Hi.
Hi.

His name's Janath Gamage. Around advertising, just Jay, a Sri Lankan creative on an adventure.

He gets paid monthly to be a Creative Director at Ogilvy Singapore/WPP Unilever (allegedly). Along the way he's made paint from flowers, built an AI that helped women in India, etched snake-skin patterns scale by scale, and conjured dragons, tigers and rabbits out of spirits. Picked up a fair few pencils, cubes, lotuses and diamonds while at it.

His love for Bayern Munich cost him a tattoo and greying hair: the price of loyalty, he says (though 3 AM matches probably didn't help). Good thing he's got a plaque naming him Southeast Asia's Young Creative Person to shut down the age debates. Unlike his age, his jokes are so far ahead of their time, they're still waiting for us in the future.

His name's Janath Gamage. Around advertising, just Jay, a Sri Lankan creative on an adventure.


He gets paid monthly to be a Creative Director at Ogilvy Singapore/WPP Unilever (allegedly). Along the way he's made paint from flowers, built an AI that helped women in India, etched snake-skin patterns scale by scale, and conjured dragons, tigers and rabbits out of spirits. Picked up a fair few pencils, cubes, lotuses and diamonds while at it.


His love for Bayern Munich cost him a tattoo and greying hair: the price of loyalty, he says (though 3 AM matches probably didn't help). Good thing he's got a plaque naming him Southeast Asia's Young Creative Person to shut down the age debates. Unlike his age, his jokes are so far ahead of their time, they're still waiting for us in the future.

Awards &

Recognition

Awards &

Recognition

Awards &

Recognition

RECOGNITION
  • Campaign Southeast Asia’s Young Creative of
    the Year 2023

  • Jury at D&AD NEW BLOOD: Portfolios

  • D&AD New Blood Mentor ‘25

  • Campaign Brief Asia’s No.1 Ranking Creative
    in Sri Lanka 2020

  • London International Awards’ LIAisons 2021 programme.

  • First ever Sri Lankan to win a D&AD Impact Pencil

  • Jury at The Gong Awards ‘24

  • Jury at AD STARS 2021 - Innovation Category

  • First ever Sri Lankan invited by the Global CCO to sit at the Leo Burnett Global Product Committee (GPC)

  • Branding In Asia’s One Under 30

  • First Sri Lankan inducted into the One Club for Creativity (New York Chapter)

  • Guest lectured at Miami Ad School Sri Lanka, Swinburne University of Technology and Academy of Design Sri Lanka.

  • Sri Lanka’s first ever campaign to be featured on ‘World’s Best Creative/Pioneering Campaigns’
    by Contagious

  • First Sri Lankan campaign featured on Fast Company

  • AdAge Creativity Pick

  • Campaign featured on AdAge: Top 5 Breakthrough Creative Ideas We’re Excited About

  • Contagious Campaign of the Week

  • Judy John knows I exist. 
    (Update: We friends now. DMs were exchanged)

RECOGNITION
  • Campaign Southeast Asia’s Young Creative of
    the Year 2023

  • Jury at D&AD NEW BLOOD: Portfolios

  • D&AD New Blood Mentor ‘25

  • Campaign Brief Asia’s No.1 Ranking Creative
    in Sri Lanka 2020

  • London International Awards’ LIAisons 2021 programme.

  • First ever Sri Lankan to win a D&AD Impact Pencil

  • Jury at The Gong Awards ‘24

  • Jury at AD STARS 2021 - Innovation Category

  • First ever Sri Lankan invited by the Global CCO to sit at the Leo Burnett Global Product Committee (GPC)

  • Branding In Asia’s One Under 30

  • First Sri Lankan inducted into the One Club for Creativity (New York Chapter)

  • Guest lectured at Miami Ad School Sri Lanka, Swinburne University of Technology and Academy of Design Sri Lanka.

  • Sri Lanka’s first ever campaign to be featured on ‘World’s Best Creative/Pioneering Campaigns’
    by Contagious

  • First Sri Lankan campaign featured on Fast Company

  • AdAge Creativity Pick

  • Campaign featured on AdAge: Top 5 Breakthrough Creative Ideas We’re Excited About

  • Contagious Campaign of the Week

  • Judy John knows I exist. 
    (Update: We friends now. DMs were exchanged)

AWARDS
  • D&AD Impact 2018 - Future impact Pencil

  • Art Director’s Club Global Awards 2019 -
    1x Silver |  1x Bronze | 3x Merit

  • World Brand Design Society -
    Black Mark Award (1 of 7 in the world)

  • London international awards 2025 - 1x bronze

  • One Show Asia 2024 - 1x Bronze | 1x Merit

  • Gerety Awards 2024 - 1x Bronze​

  • Pentawards - 1x Silver

  • Adfest 2019 - 2x Gold - Innova Lotus &
    Lotus Roots) | 2x Bronze 

  • Epica Awards 2020 (Sri Lanka) - The Grandprix
    3x Gold |  1x Silver | 1x Bronze

  • Cannes Lions 2024 - Glass Lion Shortlist

  • Cannes Lions 2019 - PR Shortlist

  • D&AD 2019 - Shortlist - Product Design Category

  • Tambuli Asia-Pacific Awards 2019 - 6x Bronze

  • Communication Arts - 1x Advertising Photography

  • Epica Awards 2018 - 1x Silver | 1x Bronze

  • Ad Stars - 1x Bronze | 2x Crystal

  • Strategy Marketing Awards 2019 - 2x Gold

  • The Work by Campaign Brief Asia - 5x Features

  • Leo Burnett Worldwide Awards 2018 -
    White Pencil (HumanKind Award)

  • Leo Burnett Global Product Committee -
    2x 8 Balls & 1x 7+ Rating (Paris & Shanghai)

  • Clio Awards - 2x Shortlists

  • Gerety Awards 2019 - 7x Shortlists

  • Effies Sri Lanka - 2x Bronze

  • One Show Asia - 1x Finalist

  • The Gong Awards ‘22 - 1x Bronze | 1x Shortlist

  • Young Glory (2021) - 1x Silver

  • Spikes Asia ‘23 - 2x Finalist

  • The Drum APAC Awards - Design -Runner up

  • ‘Top 50 Packaging of the World of 2022’ by Packaging of the World

  • World Brand Design Society Awards -
    1x Bronze

  • The Gong Awards ‘24 - 5x Bronze

  • Spikes Asia 2024 - 2x Shortlist

  • Campaign Asia PR Awards - 1x Silver

  • ​MMA Smarties India - Most Resilient Brand
    of the Year | 1x Gold | 2x Silver 

  • World Brand Design Society - 1x Gold - Packaging Illustration

  • The Gong Awards ‘25 - 1x Gold | 1x Silver |
    1x Bronze

  • Best Ads on TV - Best Print Ad of the Week

  • D&AD Impact 2018 - Future impact Pencil

  • Art Director’s Club Global Awards 2019 -
    1x Silver |  1x Bronze | 3x Merit

  • World Brand Design Society -
    Black Mark Award (1 of 7 in the world)

  • London international awards 2025 - 1x bronze

  • One Show Asia 2024 - 1x Bronze | 1x Merit

  • Gerety Awards 2024 - 1x Bronze​

  • Pentawards - 1x Silver

  • Adfest 2019 - 2x Gold - Innova Lotus &
    Lotus Roots) | 2x Bronze 

  • Epica Awards 2020 (Sri Lanka) - The Grandprix
    3x Gold |  1x Silver | 1x Bronze

  • Cannes Lions 2024 - Glass Lion Shortlist

  • Cannes Lions 2019 - PR Shortlist

  • D&AD 2019 - Shortlist - Product Design Category

  • Tambuli Asia-Pacific Awards 2019 - 6x Bronze

  • Communication Arts - 1x Advertising Photography

  • Epica Awards 2018 - 1x Silver | 1x Bronze

  • Ad Stars - 1x Bronze | 2x Crystal

  • Strategy Marketing Awards 2019 - 2x Gold

  • The Work by Campaign Brief Asia - 5x Features

  • Leo Burnett Worldwide Awards 2018 -
    White Pencil (HumanKind Award)

  • Leo Burnett Global Product Committee -
    2x 8 Balls & 1x 7+ Rating (Paris & Shanghai)

  • Clio Awards - 2x Shortlists

  • Gerety Awards 2019 - 7x Shortlists

  • Effies Sri Lanka - 2x Bronze

  • One Show Asia - 1x Finalist

  • The Gong Awards ‘22 - 1x Bronze | 1x Shortlist

  • Young Glory (2021) - 1x Silver

  • Spikes Asia ‘23 - 2x Finalist

  • The Drum APAC Awards - Design -Runner up

  • ‘Top 50 Packaging of the World of 2022’ by
    Packaging of the World

  • World Brand Design Society Awards -
    1x Bronze

  • The Gong Awards ‘24 - 5x Bronze

  • Spikes Asia 2024 - 2x Shortlist

  • Campaign Asia PR Awards - 1x Silver

  • ​MMA Smarties India - Most Resilient Brand
    of the Year | 1x Gold | 2x Silver 

  • World Brand Design Society - 1x Gold - Packaging Illustration

  • The Gong Awards ‘25 - 1x Gold | 1x Silver | 1x Bronze

  • CREATIVE DIRECTOR ✦ 创意总监 ✦ BORN IN COLOMBO, RAISED ON CHAOS THEORY ✦ いのちって、まあ、ちゃんと道を見つけるもんだよ。 ✦ AN ISLAND KID WITH A SOFT SPOT FOR OLD STORIES ✦ පරණ කතාවලට හිත නමන දූපතේ කොල්ලෙක් විතරයි. ✦ KNOWS MORE ABOUT VELOCIRAPTORS THAN IS USEFUL ✦ ALLEGEDLY SOUTH-EAST ASIA’S YOUNG CREATIVE OF THE YEAR 2023 ✦ 死ぬまでバイエルン一筋。 ✦ HE’S ALWAYS DREAMT OF HAVING A DRAGON. LITTLE DID HE KNOW HE’D BE RAISING ONE. ✦ 彼は、自分だけの龍を育てている。彼女は、まだそのことを知らない。 ✦ D&AD IMPACT PENCIL WINNER (AND NOT EVEN THE SCAMMY KIND) ✦ UH, CONSTANTLY QUOTES IAN MALCOLM’S ‘LIFE, UH, FINDS A WAY’ ✦ IF YOU USE DROP SHADOWS OFF THE SHELF, I THINK WE ARE DONE HERE ✦ STARTED AS A MENTEE FOR LIAISONS, ENDED UP BEING A MENTOR. A FULL CIRCLE MOMENT. ✦ 下一个龙年的案子,还在等呢。 ✦ IT’S CRAZY THAT HE CONSIDERS MATCHDAY A RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE ✦ WAITING ON SQUARE ENIX SINCE XV FOR A GOOD ONE ✦ BAYERN TILL HE DIES, BUT DEADLINES ONLY TILL FRIDAY 6PM. ✦ @KNIFETHATCLOWN ON INSTAGRAM ✦ කොළඹ හැදුණා ඩිසයින් කරලා මෙතනට ගොඩ වුණා ✦ FC BAYERN OR NOTHING ✦ STILL THINKS CHAOS THEORY EXPLAINS CLIENT FEEDBACK ✦ ONCE UPON A TIME, HIS LECTURER TOLD HIM TO LOOK AT THINGS LIKE AN ALIEN, SO NOW HE HAS A TATTOO OF AN ALIEN WEARING A CAP SAYING 'BEER', TRYING TO FIT INTO SOCIETY ✦ 下一个龙年的案子,还在等呢。 ✦ DON’T BE FOOLED, HE’S JUST A TOLKIEN NERD WITH(OUT) A DESIGN DEGREE ✦ STILL THINKS CHAOS THEORY EXPLAINS CLIENT FEEDBACK ✦ LOVES AN ORIGIN MYTH, HUMAN OR DRAGON ✦ IF IT’S SCALED AND ANCIENT, HE’S IN ✦ IN BASKETBALL, HES GOT A VERY HIGH SHOOTING ACCURACY BUT CAN’T RUN TO SAVE HIS LIFE ✦ STORY OF HIS LIFE: ALWAYS MISTAKEN FOR A CENTER ✦ ISLAND MYTHS AND ANCIENT LIZARDS. SAME OBSESSION. ✦ HAS UNSOLICITED DINOSAUR OPINIONS ✦ GREW UP IN COLOMBO, DESIGNED HIS WAY HERE ✦