KARTIK BALASUBRAMANIAN

Technology

Web design

PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, XML, XHTML, CSS

Document design

Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Flash

Contact me

kartik.balasubramanian@gmail.com

LinkedIn profile

412.973.1577

About me

A native of Mumbai, India, I received my undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from the University of Mumbai. Not wanting to spend my life working as an engineer, I quit my job as plant supervisor and turned to writing and editing.

After working for three years at a firm that provides manuscript editing services, I knew it was time to get a proper degree in writing and design.

So I came to the United States to get an MA in Professional Writing at Carnegie Mellon. The program taught me all that I know about writing and design.

I work as an Information Developer at IBM.

Resume

WRITING

Research-based news article

Article based on research that shows people fail to notice unethical behavior when ethical erosion is gradual.

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Popular science writing

Popular science article describing how a new technology allows people to stitch several small images into high-resolution panoramas.

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Client-solicited report

Report on emerging trends in the field of Information Sciences (IS). Compiled for the director of the IS program at Carnegie Mellon.

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Instructional design

Manual explaining how students at Carnegie Mellon can back up their work files.

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DOCUMENT DESIGN

Book cover

Cover design for the book "To Kill a Mockingbird"

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Magazine spread

An attempt to mimic and improve the design layout of "Discover" magazine

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Brochure

Design proposal for a brochure describing the "Something Worth Giving" project instituted by the Office of Child Development at the University of Pittsburgh

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Corporate Newsletter

Proposal for the design and layout system of a corporate newsletter for IBM Corp.

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WEB DESIGN

MAPW Student database

Designed the Web interface and database system for storing records of students of the MA in Professional Writing program at Carnegie Mellon.

Screenshots coming soon!