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Mihir Dhairyawan

Singapore

Summary

REGIONAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR | GEN AI EVANGELIST WITH 19+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN CREATING MARKETING MAGIC ACROSS APAC & MEA | FOUNDER OF FURSTPET PET CARE SERVICES

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Creative Director APAC & MEA

Leo Burnett
07.2016 - Current
  • Leading regional creative teams on 5 Procter & Gamble brands like Vicks and ZzzQuil; creating award-winning campaigns across APAC & EMEA
  • Managing an 8-member creative team across regions, growing the team by 50% since 2021
  • Developed innovative, data-driven campaigns that increased household penetration by 22% and sales growth by 70%
  • Spearheaded Publicis Healthcare’s expansion, growing client base by 300%
  • Conceptualised the #TouchOfCare Campaign (160M+ views, ranked #37 in the Best Campaigns Worldwide list by WARC 100)
  • Key contributor to Publicis Singapore’s ‘Country Agency of the Year’ win at Spikes Asia 2019 and it being ranked #14 in Asia
  • Manage multiple internal and external stakeholders like clients, production houses, media and market research agencies, celebrities and talent while managing an average of 7 campaigns a quarter
  • Signed new businesses like Scoot, Emirates and Health Promotion Board
  • Integrated Generative AI tools into the creative process, increasing content production efficiency by 20% while enhancing personalisation
  • Judged creative work from across Asia at Asia’s biggest Award Show - Spikes Asia and the Gong Awards
  • 80+ international awards won (2019 - date)

- Cannes Lions: One Silver, Three Bronze, Five Nominations

- D&AD: Two Wood Pencils

- Adfest: Three Gold, Three Silver, One Bronze

- The One Show: Three Nominations

- Spikes Asia: Two Gold, Five Silver, Six Bronze, Six Nominations

- MadStars: One Silver, Three Crystals

- The Work: Five Acceptances

- The Gong Awards: Two Gold, Two Silver

- London International Awards: One Gold, One Bronze

- Clio: One Gold

Associate Creative Group Head – Digital

Tribal DDB
05.2015 - 06.2016
  • Leading integrated teams on Unilever and Johnson & Johnson brands (Clear Shampoo, Wall’s, Listerine, Ben & Jerry's, Sunsilk and Lipton)

Senior Copywriter

Publicis
06.2013 - 04.2015
  • Creative lead on P&G brands (Vicks, Oral-B & CapitaLand)

Global Creative

Lowe
04.2011 - 05.2013
  • Built domestic violence awareness App for ‘Association Of Women For Action & Research’ (AWARE)
  • Conceptualised and executed the global campaign platform for Clear shampoo - 'Nothing to hide' in collaboration with Cristiano Ronaldo

Creative Controller

Ogilvy
03.2008 - 04.2011
  • Conceptualised and executed the award-winning ‘Cadbury Shubh Aarambh’ campaign

Education

Generative AI Course -

University of Oxford
Oxford
02.2025

Post-Graduate Diploma - Advertising & Marketing

Xavier Institute of Communications
Mumbai
04.2005

Bachelor of Mass Media -

University of Mumbai
Mumbai
04.2004

Skills

  • Creative Direction
  • Copywriting
  • Communication Strategy
  • Harnessing Generative AI
  • Ideation
  • Storytelling
  • Content Creation
  • People Management

Industry Expertise

  • FMCG
  • Technology
  • Healthcare & Pharma
  • Financial Services
  • Government
  • NGOs
  • Alcoholic Beverages
  • Telco
  • Confectionery
  • Media: TV Channels & Radio

Timeline

Creative Director APAC & MEA

Leo Burnett
07.2016 - Current

Associate Creative Group Head – Digital

Tribal DDB
05.2015 - 06.2016

Senior Copywriter

Publicis
06.2013 - 04.2015

Global Creative

Lowe
04.2011 - 05.2013

Creative Controller

Ogilvy
03.2008 - 04.2011

Generative AI Course -

University of Oxford

Post-Graduate Diploma - Advertising & Marketing

Xavier Institute of Communications

Bachelor of Mass Media -

University of Mumbai
Mihir Dhairyawan