His name’s Janath Gamage. Around advertising,
he’s just Jay -a Sri Lankan creative on an adventure.
He gets paid monthly to be an Associate Creative Director
at Ogilvy Singapore (allegedly).
He’s made paint from flowers, created an AI that helped women in India, etched out snake-skin patterns scale by scale, and conjured up dragons, tigers, and rabbits out of spirits.
He’s also picked up pencils, cubes, lotuses, diamonds, and
many other precious metal along the way.
On a personal note, his love for Bayern Munich has cost him
a tattoo and greying hair -he says it’s the price of loyalty, but it might be the 3 AM matches. Thanks to this, he looks much much older than his age -which is why he's grateful to have a metal plaque that says he’s the Young Creative Person of Southeast Asia — to shamefully negate any old age related debates. Unlike his age though, his jokes are so far ahead of their time, they’re still waiting for us in the future.
Recognition:
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Campaign Southeast Asia's Young Creative of the Year 2023
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D&AD New Blood Mentor '25
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Campaign Brief Asia's No.1 Ranking Creative in Sri Lanka 2020
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London International Awards' LIAisons 2021 programme.
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First ever Sri Lankan to win a
D&AD Impact Pencil -
Jury at The Gong Awards '24
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Jury at AD STARS 2021 - Innovation Category
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First ever Sri Lankan invited by the Global CCO to sit at the Leo Burnett Global Product Committee (GPC)
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Branding In Asia's One Under 30
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First Sri Lankan inducted into the One Club for Creativity (New York Chapter)
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Guest lectured at Miami Ad School Sri Lanka, Swinburne University of Technology and Academy of Design Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka's first ever campaign to be featured on 'World's Best Creative/Pioneering Campaigns' by Contagious
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First Sri Lankan campaign featured on Fast Company
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AdAge Creativity Pick
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Campaign featured on AdAge: Top 5 Breakthrough Creative Ideas We're Excited About
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Contagious Campaign of the Week
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Judy John knows I exist. - (Update: We friends now. DMs have been exchanged)
Awards
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D&AD Impact 2018 - Wood Pencil
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Art Director's Club Global Awards 2019 - 1x Silver | 1x Bronze | 3x Merit
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World Brand Design Society - Black Mark Award (1 of 7 in the world)
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One Show Asia 2024 - 1x Bronze | 1x Merit
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Gerety Awards 2024 - 1x Bronze​
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Pentawards - 1x Silver
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Adfest 2019 - 2x Gold (Innova Lotus & Lotus Roots) | 2x Bronze
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Epica Awards 2020 (Sri Lanka) - The Grandprix | 3x Gold | 1x Silver| 1x Bronze
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Cannes Lions 2024 - Glass Lion Shortlist
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Cannes Lions 2019 - Shortlisted for PR
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D&AD 2019 - Shortlisted for Product Design Category
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Tambuli Asia-Pacific Awards 2019 - 6x Bronze
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Communication Arts - 1x Advertising Photography
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Epica Awards 2018 - 1x Silver | 1x Bronze
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Ad Stars - 1x Bronze | 2x Crystal
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Strategy Marketing Awards 2019 - 2x Gold
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The Work by Campaign Brief Asia - 5x Features
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Leo Burnett Worldwide Awards 2018 - White Pencil (HumanKind Award)
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Leo Burnett Global Product Committee - 2x 8 Balls & 1x 7+ Rating (Paris & Shanghai)
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Clio Awards - 2x Shortlists
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Gerety Awards 2019 - 7x Shortlists
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Effies Sri Lanka - 2x Bronze (Taco Bell)
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One Show Asia - 1x Finalist
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The Gong Awards '22 - 1x Bronze | 1x Shortlist
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Young Glory (2021) - 1x Silver
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Spikes Asia '23 - 2x Finalist
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The Drum APAC Awards - Commendation
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'Top 50 Packaging of the World of 2022' by Packaging of the World
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World Brand Design Society Awards - 1x Bronze
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The Gong Awards '24 - 5x Bronze
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Spikes Asia 2024 - 2x Shortlist
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Campaign Asia PR Awards - 1x Silver
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​MMA Smarties India - Most Resilient Brand of the Year | 1x Gold
| 2x Silver -
World Brand Design Society - 1x Gold - Packaging Illustration
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The Gong Awards '25 - 1x Gold | 1x Silver | 1x Bronze
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LIA London International Awards '25 - 1x Bronze
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One Show Asia - 1x Bronze | 1x Merit