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

10 THE SAHI BOL PROJECT

AD: Yours Truly
CW: Also Yours Truly
Typeface: Modak by Ektype
This project was born out of my desire to take back Indian cuisine from the grips of redundant phrases that dilute diaspora culture. Case in point: CHAI TEA. You’re literally saying tea-tea.

Translated from Hindi to English, sahi bol means say it right.

Pulling inspiration from old Bollywood posters from the 70s and 80s, as well as a unique typeface created by Ektype Foundry in Bombay, I wanted to create something that reflected my Indian-American identity while also reminding people that our cuisine isn’t here to be renamed. 





©2024, Karan Raikar

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