Let me start with a flashback of my life. Back in my impressionable youth, I watched a lot of TV. I used to fake illness and spend the day at home watching T.V. That’s where I developed my passion for advertising and still carried a lot of old jingles in my mind. I did all my homework in front of my television (maths was particularly easy to do with tube on).
Ever since, I have been treading the hallowed ground of advertising. In days of my job in a mid-size advertising agency, one of my colleague told me that creativity is only for designers or artists. But according to me, Creativity is not reserved for artist only, anyone can be creative. Yes, I think so and that’s why I started to apply creativity in my resume!
Let me share my creative resume to all of my friends. Hope you will enjoy and let me tell you it worked for me better than my regular resume.
Title of my Resume : Filling Lacuna in your agency
What’s in the name? I shall answer this as we proceed, if you are expecting me to start with my name, career objective, address and blah!blah!blah!, I am not surely the guy you are looking for. I am out to do things differently, so let me do with my resume first.
After doing my B.Sc (IT), ya I know you were thinking being a Technical Executive, Why advertising as a profession? And believe me it’s a long story, I will surely tell you if sometime in the future we get a chance to have a drink together.
So, I set to find a lacuna in any of the ad agencies, as what? Client Servicing Executive! I love advertising and I know I was made for it.
Feb.2006, Good news, I was appointed as a Sr. Client Servicing Executive at Topnotch Advertising, Jaipur, branding and creative design agency. Thanks to my determination and confidence, I was treading into grounds of advertising. Hard work got direction, rhythm and off-course rewards. My first brief was over a phone from Rajasthan Regional Head of Tata- Indicom. “May be this is how it happens”.
The big project in which I got a chance to take brief from Former Chief Minister of Rajasthan ‘Smt. Vasundhara Raje’ for marketing of products made by artisans, a project report on working of BJP Government. This was not the end, even one of the International Fashion Designer named ‘Bibi Russel’ got a chance to meet a charming guy (that’s me off-course) for a project in collaboration with the Government organization.
One and a half year after, I realized – Oh! Man, take some steps forward and march towards, Delhi or Mumbai, for better exposure and growth.
I left.
15 days later. I joined Foresight Communications in Delhi as Sr. Account Executive. Appreciations, criticisms, punishments, rewards, there was everything. Worked on client ranging from Textiles, Real Estate, Consumer Durables to Education Industry.
Opportunity knocks, I got a project to handle photo-shoot with Salman Khan for Mayur Suitings and Shatrugan Sinha for Markson Electronics.
Then I got another opportunity, i.e. to work under a much talked about Creative Director, Santa from LOWE. His approach, ‘Understand the brief Man’, ‘First write, then type’, ‘ Don’t interfere with the designing process’, ‘Do your homework before discussing the brief with the creative team’. I followed the rules, I broke some.
Here, I learnt to shed my ego, understand the client’s point of view, take the nagging, and bear the shouts, how to be on the top of the clients.
One thing more, I am not a target guy. Set me free and sky is the limit. Sales? Targets? No Sir ! Not my cup of tea.
Come to the present day, I am still working in Foresight. Responsible for handling the key accounts of the agency, discussing the product, services and advertising requirements of each particular client. Life has been better, but as the saying goes ’the best is still to come’.
Now, something about me that help us work together better:
1) I am unmarried, no girlfriends, no children
2) I believe in charity and can go to any levels to help people in distress
3) I m god fearing and avoid slang, lies and off-course cheating
4) I am frank but stupid enough to be loud about my feelings
5) I have worked on TVC’s, print media, radio and other promotional stuffs
6) Teamwork really is wonderful
7) I process some print production knowledge, be it relating to the paper, inks, processor and the vendors who can do it
8) I am the type with whom clients feels very comfortable
9) I don’t approach the clients of my previous agency
10) I do smoke or drink occasionally
11) I hate office politics
12) I don’t wear a watch because I don’t believe in 10 to 5 working hours
13) I join a place to stay and grow
14) My number is 09587011100, email – yogeshmankani09@gmail.com
15) A more personal conversation is always helpful, so let’s meet
That was about what I am, coming to the, ’What’s in the name part’. That what I have not mentioned in this document.
Thanks for your time and your time too (readers).
In the end,” Creativity is a natural extension of our enthusiasm.”
January 27, 2010 at 4:29 pm
Lolz.. pretty awesome.. This seems to the perfect resume for those who were in creative fields.. parts of it can be extracted and can reused by the people who work with animation . .
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January 28, 2010 at 2:15 am
Hahaha.. Suggesting other readers to copy my resume and that even in front of me, lolz
Thanks you like it Rajesh and I’ll be happy if its going to be helpful for others 
January 27, 2010 at 4:59 pm
hey its impressive one..really nice one..thts d perfect resume for an artist or a creative person . nice wrk
January 27, 2010 at 7:33 pm
Nice Share
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January 27, 2010 at 8:12 pm
LOL pretty impressive resume Yogesh. Don’t be surprised if I contact you for a marketing assignment in future
P.S. I loved your Resume Title – Filling Lacuna in your agency
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January 28, 2010 at 2:18 am
Thanks dude for liking my off beat post and don’t worry I am not going to be surprised if you contact me for any assignment,hope it’s not for resume writing
January 28, 2010 at 12:10 am
I like your attitude on this blog. Creativity is perhaps one of the most important qualities in a resume – especially if it is competing against 100 others.
January 28, 2010 at 2:26 am
Aahh Thanks man for commenting and liking it. And totally agreed with you.Creativity is the key to be different from others
January 28, 2010 at 2:29 am
@ Neha : Thanks for commenting and that’s the resume even for non-creative person like me
@ Mad Geek @beingPC : Thanks dude
January 28, 2010 at 10:10 am
Thanks for sharing I think I need to change my resume and make one as you have made and try my luck with the new resume, hope that will work to save my day!
January 29, 2010 at 11:11 am
Will give me feedback, is it worked for your or not?? and Thanks for liking my post rather say my creative resume
January 28, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Is that really your resume? and it worked?
I am quite amazed!
More power to you!
I’d give more feedback, but since this works for you wouldn’t want to ruin a good thing.
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January 29, 2010 at 11:14 am
Hello Shawan, welcome to savedelte. Nice to see you here and commenting.
On Topic : It’s mine and worked for me. But still, I love to see your more feedback, might be helpful for me and my readers.
January 28, 2010 at 7:10 pm
You’re hired! Just kidding, but you can be my PR man anytime. This was a fun read and as always very enjoyable. One word of advice, you should seriously think about quitting smoking. I only say this becasue I care.
Thanks for these insights into your life and career and I hope you get the job(s)!
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January 29, 2010 at 11:21 am
Thanks Ileane, I’m glad that you liked it and hoping to be your PR man soon, send me the proposal asap. lolz
Really liked your caring nature, that’s why started to control my smoking habit. One more thing, I was not hired by any of the company so I started my own Advertising agency and web development firm 
January 30, 2010 at 12:58 am
Wow, I love it
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January 30, 2010 at 8:40 pm
Thanks, glad you like it
January 30, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Wow that was great man! Now i know what I have been doing wrong all these years!
I am going to get myself a big cardboard box and a thick black marker and write on it “THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX, A C.V. OF PHILLIP DEWS” then proceed to write my C.V. (Resume, british version dude) all over it.
Thanks for sharing dude! am RTing now!
Be Well Buddy!
-Phillip
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January 30, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Thanks for RT dude. Its good to know that after reading this post you are inspired of changing you resume. Will wait for your creative resume and surely post that on your blog too.
January 31, 2010 at 4:56 pm
nice!
i hope v cud use such resumes for technical job intervies also!
February 1, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Lolz..you can but all depends on your attitude and skills while communicating with the interviewer.
February 23, 2010 at 8:22 am
Excellent post. As always I enjoy reading your posts…
February 23, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Thanks mate, good to know you enjoyed the post
March 20, 2010 at 9:00 pm
The point of a resume is to show what a person has done in a single glance, and understand all their achievements and job positions. When looking through a pile of job applications NO one is going to read that whole thing, and even if they do its not that impressive. You really havent done much, and your english is atrocious.
so get a proper job, make some proper websites, and then maybe think about a cv that is so long.
also using big words like lacuna which mean very average things is not impressive.
April 7, 2010 at 7:12 pm
Hey man, stumbled upon your blog when reading a local magazine here in Sweden (believe it or not!). I really enjoyed this read, and it’s a big chunk of inspiration I’ll use for my own resume.
I’m heading for a pilotcareer, and will have to write a kickass resume that’ll make me interesting when applying for a pilotschool here in Sweden. Of about 3,000 yearly applicants, only 10 are accepted to the school. Quite competitive indeed. All applicants will be filtered through IQ-lookalike tests, medical checks and whatnot, till there are about 50-60 people left. This is where I need a really sharp resume. Any pointers as to how I can adapt your imagination style to a resume more fit for my line of duty?
All the best,
Erik
May 7, 2010 at 8:15 am
Awesome job! … keep it up
September 1, 2010 at 5:55 pm
“Now, something about me that help us work together better:”
I love the 15 points that follow that!!!!