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Creative Technologist
Saurabh
Kakade
Trained as a Creative Director and Strategist across Europe's best agencies — Y&R, Ogilvy, Jung von Matt, Serviceplan. Led multidisciplinary teams of designers, developers, and technologists at a Hamburg innovation studio. Now building creative technology at Meta in San Francisco. Blockchain. LiDAR. AI. Whatever's next.
Hamburg
→ San Francisco
How I work
Three lenses · one vision
Three lenses.
One vision.
01
Creative Director
The vision and craft lens.
Leading visual direction for globally recognized work — the Dot suite of accessibility tech, Made in Fukushima, Meltdown Flags. At Hyperinteractive, building and mentoring a creative team and pivoting the studio toward consultancy.
02
Creative Strategist
The thinking lens.
Connecting creative work to human behavior and real-world outcomes. Made in Fukushima turned complex radiation data into a region's reputation. Freedom Grams turned packaging into a criminal-justice argument. At Meta, advising global brands and prototyping the future of advertising at the intersection of AI and creativity.
03
Creative Technologist
The building lens.
Using emerging technology as a creative medium — not as a gimmick, but as the core idea. Blockchain became an uncensorable archive for journalism. LiDAR became eyes for the visually impaired. A variable font became a climate-data instrument.
The technology is never the point. The human problem it solves is.
A timeline
45 entries · 2012 — 2026
- 2026
- 2025
- 2024
- 2023
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2014
- 2012
- 2008
Recognition
2015 – 2023
250+
Total awards
11
Grand Prix
12
Cannes Lions (Gold + Silver)
Highlights
Cannes Lions
2018
Gold · Innovation Lions
Dot Inc
Cannes Lions
2018
Gold · Health & Wellness
Dot Mini
Cannes Lions
2016
Silver · Cyber Lions
TrueColours
Cannes Lions
2021
Silver · Digital Craft
Meltdown Flags
Eurobest
2018
Grand Prix · Innovation
Dot Inc
Red Dot
2019
Grand Prix · Digital Innovations
Dot Translate
ADC Deutschland
2020
Grand Prix · Design
Made in Fukushima
Clio Health
2023
Grand Prix · Design
Freedom Grams
New York Festivals
2020
Grand Prix · Positive World Impact
Dot Translate
Ad Stars
2020
Grand Prix · Human Rights
Dot Translate
One Show
2020
Gold · Design
Made in Fukushima
Cresta
2019
Grand Prix · Digital
Dot Mini & Dot Translate
Cresta
2019
Grand Prix · Creative Technology
Dot Mini & Dot Translate
Cresta
2019
Grand Prix · The Future
Dot Mini & Dot Translate
Ad Stars
2019
Grand Prix · Interactive
Dot Translate & Dot Mini
Clio Cannabis
2022
Grand Prix · Social Good
Freedom Grams
Press
14 publications
- Ad Age Creativity
- Adweek
- TechCrunch
- It's Nice That
- Horizont
- Mindsparkle Mag
- The Designest
- Branding in Asia
- Design Made In Germany
- Little Black Book
- Digital Trends
- Best Ads On TV
- Directory Magazine
- Ultimaker
About
Originally from India, built across four countries and six cities — Pune, Berlin, Prague, Paris, Munich, Hamburg, and now San Francisco. A path through some of Europe's most respected agencies shaped one thesis: the best creative work happens when art direction, strategy, and emerging technology converge.
Recognized at Cannes Lions, D&AD, The One Show, Webby, Clio, Red Dot, and ADC Deutschland — including a Grand Prix for Made in Fukushima. Currently at Meta Creative Shop, working at the intersection of creative practice and AI.