Hash Milhan

About

I'm Hash, short for Hashir. I make things people enjoy using, with design and technology.

I grew up in Colombo, studied graphic design in the UK and spent eleven years at adam&eveDDB in London, working my way from creative to creative technology director. In 2024 I moved to Dubai to join Publicis Groupe, where I help agency creative teams shape their ideas and build what they pitch.

In my own time I build fun things: apps, AI experiments, 3D prints, home servers and bits of electronics, whenever I can understand what's going on.

Most of all I love spending time with my son, who is obsessed with superheroes, and my wife, who has great taste in design, photography and food, is a great mum and supports me in everything I do.

The rest of my time goes on films and TV, mostly comic book ones, fed by long boxes of Marvel, DC and Image comics that came with me to Dubai and mostly collect dust. I also collect cameras from different decades. Most photos come off my phone, but the film cameras still come out now and then.

Experience

Publicis GroupeMENA, Dubai

  • Creative Technology Director

2024 to now

adam&eveDDBand adam&eveStudios, London. Now adam&eve\TBWA

  • Creative2013
  • Interactive Creative2019
  • Creative Technology Director2020

2013 to 2024

Saatchi & SaatchiLondon

  • Digital Creative, freelance

2013

ClickTagLondon

  • Digital Creative

2011 to 2013

Electronic ArtsUK

  • Digital Designer

2010 to 2011

IntaractLondon

  • Digital Designer

2009

Mullen LoweSri Lanka

  • Junior Art Director

2008

We Are DesignersSri Lanka

  • Digital Designer

2007 to 2008

Freelance

  • Graphic Designer

2006 to 2007

Impact House of AdvertisingSri Lanka

  • Junior Graphic Designer

2005

McCann EricksonSri Lanka

  • Art Director, intern

2005

Education

BA (Hons) Graphic Design: Visual Communication

  • University for the Creative Arts, UK

2010

London A/L (Edexcel)

  • Elizabeth Moir School, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2007

Creative Art Studies, three years

  • Cora Abraham Art School

2006

GCE O/L (Sri Lankan)

  • D. S. Senanayake College, Colombo, Sri Lanka

2004

Awards

Work I've been part of has been recognised by Cannes Lions, D&AD, British Arrows, The One Show, Clio Awards, LIA, The ANDYs, Effie.

Clients