Aarti Bhalekar

Aarti Bhalekar

Multi Disciplinary Designer in London, she/her

About

Aarti is a London-based multidisciplinary designer specializing in VR/AR, advertising, film, education, and communication design. Passionate about storytelling, she explores it through motion, emerging tech, and 3D art.

With experience in corporate and independent studios, she has worked on ed-tech projects and collaborated with brands like Amazon Prime, Royal Enfield, and Nickelodeon. Her work has been showcased at the Royal Academy of Music, Saatchi Gallery, Aesthetica Film Festival, and more.

She also supports communities through impactful design, enhancing their branding and social initiatives.

Projects

2024

Created an AR Card Game in Snap Lens tailored for young children to teach them about cross-pollination.

  • Showcased at the Snapchat x Royal College of Art Symposium at the Battersea RCA Rausing Building.
  • An extended version of this project, titled HIVE, was showcased at Saatchi Gallery, British Art Fair.
2024

Will We Disappear in the Cover of the Sky? A more-than-human perspective emerges as a starling narrates an account of the challenges brought about by rapidly growing human activities, especially a change in starlings’ wayfinding and foraging opportunities.

  • Showcased at Outernet: Now Building, Pop One Space.
2023

The Secret Garden is an AR experience that invites the audience to explore a hidden garden while also educating them on how to support the flourishing of starlings.

  • Showcased as part of the Sustain Lab exhibit "Co-Creating with Nature" at the Upper Gulbenkian Gallery

  • Showcased at the SnapChat X Royal College of Art Symposium at Battersea RCA Rausing Building.

  • Showcased at Saatchi Gallery as part of the British Art Fair

  • Showcased at London Breeze Film Festival

2023

STALL Is a 360 VR film about a young person getting their period for the first time.

  • Showcased at the Ivy Film Festival at Brown University

  • It will be screened at the Aesthetica Film Festival in York in November.

Awards

2020
Best Team Project in Communication and Motion Design for the Brand , Speak Up from Vancouver Film School
2020
Best Student Project for Less is More from Vancouver Film School
2023

Contributed the additional artwork to the title sequence of the Amazon Prime series Farzi.

2021

Illustrated and wrote a piece for Pride Month that was featured in their digital magazine.

2021

Created the cover image for their summer issue

Work Experience

2021 — Now
Self-Employed at Freelance
London & India
  • Collaborated with three visual designers to create motion pieces showcased as background visuals for the Pierrot Lunaire production at the annual student festival.

  • Designed a logo and website for green energy company Real ZLD.

  • Developed launch visuals for brands like Camlin and College Lab.

  • Designed illustrations for Harvard Business Review’s motion piece Don’t Underestimate the Power of a Walk.

  • Illustrated and wrote a celebratory piece on LGBTQ+ love and unity for the National Diamond Council.

2023 — 2023
Motion Designer at Landor & Fitch
Mumbai

• Created logo, UI, and mockup animations enhancing brand storytelling for brands like Mahindra, Sinara, Nestle among others.

• Collaborated on developing motion guidelines to support the brand visual system of TATA EV.

• Animated social media visuals for L&F India's , APAC and the London team.

2021 — 2022
Motion Designer at Improper.TV
Delhi
  • Supported art directors with research, storyboarding, asset creation, presentations and animations for brands like Nickelodeon, Royal Enfield, Natural Diamond Council,Amazon Prime,Akasa Air,Boxout FM & Maruti Suzuki.

  • Managed production pipeline and prepped assets for smooth design to animation

2021 — 2021
Visual Designer at Openhouse
Bangalore
  • Managed social media content with a team, curating weekly news themes and creating visuals and animations.
2020 — 2020
Art Director & Motion Designer at Shine Bootcamp
Vancouver
  • Art Directed, planned, managed, and collaborated with three other designers to create a brand identity, website, and motion graphic piece for their podcast "Speak Up."

Volunteering

2022 — 2022
Graphic Designer at Rotary Club
Mumbai
2017 — 2017
Visual Designer at Monami Foundation
Delhi

Education

2023 — 2024
Masters in Digital Direction at Royal College of Art
London
2020 — 2020
Diploma with Honours at Vancouver Film School
Vancouver
2016 — 2019
Bachelors in Animation at Rubika
India