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
- Almarai
- Aviva
- CALM
- Cisco
- Diageo
- EA Sports
- FAB
- GWR
- Halifax
- ITV
- John Lewis
- Lipton
- Lloyds Bank
- LVMH
- Mars
- Max Factor
- Mondelez
- Nestlé
- Oreo
- Paralympics
- PlayStation
- Samsung
- Save the Children
- Scottish Widows
- SSE
- Unilever
- Virgin Atlantic
- Visa
- Volkswagen
- Waitrose
- Wall's
- YouTube