TIMEFRAME

2009 - 2014

InDUSTRY

Luxury Travel

Consumer Goods

Food

Art & Photography

REGION

India

ROLES

Travel Designer

Copy Writer

Brand Developer

Content Strategist

Video/Photographer

OMIDYAR GROUP

I was commissioned in EARLY 2020 to author a brief, insider’s guide to Bangalore for the foundation’s stakeholder meeting held there in January. Read a sample here.

ENCHANTING TRAVELS

I began working with Enchanting Travels designing custom made luxury travel for customers in the English speaking world. Through email and Skype conversations, I’d chat with prospective visitors and hear their dreams of India. It was an honor to help bring all of their dreams to life.

The office in Bangalore was a multinational, multi-cultural team: German, French, Spanish, British, American and Indian. I learned a tremendous amount about teamwork, open mindedness and how deep our individual cultural imprints shape our habits and manners.

I spent a year designing trips before a large rebranding and site redesign for the Enchanting Travels website brought be fully back to copywriting and content strategy once more.

As my life evolved in India, I returned to freelancing for Enchanting (producing a large body of video reports on destinations and hotels for them) as well writing for as clients in NYC and India. My colleague from that time, Stella Kukielka, wrote a great recommendation for me on LinkedIN which illustrates much of what I did there.

LUCID DESIGN

Through my work with Enchanting Travels, I met the founder of Lucid Design and worked with the Bangalore based design and branding firm on the launch of a new, Italian made line of pastas developed specifically for the Indian consumer market, DiSano.

From naming to packaging and beyond, I consulted and collaborated right up until launch. I still smile when I see the packaging on the shelf of an Indian supermarket.

VISIT LUCID DESIGN - DISANO CASE STUDY

PAUL MATHIEU

My professional adventure with Paul Mathieu has brought me to India numerous times. Sometimes with Mr. Mathieu as his liaison for press and events, other times on my own to oversee work performed in ateliers or to visit Paul Mathieu designed spaces like the Gyan Museum in Jaipur.

more about my work with Paul Mathieu