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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
Brands
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