visionVIBES is a boutique creative agency specialising in identity, publication, advertisement, digital, and packaging design.Selected clients included 9.9 Media, HCL, IIM Lucknow, International Travel House, IUCN, Juggernaut Books, Manya Abroad - The Princeton Review, MDI Gurgaon, the Nagpur Metro Rail Corporation Limited, Oxford University Press, Pan Macmillan India, Penguin Books India, Theatricks, UPES, Westland Ltd., WLC College India, the World Health Organisation, XLRI Jamshedpur, YPO, and the Zee Network, among others.My mandate included:Acting as a link between clients and creative teamsEnsuring a strict adherence to deliverable schedules and deadlinesCoordinating production and local & overseas deliveriesInvoicing and following up on paymentsStrategic profit and loss (P&L) managementIdentifying potential business opportunities and driving growth through customer acquisitionPreparing the groundwork for new business pitchesManaging transformational planning and organizational change

My participation in the Resort's Work as Meditation program offered me the opportunity to become a part of its daily running and in the process, rethink my attitude to physical work, mental work, "higher" work/ "lower" work, hierarchies, teamwork, meritocracy, etc.The program is designed to drive home the point that it is not what we do, but how we do it, that changes the gestalt from just "work" to an opportunity for individual growth.As an assistant at the Resort's Welcome Center, my role required me to:Ascertain visitor requirements and facilitate registrations & testingGive welcome talks and conduct orientationsCreate detailed daily, weekly & monthly reports

Now an NIIT group company, Evolv offers corporate training solutions to a wide variety of clients. I was part of a team that was engaged in providing consulting services to clients in the BPO space.My role involved:Assessing spoken English proficiency of potential recruits on the basis of fluency, grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, etc.Suggesting speech correction and voice improvement exercises to successful candidatesCreating detailed weekly reports

My responsibilites included:Interfacing with clients and analyzing their requirementsConducting site surveys and creating detailed proposals & bills of quantitiesOverseeing installations of fire detection and suppression systemsCollating certification documention and liaising closely with local civil defense authorities to gain final site approvalsSupervising maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) contractsManaging the inventory and supply chain