Mithila De Silva
- Creative Director & Co-Founder
- Sri Lanka
- Member since 2018
Mithila is one of those few Sri Lankans who has been able to take his creative talent to the international arena. His work has appeared internationally and has won some of the prestigious prizes awarded for creative advertising on the global stage on several occasions; Adfest, Spikes, Award Awards, Cristal, Epica, Kinsale Shark, Midas, AD Stars and Goafest. In addition to this, he has appeared as a Finalist at Cannes Lions, The One Show, and New York Festivals, and he was a Preliminary Jury member in the Promotion Category at AD Stars Awards - 2019. Mithila also appeared as one of the Grand Jury members at the New York Festivals Advertising Awards 2020 in Print Category and jury for Fusion awards at the 101st ADC Annual Awards 2022.
Mithila is fond of sharing his experiences and skills to empower other young people and empower them to do things differently.
PUBLICATIONS
Campaign Brief Asia 2017 Creative Rankings
Sri Lanka’s Hottest Creatives - Rank - 02
Campaign Brief Asia 2018 Creative Rankings
Sri Lanka’s Hottest Creatives - Rank - 01
Awards
Spikes Asia 2014
- Design, Publications - Silver Award
- Outdoor, Publications - Small Scale Special Solutions - Finalist
Epica 2014
- Media Innovation, Corporate Image - Gold Award
Midas 2014
- Use of Medium, Newspaper - Silver Award
- Product & Services - Finalist
Cristal 2014
- Media, Service Other than Financial - Gold Award
- Media, Best Use of Cultural Campaign - Gold Award
- Media, Best Use of Print - Gold Award
- Press, Insurance / Financial Services - Bronze Award
Adfest 2015
- Media Lotus, Best Use Of Newspaper - Silver Award
- Direct Lotus, Ambient Small Scale - Bronze Award
Goafest 2015
- Best Use Of Newspapers And Magazines - Finalist
- Financial Services - Finalist
- Print, Corporate - Finalist
- Print, Direct Response - Finalist
- Ambient Media - Finalist
Awards 2015
- Print - Silver Award
The One Show 2015
- Print & Outdoor - Merit Award
New York Festivals 2015
- Outdoor - Finalist Award
Cannes Lions 2015
- Media, Product & Service, Corporate Image & Communication - Finalist
AD Stars 2015
- Media, Product & Service, Corporate Image & Communication - Finalist
Kinsale Shark Awards 2015
- Media,Best local execution of a Global Brand - Gold Award
Kinsale Shark Awards 2016
- Print/Outdoor/Other, International Print Craft Campaign Executions or more qualify. Any craft skill will qualify - Gold Award
- Print/Outdoor/Other, International Print Campaign, Executions or more qualify - Silver Award
Epica Awards 2016
- Media - Silver Award
- Environment - Bronze Award
Adfest 2017
- Media Lotus, Best Use Of Newspaper - Bronze Award
Goafest 2017
- Media, Best use of Newspapers and Magazines - Bronze Award
- Print, Media and Publications - Finalist
- Print, Corporate - Finalist
- Print Craft, Best use of Illustration - Finalist
Adstars 2017
- Design, Communication Design, Publications – Bronze Award
- Print, Product & Service, Corporate /Institution – Silver Award
- Print, Print Craft, Art direction – Bronze Award
- Print, Print Craft, Illustration – Bronze Award
Cresta 2017
- Press, Newspaper, Corporate Image – Bronze Award
Judging Panels
AD Stars Awards - 2019
Promotion Category Preliminary Jury member
New York Festivals Advertising Awards - 2020
Grand Jury members -Print Category
101st ADC Annual Awards - 2022
Jury for Fusion awards
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