Founders
VIKRAM GAIKWAD
Co-founder & CCO
Vikram graduated from Sir J. J. Institute of Applied Art in 1990. His career started at Lintas and has since had stints at Enterprise, SSC&B Lintas, Leo Burnett and Grey Worldwide. In June ’07, he joined forces to start Creativeland Asia.
In over two decades of advertising, Vikram has worked on and contributed to almost every brand worth its salt.
His work has won hundreds of golds and silvers, besides five Grand Prixs in many national and international award shows including Cannes, One Show, D&AD, Spikes Asia and Clio. He has been a judge at many different advertising awards shows – both local and international including the Cannes Lions. In 2007, he was ranked among the Emerging Young Indians in a survey conducted by the Week magazine.
Over the years, Vikram has also been involved in type design projects through IDC, IIT and has also designed fonts for Microsoft (OTF for Windows XP) in Tamil and Malayalam.
Some brands handled: Marico, Johnson & Johnsons, Cadbury’s, Torrent, Parle G, Deutsche Bank, Bajaj Auto, Fiat, IOC, Heinz, Godrej, Skoda, Mercedes Benz, Audi, Frooti, Appy, Café Coffee Day, Medimix, HUL, P&G, M&M, HSBC, SCB, ICICI, Birla Mutual Fund, NECC, CRY, Diegeo, Cinthol relaunch, so on and so forth.
VISTASP HODIWALA
Co-founder & CCO
Vistasp has been in the communication business for over two decades and handled some of the biggest brands in the country. He has worked with leading advertising agencies such as JWT, McCann Erickson and Publicis and produced a body of work which has been feted by clients, the advertising fraternity and the consumer alike. His campaigns have also earned countless laurels at national and international award shows.
Over the years, Vistasp’s advertising campaigns have helped launch, promote, and sustain some of the biggest businesses and brands in the country and in the process won awards in the form of a few Grand Prixs, Golds and Silvers: Tata Indicom, Godrej Corporate Aamir Khan Campaign, Godrej Appliances, Kingfisher Airlines, Max IPL 3, Star TV, Barclays, Tata Tea, Principal Mutual Fund, Alliance Capital, HLL, J & J, Marico, LIC, Leela Hotels, Ahuja Construction, Tata Housing, Thomas Cook, Hindustan Petroleum, Ireland Tourism, Knorr Soups and the news channel NDTV 24×7 to name just a few.
The two campaigns he is most proud about, Lead India and Teach India rank amongst the most awarded campaigns in the advertising world. Lead India won the country’s first ever Cannes Grand Prix.
For over 3 years, Campaign Brief Asia, the foremost advertising publication in Asia, put Vistasp among the 20 hottest creative people in the country.