KARAN RAIKAR


Karan (definitely not to be confused with Karen) is a copywriter based in New York, currently at Johannes Leonardo


SELECTED PROJECTS

adidas Originals — SS24, A Thousand Back (2024)
adidas Basketball — Anthony Edwards 1 (2024)
Beats by Dre — King of the Court (2022)
Kaiser Permanente — Everyday Holds A Win (2022)
Beats by Dre — Fit to Move (2022)
adidas Basketball — The Drive, D.O.N. Issue #5 (2023)
Beats by Dre — Fatherhood (2022)
NBA — That’s Game (2021)
Beats by Dre — It’s The Music (2022)
Big 12 Conference — The Countdown (2023)
The Sahi Bol Project (2019)

HOW TO SAY THE NAME

KARAN        kuh-RUN
RAIKAR       riker (like the prison)

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW

Former professional cook.🔪
Not-so-speedy cyclist. 🚴🏽‍♂️
Bidet evangelist. 🚽
Immigrant son. 👶🏽
Boston born. 🇺🇸
Bombay raised. 🇮🇳
Brooklyn based.🗽

JOBS

JOHANNES LEONARDO — May 2023 - Present
Senior Copywriter

TRANSLATION LLC — Dec 2020 - May 2023
Copywriter

DEUTSCH LA — Oct 2020 - Dec 2020
Freelance Copywriter

EP+CO — Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
Copy Intern

LEO BURNETT — Jan 2017 - Jan 2018
Jr Copywriter

SELECTED CLIENTS

adidas Basketball
adidas Originals
Instagram
NBA
Beats by Dre
Kaiser Permanente
L’Oreal
Big 12 Conference


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©2024, Karan Raikar

02 BEATS BY DRE —KING OF THE COURT


AGENCY: Translation LLC
DIRECTOR: Lance Acord
EDITOR: Robert Duffy
ECD: Jason Campbell
GCD: Aryan Aminzadeh
GCD: Castro Desroches
AD: Kevin Lu
CW: Yours Truly
The Chosen One versus the Chosen Son. 
Papa Bron versus Baby Bronny. 
Smooth, balletic classical versus brash, punchy rap.

For the 2022-2023 NBA season opener, we created a film that saw LeBron go toe-to-toe with his son Bronny on the court, as they battle for the proverbial AUX.

Funny enough, now they play on the same basketball team. Go figure.



©2024, Karan Raikar

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