Work Samples
Senior Creative Designer
Lewis Communications Ltd – 2015 - present
2015 - Promoted to a Senior Creative Designer role after successfully expanding agency offering in design, web and animation.
2016 - 2018 I experimented with a lot of different technologies ranging from Three.js, Unity, Unreal and building prototypes for AR/VR. So, I have a good overview of these technologies. I don't use these technologies anymore.
2019 - Experimented with Figma when it was quite new.
2020 - 2021 - My role has evolved into a mix of couple of different job roles based on the projects. Creative lead on certain campaigns and working with a team of creatives on certain campaigns.
2022 - 2024 - Mostly working on non client work for growing the business with New bisoness pitches for brands with a success rate of over 70%. Google, Northern Data, Petronas, Hello Fresh, Colt, CoLP, Five9, Viator to name a few in recent years.
The acknowledgment of my full name 'Umang Dokey' in the book 'The Silent Rebellion' is only related to me designing the book cover with the spiral staircase. This acknowledgment does not include anything else by law.
Senior Creative with over 10 years of experience
Creative Designer
Lewis Communications Ltd – 2012 - 2015
As a mid-weight designer and my role expanded into branding, web and motion design. HTML5 interactive visualisations were a big part of my job and I gained knowledge of UX and UI design during this phase of my career.
Junior New Media Designer
Lewis Communications Ltd – 2010 - 2012
In the early days at this PR agency, I was responsible for working on predominantly print, video and basic web projects. Flash interactive animations were an important aspect back in those days.
Work Experience
A little bird – 2010
I did a month internship at a small social media agency. Even though it was unpaid I learned a lot and it was definitely a good starting point for me.
Freelance
2009 – 2010
Worked on a few product designs ranging from iPad case designs to some small branding projects. Still haven't got the payments for these. :/
Masters in Design
School of Design, Northumbria University 2008 – 2009
Studying at Newcastle's Northumbria University I secured a distinction for my dissertation. My course ranged from learning about Industrial Design, Interaction Design (UX/UI) for electronic products to Marketing and Business plan.
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Commercial Art)
Sir J.J. School of Applied Art, Mumbai 2004 – 2008
A four year course taught me the basics of advertising, typography, graphic design, animation, 3D modelling. Print, Digital, Web & Motion.
High School
2000 - 2004
Learned HTML/C++ at school and hand coded my first website back then. Learned Flash and created my first animation in Flash. Dont remember C++ programming language anymore. :)