Dinesh Ravindra Gunaratne

Designer

EXPERIENCE

Creative Lead
Publicis Groupe, Sri Lanka

2021 - Present

Managing the digital creative team by providing guidance and creative direction on the day-to-day design activities

 

Overlooking the digital content creation process and contributing with direction and quality control of the final deliverables

 

Formulating digital strategies and platform extensions for the pitch work

 

Assisting in aligning mainline creative thinking to the platform world

Digital Creative Lead
Shift Solutions, Sri Lanka

2019 - 2021

Fulfilling daily obligations in terms of content creation and providing support for the digital brand team


Liaising with digital head to plan, strategize the way forward internally and with brands


Management of the digital creative group – team building, educating and training – handling expectations


Managing Development of creative concepts for the digital platforms, integrated campaigns and pitches


Working as the bridge between Above The Line (ATL) and digital creative teams to align creative strategy and executions to a singular vision

Head of Design
Antyra Solutions, Sri Lanka

2018 - 2019

Building a separate unit at Antyra to effectively manage creative services driving profitability of design portfolio


Ensuring the profitability of the creative division by working with the sales team to drive growth


Functioning as the design lead at Antyra Solutions working with clients and all related stakeholders


Developing Antyra’s own design methodology and establishing the said design language as a core differentiator within the company


Implementing the structured design process within Antyra Solutions to continuously evolve the design skills of all team members

 

Senior Manager Creative Services
Antyra Solutions, Sri Lanka

2017 - 2018

Leading initiatives relating to design, building Antyra’s brand as a strong contender in the creative agency space


Functioning as an expert resource to the design team, driving on-going improvement and skill development among the team


Creative resource planning and delivery optimization across all projects


Taking full responsibility for performance and on-going improvements of Antyra’s creative services output, working closely with clients and all related stakeholders


Managing the creative team

Manager Creative Services
Antyra Solutions, Sri Lanka

2016 - 2017

Creative resource planning and delivery optimization across all projects


Taking full responsibility for performance and on-going improvements of Antyra’s creative services output, working closely with clients and all related stakeholders


Managing the creative team

Assistant Manager Creative Services
Antyra Solutions, Sri Lanka

2015 - 2016

Managing design/creative workload of all clients of Antyra and continuously improve the quality standards of the design work by keeping up with design trends and a purpose based, human-centric design ideology

Design Consultant (Freelance)
FashionMarket.lk & Academy of Design (AOD) Sri Lanka

2015

Managing the design workload of the launch of FashionMarket.lk which included traditional and digital mediums plus design related work for the marketing and sales division at AOD

Assistant Art Director
Academy of Design (AOD) Sri Lanka

2014 - 2015

Managing the design workload related to marketing and sales tasks at AOD, Island Craft and Sri Lanka Design Festival on both traditional and digital mediums

Junior Art Director
Saatchi & Saatchi, Sri Lanka

2012 - 2014

Managing all the design workload related to the assigned clients by the agency

BRAND EXPERIENCE

Lipton Tea
Knorr
Heineken
Hilton, Colombo
Courtyard by Marriott
Galadari Hotel, Colombo
Mercedes Benz
Sri Lankan Airlines
ITC (Indian Tobacco Company)
KFC
McDonald's
BurgerKing

Esna Luxury Tea
Dilmah Tea
Zesta Ceylon Tea
Anchor Milk
Anchor Newdale
Cargills FoodCity
Seylan Bank
Hatton National Bank
FairFirst Insurance
CA Sri Lanka
Academy of Design (AOD)
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SKILLS

Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesign
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Premiere Pro
Adobe Audition
Figma
Canva
FL Studio

Motion Graphics & Animation
Photography & Videography
Directing
Script-writing
Video-Editing
Creative conceptualization & Ideation
Digital creative strategy and advertising
Presentation
Managing effective teams focused on performance and growth

PASSION PROJECTS