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About Sharik 

Sharik is a Senior Creative Director with Leo Burnett, Gurgaon having previously honed his craft with India’s leading creative agencies like Dentsu, Autumn Grey, and Bates Ogilvy.

He is a creative leader with over 12 years of experience on mega brands like Mountain Dew, Creambell, Suzuki Motors, Vice Media, BharatBenz, Ola cabs, SBI Card, Microsoft, Exide Life Insurance, Dell, Cult, 92.3 BIG FM, Big Bazaar, KENT, Trigger Happy films and many more.

His work has won multiple awards including Cannes Lions, Spikes Asia, Effies, Abbys India, and many more. But his greatest achievement was the birth of his daughters.

Work Experience

Senior Creative Director
Leo Burnett

2021 – Present

Gurgaon, India

I head one of Leo Burnett Gurgaon's creative clusters. With a team of more 20+ creative folks, we are responsible for weaving marketing tales for brands like SBI Card, Mountain Dew, Mirinda, KENT, GSK's - IODEX, Heritage Dairy, TOPS foods, Vishal Mega Mart, Stone X and many more.

Associate Creative Director 
Happy Mcgarrybowen > Webchutney > Dentsu Creative

2017 – 2021  
Bangalore and Gurgaon, India

Joined Happy Mcgarrybowen as a copy controller and rose up to become an Associate Creative Director after some stellar work on brands like Ola cabs, Food Panda, Tally, Vice media, Trigger Happy, Suzuki, Bharat Benz, et al

Copy Supervisor
Autumn Worldwide

2014 – 2017
Bangalore, India

I joined India's most ambitious Social Media Agency in 2014. Having joined as a senior copywriter, I have had the opportunity to work on a diverse range of brands for their social as well as ATL campaigns. Brands which include Microsoft, PepsiCo, Exide Life Insurance, Karbonn mobiles, Arrow (Arvind Lifestyle), Luminous Technologies and many more.

Junior Copywriter
Bates CHI & Partners

2011 – 2014

Bangalore, India

Finally made the jump. Joined the reputed Bates CHI & Partners in Bangalore (Part of WPP) as a client servicing executive, after a year moved to the copywriting role and was responsible for all B2B communication for Dell for Large Enterprises, Medium Businesses, and Consumers.
Also responsible for the consumer-facing communication for Schneider Electric.

Delegate Sales Executive
Naseba

2010 – 2011
Bangalore, India

Was responsible for the production and sales (Delegates) for business summits across the MENA (the Middle East & North Africa) region. Successfully executed highly rated summits like The Kingdom HR Summit, Riyadh (2011); 4th Middle East HR Summit in association with the Ministry of Labour, Dubai

Awards

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Brands

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Education 

Bachelors in Business Management 
PES University

2007 – 2010

Bangalore, India

Majored in International Business

High School (ISC)
Loyola School

1994 – 2007
Jamshedpur, India

ISC board affiliate

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