ADC Awards
The ADC Annual Awards is the oldest continuously running industry award show in the world. Now in its incredible 102nd year, these awards celebrate the very best in advertising, digital media, graphic and publication design, packaging and product design, motion, experiential and spatial design, photography, illustration and fashion design all with a focus on artistry and craftsmanship.
ADC98 Advertising Jury
Kainaz Karmakar
Chief Creative Officer
Ogilvy India (West)
India
Kainaz is the Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy Mumbai.
She believes great creative work drives business.
She has led her team to create campaigns like Beauty Tips by Reshma and Savlon Healthy Hands Chalk Sticks.
In 2018, Savlon Healthy Hands campaign won India’s first Grand Prix for Creative Effectiveness at Cannes Lions.
During her years at Ogilvy she has won CANNES GOLDS, ONE SHOW GOLD, D&AD AWARDS, D&AD IMPACT AWARDS, SPIKES and AMES.
She has led some powerful campaigns for gender sensitivity and brought home a CANNES GLASS LION.
Kainaz believes her work partnership with Harshad Rajadhyaksha is more precious than any award.
She has been invited to teach THE CRAFT OF WRITING at the India branch of THE MIAMI AD SCHOOL.
Kainaz enjoys working hard, she likes being kind and she loves to see her people shine. If you ask her how she would describe her work, she would say, “Brave.”