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

EMAIL
INSTAGRAM
LINKEDIN

07 NBA — THAT’S GAME

AGENCY: Translation LLC
DIRECTOR: Emmanuel Adjei
EDITOR: Rich Orrick
ECD: Jason Campbell
GCD: Ray Smiling
GCD: Castro Desroches
ADs: Jennifer Wang, Kevin Lu
CWs: Deirdre Hering, Yours Truly

Dunking on your boy in the hallway. Balling up your socks and yelling “Kobe!” as you throw ‘em into the hamper. Laying out your jersey on your bed the night before the game. Staying up late with your mom to watch Tim Duncan win a ring.

All that? That’s Game.

Awards: Clio Sports, Copywriting - Bronze🥉

Press: Muse by Clio, AdAge, Complex

In addition to our anthem film, voiced by Idris Elba, we also created a series of spots for the Playoffs, Conference Finals and Finals.