D&AD Impact Awards 2018: JWT, NY
Bongiovi Aria - Health & Wellness
Bongiovi Aria - Health & Wellness
3. Clios 2018 - JWT, NY
Bongiovi Aria - Product Design
Bongiovi Aria - Product Design
4. Rockstar of the Quarter:
For outstanding conceptualization and execution of 'MTV From The Vault'.
For outstanding conceptualization and execution of 'MTV From The Vault'.
5. Hall of Fame - IDMA 2013
MTV India - For best digital and social media advertiser.
MTV India - For best digital and social media advertiser.
6. Digital 360 Degree Campaign: Yahoo Big Idea Chair 2013: (Gold) - MTV India
- RoadiesX - best content strategy and promotion.
- Best Integrated Campaign – Philips MTV mPowerPack (Gold)
- Social Media Campaign of the Year – CEAT Chase the Monsoon (Gold)
- RoadiesX - best content strategy and promotion.
- Best Integrated Campaign – Philips MTV mPowerPack (Gold)
- Social Media Campaign of the Year – CEAT Chase the Monsoon (Gold)
7. SPIKES ASIA 2014- Best Media:
- MTV Rock The Vote (Bronze)
- MTV Rock The Vote (Bronze)
8. EMVIES 2014 - Gold
- Best Media Innovation: Digital (Social Media) for 'Dial The Hashtag' - MTV Rock The Vote
- Best Media Strategy for MTV Rock The Vote
- Best Media Innovation: Digital (Social Media) for 'Dial The Hashtag' - MTV Rock The Vote
- Best Media Strategy for MTV Rock The Vote
9. APPIES ASIA 2014 (Singapore):
- Best Integrated Campaign for MTV Rock The Vote. (Silver)
- Best Integrated Campaign for MTV Rock The Vote. (Silver)
Education:
1. Savannah College of Art & Design
M.A. Design Management - Innovation strategy | Contextual research | Human Centered Design
(Sept2015-Dec.2016)
2. NMIMS University
B. Tech. Electronics - Electronics and Computer Engineering
(May2008-May2012)
Volunteer:
1. Linkit.Black - Co-founder
2. Akanksha Foundation
3. Make a difference Foundation
Tools:
- Sketch - Figma - Principal - InVision - Miro
- Adobe Photoshop - Adobe Illustrator - Adobe After Effects - Adobe InDesign - Microsoft Office - Asana / Slack - Premiere Pro - UX Pin - SketchUp - Dreamweaver - Ableton Live - Proto.io - InVision - Rhinoceros
Publications:
1. Business Insider - 50 Rising stars of Madison Avenue
2. Kyoorius Magazine - Oct'13 - Design and Brand
1. Business Insider - 50 Rising stars of Madison Avenue
2. Kyoorius Magazine - Oct'13 - Design and Brand