> OUR PEOPLE
A culture is its people. The strength of Creativeland and that of our ideas come from the talent we house. So, we have handpicked some of the most awarded talent to work at Creativeland. Diverse and different. Passionate and focused.
 
We detest mediocrity, complacency and the road much travelled. We do not encourage complex hierarchy, bossing and tantrums. At Creativeland, we encourage a multicultural environment, teams, enthusiasm and FreeThinking™.
 
There is freedom to think and do. There’s freedom to explore and experiment. And there’s freedom to develop and grow.
> SENIOR KEY PEOPLE

Sajan Raj Kurup
Founder & Creative Chairman, Creativeland Asia

A believer in the power of creativity, Kurup founded Creativeland in 2007 to offer a platform for creative people to come together and design solutions for problems plaguing the world at large and brands in particular. Ever since, Kurup has been instrumental in extending the company’s activities from Advertising, Brand Management and Design, to Brand Incubation and Licensing, to Film Production, Digital Media and Events.

Anu Joseph
Chief Creative Officer, Creativeland Asia

In 2007, when Raj founded Creativeland, Anu was a key part of the founding team as creative director. He comes with a wealth of experience within the industry, having spent the last ten years in Creativeland where he was instrumental in acquiring numerous large corporate accounts and is responsible for the overall functioning of the creative team. Over the years, Anu has worked on brands like Frooti, Audi, Mercedes, Godrej Corporate, Micromax, Hotstar, United Colors of Benetton, Appy Fizz, Hippo, Deutsche Bank, Cinthol, Godrej Expert, Medimix, Kinetic to name a few. His work has been awarded at both International and Indian shows, and he has been on awards juries often.

Sajiv Kurup
Executive Director, Creativeland Asia

As Executive Director, Sajiv has been a key part of Creativeland right from inception and oversees the administrative and financial operations of the company. He has played a key role in the forming of Creativeland Pictures, which launched its first feature film production, ‘Karmayogi’ in 2011 followed by ‘The Legend of Jagannath’, a documentary that Sajiv directed for National Geographic in 2016.

Harshad Lad
Head - Creative Operations, Creativeland Asia

As the Head of Creative Operations at Creativeland, Harshad is responsible for the overall functioning of the account management team. He comes with an experience of over 21 years in brand building, business development, client servicing, team building and business management.

Venkat Balasubramanian
Chief Financial Officer, Creativeland Asia

With over 20 years of experience in creative, cultural and knowledge industries, he has worked with several reputed ad firms on various international projects in over 30 countries. As Group CFO, he leads the company’s financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping and reporting.

Satyakumar Vasam Shetty
Chief Operating Officer, Creativeland Digital Technologies

With over 18 years of experience in the field of Brand Communication, Business Analysis and Technology; Satya overlooks the Digital function at Creativeland and is responsible for marrying creativity with technology, he is also responsible for all technology implementations, product development & innovations as a Chief Technology Officer.

Sudeepa Ghosh
Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia

Sudeepa graduated from designing book covers for Penguin and Oxford before choosing advertising as her day job. Since then her work has been published and awarded at various shows and she has managed brands from Coke to Nestlé, Indian Express to Perfetti.

Abhijat Bharadwaj
Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia

Abhijat has over 11 years of experience across advertising and television. He has produced stellar work for brands such as MasterCard, McDonald’s, Perfetti Van Melle, Coca-Cola, Dabur, JK Tyres, Panasonic, Aaj Tak and Hero Indian Super League. More recently, he spent 4 years at Star Sports, spearheading the premium sports vertical.

Tejas Ravindranath
Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia

With 11 years of experience in the advertising industry, Tejas has worked with iconic brands like Cinthol, Mercedes-Benz, Godrej aer, Sony Pix, HDFC Bank, Reliance Communications among others. At Creativeland, Tejas started off by leading creative thinking for key brands and now spearheads the creative leadership at Baaash Digital, the digital communication and content division of the Group.

Lishoy George
Executive Creative Director, Creativeland Asia

Lishoy, who has over 18 years of experience across Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore, has worked with some of the most credible brands like Vodafone, DHL, Axis Bank, Johnson & Johnson, Nissan, Samsonite, Lenovo, & Titan. His work has been awarded at the Effies, Kyoorious, DMA Echo International Award, Caples, to name a few. At Creativeland, he leads the creative direction team.

Ritesh Rao
Chief Growth Officer, Creativeland Asia

With over 14 years of experience in the industry, Ritesh has been an integral part of the company since 2013. An innovative thinker and a strategic leader with exceptional skills in managing integrated business, he is responsible for driving the company’s revenue and managing P&L with a tactical approach towards projects.

Dip Sengupta
Chief Growth Officer & Region Head North, Creativeland Asia

In an advertising career spanning 25 years, Dip has worked on major Indian and global brands including Vodafone, Cisco, Coca Cola, Nestle, Honda, GSK, Voltas, Dabur and Walmart. Having led businesses and teams across networked agencies, Dip brings to the table a strong cross-functional leadership experience, acclaimed relationship management skills and a stellar business win record.

Nikita Singh
Culture and Engagement Officer, Creativeland Asia

Fostering and building relationships being her core expertise, Nikita comes with a diverse experience having worked in the PR and IT industries. She leads culture at Creativeland and drives initiatives focussed on strengthening our most important resource - Our People.

Shalini Sinha
CEO- Consumer Intelligence and Director of Strategy, Creativeland Asia

Shalini is an Insights professional with over 21 years of experience in primary consumer research. A Qualitative research specialist by training, she has layered her in-depth understanding of consumers with a rich quantitative research experience. This has helped her develop a well-rounded view on consumer insights that can be translated into powerful and actionable brand insights. In her Qualitative Research journey, she has had the privilege of working on specialized areas like Ethnography, application of Semiotics in research, Consumer Psychographics / Archetypes, NPD Research, etc. As part of the Quantitative exposure, she has worked on Brand Tracking, Brand Equity and Communication Testing product.