Mallikarjun Dharve

• Working closely with the HOD for the smooth functioning of the department fusing the expertise of a Production Manager with the soft skills and people management skills of an Artist Manager in to one.
• Keeping a close tab on the department workload and inventory, managing artist leaves, appraisals, career growth and maintaining the department skills matrix
• Advising on training programs from a strategic perspective to make the team future ready with new pipelines and procedures
• Assisted in talent acquisition efforts, hiring top candidates to strengthen the department''s capabilities.
• Optimized scheduling practices to ensure adequate staffing during peak business hours without sacrificing employee satisfaction or budgetary constraints.

Department Production Manager - Environment Generation and Motion Graphics. (Additionally - Lighting Department for 1 year)

After getting promoted to the role of a Department Production Manager for Lighting, Environment and Motion Graphics - the focus shifted from a Show structure to a more narrowed Department Structure of operation. As a DPM - I am responsible for the production capacity of the Department to manage all the shows coming. At one point the peak Headcount across my departments was 180 artists. Working with a lovely team of 22 which has a mix of Line Producers, Coordinators and Assistants.

• Training of Coordinators with best production practices
• Working with various show teams to ensure optimal resource utilisation
• Keeping a close eye on the future projections and partaking in Hiring numbers
• Regular training sessions for refreshers programmes and upskills
• Collaborating with other sites to try and generate more inventory for the department.

I started working as a VFX Line Producer with Double Negative and after an Year or so got promoted to the role of a Department Production Manager for - Lighting and Environment Departments.

As a Line Producer :

• Managed inventory flow of shots across all departments finally culminating in Compositing
• Mentored new joining Production coordinators for best practices and production techniques
• Worked closely for the Show Production Manager / Producer to align weekly deliverables
• Overall project planning by optimizing resource utilisation and maintaining manday budget
• Line Produced shows - Thor Ragnarok, Deadpool 2, Hobbs and Shaw.

As a Post Department Manager at Assemblage, I was responsible for the turnover and delivery of inventory for CFX, FX, Lighting and Compositing Departments. The Department strength was around 95 which included artists and supervision.

• Worked on delivery for Arctic Justice/Artic Dogs overseeing the workflow from Animation department in to CFX/FX and then Lighting and Compositing
• Parallely overlooked production for Swan Princess DVD series 6 and 7.
• Handled production work with a team of 4 Production Coordinators

My tenure with Riva Animation and VFX as short lived as the studio evntually shutdown. However, even with the short stint, I had an opportunity to work on amazing projects which brought along new learnings with a focus on CG/Animation side of the VFX pipeline

• Worked on DON project which was produced for Immersive Amusement Ride at Dubai Parks and Resorts
• First ever project delivered on a curved screen format in Stereo
• Planning of show from Assets development, vendor management and compositing of shots.

PrimeFocus is India`s leading studios providing VFX services. As a VFX Production Manager, I was responsible for various aspects of production planning and delivery of projects.

• Planned and scheduled crews members and supervision to accommodate delivery schedules.
• Managed projects with the help of VFX Producer from concept to completion, including concept art, Compositing and final delivery
• Worked on Projects like Sin City, Ghost Blows Out the Light, The Danish Girl, The Huntsman : Winter`s War etc

BA Continuum Solutions - Wholly owned subsidy of Bank Of America has a wide footprint in India for back office operations of banking services.

Starting from the role of a Loan Advisor, I rose to challenges and with persistent efforts I cracked Internal Job Promotion (IJP) and moved to Work Force Management Dept.

I was also the First in Department promotion to the designation of a Team Developer. Overlooking WFM and RTA (Real Time Adherence), i was responsible to deliver the following attributes

• Adhered to company policies and scripts to consistently achieve call-time and quality standards.
• Coordinated implementation of people-related services, policies and programs through departmental staff.
• Collected and analyzed information to monitor compliance outcomes and identify and address trends of non-compliant behavior.

FIK International - Acronym for Frontiers In Knowledge is an Event Management company based in Mumbai, HQ - Malaysia. FIK International`s expertise lies in organising Corporate Training Programmes having Internationally renowned Trainers, Speakers and Subject Matter Experts.

As an Administrative Assistant and Tele Sales Executive, I was actively involved in securing nominations from PSUs and Private sector Corporates alike.

• Delivered scripted sales talks to customers reached via manual and automatic dialing systems.
• Performed cold calling and outreach to build sales pipeline.
• Overcame objections using friendly, persuasive strategies.