Siddhesh Khatavkar
- Group Creative Director
- India
- Member since 2023
A Grand Prix winner at Spikes Asia22 and a recipient of several international and national awards, Siddhesh Khatavkar is a Group Creative Director with DDB Mudra West Mumbai.
Graduated from one of the finest art colleges in India (Sir J.J. School of Arts), he started his career in gaming before moving into advertising. With 17 years of experience, Siddhesh has worked with leading creative agencies including Rediffusion Y&R, and Publicis before moving to DDB.
Here, he has been producing remarkable work on brands like McDonald’s, Signature Whisky, Walls (India & Global), Sunsilk (India & global) Sony ESPN, Kolkata Knight Riders
(IPL team), Sony Max IPL, Premier Futsal, Johnsons & Johnsons (Clean & Clear), Maharashtra Tourism and many more.
His work on the "EatQual" campaign for McDonald’s has won several accolades like:
Spikes Asia - 1 Grand Prix | 1 Gold | 3 Silver | 1 Bronze
Asia Pacific Adfest - 1 Gold | 1 Silver | 3 Bronze
One Show - 1 Bronze
Warc: 1 silver
Cannes - 3 shortlists
London International Awards - 1 Silver | 1 Bronze
Effies (India) - 1 Gold | 1 Silver | 2 Bronze
Kyoorius (India) – 4 Blue Elephants
During his career, his work has also won accolades at Spikes, Adfest, Clio, D&AD, One Show design, Kyoorius
In his free time, he’s also an enthusiastic self-proclaimed Terrarium designer.
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