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Koushik

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long story short i have been doing this for a while. here is the stripped down version.

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sep 2025 – present

co-founder – sako

building india’s first scalable creative ops platform that turns design delivery into predictable 48-hour sprints.

design subscription on the front, creative ops engine with pods / sla timers / automation underneath.

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oct 2024 – apr 2025

design lead – marketing & branding, freightify

sole visual design lead across marketing, branding, product, and internal comms; managed 5–10 daily deliverables across teams.

rebranded the entire visual identity and moved the org from adobe xd to figma with reusable systems and components.

increased lead generation by ~30% via high-converting decks, campaigns, and landing pages.

boosted customer engagement by ~25% with better product marketing materials and webinars, and lifted brand visibility by ~15% through social redesigns.

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sep 2024 – oct 2024

freelance designer

short sprint of visual branding and ux work for clients between full-time roles.

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oct 2022 – jul 2024

senior motion designer & motion designer – pickyourtrail

grew youtube to ~600k impressions / 200k views and instagram reach to ~4m; pushed subscribers from ~5k to ~27k and followers from 180k to 225k.

produced trend-driven content and launch campaigns that lifted social engagement and conversions across channels.

led a small video team as senior, delivering 100+ internal training and launch videos for sales, marketing, cx, and product.

helped shape brand presence through on-brand motion systems and always-on content.

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may 2024 – oct 2024

founder & product owner – prolancing

experimented with a freelance marketplace with ai-powered gig matching and team-building.

managed the full product lifecycle from user research and prototyping to mvp testing.

built a subscription-based model with slack / jira style integrations and used this to learn about scaling and pivots.

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aug 2018 – jul 2022

founder – abstract medias

built a digital music distribution platform during college, reaching ~Β£25k arr over four years.

onboarded 50+ musicians and labels with ~75% retention and manually handled 1,000+ song uploads early on.

shipped web tools that automated distribution, cutting turnaround time by ~50% and operational costs by ~30%.

used cohort, funnel, and path analysis to drive ~30% uplift in retention and keep feature work tied to real usage.

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2018 – now

freelance creative / multimedia

700+ video projects, 400+ audio projects, and a bunch of campaigns across industries.

roles spanning audio & video technician, founding creative designer for dowhile ai, marketing for oojam garage, and more.

handled everything from luxury car content to university demand gen campaigns.

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may 2023 – oct 2023

founding designer – dowhile ai

helped brand and launch an ai-powered code search engine backed by sequoia surge 09 and nexus venture partners.

produced motion graphics and gtm campaigns that drove a ~75%+ surge in social engagement and strengthened investor confidence.

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aug 2022 – oct 2022

motion graphic designer – rencata

created launch videos for the mobile app shez care from storyboard to final cut under budget constraints.

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jan 2022 – jul 2022

career break – gap year

resumed a paused college semester and reset before the next product and design cycles.

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sep 2021 – dec 2021

demand generation specialist – sathyabama institute of science & technology

executed ott campaigns that outperformed traditional social channels by ~10% in lead generation.

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dec 2014 – jan 2017

founder – techboyz

ran a small web property fixing software issues that attracted 200k+ visits and roughly ~$1k in ad and donation revenue.

2025 β€” Kelashik.