For almost 15 years, I've worked in the creative field. I've crafted the skills required to see a project through from inception to delivery. From a scribble on a napkin to a completed work. My mission is to delight the world by creating compelling and meaningful consumer experiences. I've also been concentrating on broadening my knowledge of creative technology in order to make it more accessible to brands and audiences. I collaborate with clients to generate genuine, effective, and quantifiable content. Although I believe that the most important component of any design is the idea, the medium used may vary depending on the target audience. My areas of expertise include conceptualization, creative execution, coordination, and supervision of creative work assigned to numerous accounts.

1. HARSH
KHANEJA
C R E A T I V E D I R E C T O R ( A R T )
P R O F I L E
For almost 15 years, I've worked in the creative field. I've crafted the skills required to
see a project through from inception to delivery. From a scribble on a napkin to a
completed work.
My mission is to delight the world by creating compelling and meaningful consumer
experiences. I've also been concentrating on broadening my knowledge of creative
technology in order to make it more accessible to brands and audiences.
I collaborate with clients to generate genuine, effective, and quantifiable content.
Although I believe that the most important component of any design is the idea, the
medium used may vary depending on the target audience. My areas of expertise include
conceptualization, creative execution, coordination, and supervision of creative work
assigned to numerous accounts.
+91 83769 08592
harshkhaneja@gmail.com
Goa, India

2. HARSH
KHANEJA
C R E A T I V E D I R E C T O R ( A R T )
E D U C A T I O N
Wigan & Leigh College
Advanced Diploma in
Advertising & Graphic Design
2004-2006
S K I L L S
Brand Identity
Editorial Design
Typography
Art Direction
Infographics
Storytelling
Graphic Design
A W A R D S
Diamond ITSMA
Marketing Excellence award,
2013
2 Silver In Abby Awards,
2015
2 Gold And 2 Silvers
In Midas Awards, 2015
Nominee In
From The 8th Annual
Shorty Awards, 2016
S O F T W A R E S
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft PowerPoint
Microsoft Word
P A S S I O N
P R O J E C T S
ONE TABLE
Creating community
dining experiences since
2016.
Setting long one table in
beautiful locations. Preparing
soul food with stories.

3. 2 6 2 6 C R E A T I V E S T U D I O
C O - F O U N D E R & C R E A T I V E D I R E C T O R I 2 0 1 5 - 2 0 2 1
• Co-founded the creative agency, hired and directed teams to create cutting-edge
work for clients in achieving their creative vision.
• Developed impactful and strategic business opportunities for the agency through
creative partnerships with clients to accomplish agency objectives.
• Fostered highly communicative, collaborative team culture on creative projects.
• Created organization's mission and vision statements for use by employees.
• Directed creative projects through conceptual planning, schedule management and
final implementation.
• Built and strengthened strategic relationships with vendors, advertising agencies
and leading industry partners.
• Clients Managed: Diageo, UN, UNDP, Max Healthcare, Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, William Grant & Sons, Beroe Inc., HCL Tech, Carlsberg
W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

4. Designed Brand Book
for ‘Aksha,’ an initiative
by Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation
Corporate Identity design
for India’s first luxury
watch & whisky portal
B R A N D I D E N T I T Y & P O S I T I O N I N G

5. I N F O G R A P H I C S

6. I N F O G R A P H I C S

7. P U B L I C A T I O N S

9. Website design for FabIndia's Home
Mobile app UI + UX for salon finder app - Skia
W E B S I T E & A P P D E S I G N

10. Periodic newsletters & and emailers for industry specific brands
D I G I T A L A S S E T S

11. Concept, design, production, deployment & management of UNDP India's work at the UNCCD COP-14 held between 2-13
Sep'19 at the India Expo Mart, Greater Noida.
An immersive experience that made use of augmented reality - touch, light and motion sensors to
showcase UNDP India’s work
I N T E R A C T I V E

12. The augmented reality
enabled talking bench, table
and dustbin were made
completely out of repurposed
plastic waste!

13. Concept, design, production and deployment of stage backdrop and panels for UN Day
2019 (24th October) theme - Gandhi & Sustainability.
E V E N T D E S I G N

14. I N S T A L L A T I O N D E S I G N

15. Concept, design & production of UNDP’s Country Program Management Board Meeting’19
at UN House, New Delhi
E V E N T D E S I G N

16. Jalebi Bot
A psychometric installation that
creates unique Jalebi for each
personality type.
The bot works when people enter
information about themselves on
an app, and the data is used to
create a special Jalebi that
matches their personality type.
Each jalebi is served fresh by the
bot and creates a unique
personalized experience for the
guests.

17. S A Y I T W I T H A P I N
C O - F O U N D E R & C R E A T I V E D I R E C T O R I 2 0 1 8 - 2 0 2 1
• An art-centric lifestyle brand that focuses on self-expression in a form of hand
painted pins that capture the culture, language, symbols, and spirit of the current
cultural landscape with wit, sense of humour and self-awareness or just the
#currentmood
• Building artist community across India
• Setting up B2C online shop and offline stores across India (through channel
partners)
• B2B: Diageo, UN, UNDP, Max Healthcare, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, William
Grant & Sons, Beroe Inc.,
https://sayitwithapin.com/
https://www.instagram.com/sayitwithapin/
W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

18. SIWAP creates designs inspired by the
current cultural landscape that capture the
moment of our time with a sense of humour,
self-awareness, and wit.

19. PRODUCT RANGE
(B2C & B2B):
• Pins
• Collar Pins
• Earrings/Studs
• Cufflinks
• Tiepins
• Pendants
• Pin Greeting Cards
• Home & Office Accessories
• Toys & Games (for adults)
• DIY kits

21. Includes six colours, a paint brush, unpainted pins in a roll-up pouch
P A I N T - Y O U R - O W N - P I N K I T
A great tool to engage teams or individuals with art therapy.
It includes unpainted pins for people to paint and make it their own.

22. A pop-up kiosk for retail partners

28. F U T U R E P R O D U C T S
YouPin
Lightweight display pin that lets you to express yourself with digital
art as a part of your daily outfit. It can display both still and animated
GIFs wirelessly uploaded from your phone.
Create an app community to find amazing illustrations, GIFs from
users and professional artists around the world.

29. P U B L I C I S S A P I E N T N I T R O
A S S O C I A T E C R E A T I V E D I R E C T O R I 2 0 1 3 - 2 0 1 5
• Established procedures and quality standards for department.
• Oversaw full teams of writers, artists, designers and project managers.
• Developed award winning ideas for liquor brand & banking.
• Contributed to creative team ideas and translated into actionable project plans.
• Oversaw, guided and coached designers and art directors.
• Developed artistic visual products while working within defined technical
constraints.
• Clients Managed: McDonald’s, William Grant & Sons, DBS Bank, Unilever, Estee
Lauder, Cath Kidston, John Deere, Lane Crawford, Abbott etc.
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33. H C L T E C H N O L O G I E S
D E P U T Y M A N A G E R I 2 0 1 0 - 2 0 1 3
• I worked creatively conceptualizing and executing multiple marketing, branding and
thought leadership programs. My work in HCL can be classified into the following
categories - corporate branding, publishing, experiential and propositions.
• Launched in 2011, the “Employees First, Customer Second” corporate branding
campaign to establish HCL Technologies identity globally across print, digital, social
and event channels. In addition to this, I constructed a sculpture that reflects
“Employees First, Customer Second” and a HCL Mascot at the corporate
headquarters.
• On the publishing front, I creatively conceptualized & executed CIO Straight Talk, a
thought leadership magazine by HCL for the CIO community globally.
• I also handled the entire conference design and experience at the HCL global
customer meet 2011(Florida), including the app design.
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34. Discover HCL
Employee
onboarding
campaign.

37. I constructed a 7 ft sculpture that reflects “Employees First,
Customer Second” and a HCL Mascot at the corporate
headquarters.
Thambi, in Tamil Nadu is the young boy who runs everyday
errands. He is humble hardworking individual who adds value
to everyday tasks.
The glasses in installation are used to drink filter coffee or tea.
The strength of stainless steel signifies the everlasting zeal
and the thought process of a hero who is pouring ideas
everyday.

38. M & C S A A T C H I
S R . A R T D I R E C T O R I 2 0 0 9 - 2 0 1 0
T R E E C R E A T I V E S
A R T D I R E C T O R I 2 0 0 8 - 2 0 0 9
M I N D S P A C E
A R T D I R E C T O R I 2 0 0 7 - 2 0 0 8
D E S I G N W O R L D W I D E
A R T D I R E C T O R I 2 0 0 6 - 2 0 0 7
My stint at advertising as an Art Director gave me the chance to work with various well-
known brands like McDonald’s, Nestle, Royal Bank of Scotland, Radico (8 PM), Apollo,
SBI Cards, Orchid Group of Hotels, SBI Cards, Educomp Solutions, Max New York Life,
DLF, Costa Coffee, PVR Cinemas, Blu-O, MapmyIndia Navigator and streetanchor.com.
I have also worked with a wide range of clients in industries like hospitality,
real estate, automotive, entertainment, financial services and education.
W O R K E X P E R I E N C E

41. Thank You