Shazeb Shaikh

Brand & Creative

Adopting new technologies at the onset | Workplace culture strategy | Team and client management |

Brand & Creative
Résumé | CV | Portfolio

Communication, arts & culture, and creative communities have been my areas of play since my teenage years. More than a career, I've pursued these as a way of life and lifelong learning.

With many curiosities, and journeys that were created in their unlikely pursuits, I'm most comfortable with dealing with all kinds of ‘new’ - I love finding new ways through new ideas to explore uncharted territories where I can leave a meaningful mark behind.

Along the way, I have found people, stories & life experiences that I couldn't have imagined. Goodness has far outweighed the bad & I am grateful for all meaningful interactions with humans, animals & nature, and I naturally love paying it forward every day.

Yet, I'm not a hopeless romantic.

Finding interdisciplinary solutions for multifaceted problems |

Improving processes and flows |

Extending efficiency |

while constantly evolving with the times.

I believe all humans are creative but some haven't found an able mentor, a supporting voice, a way to express themselves or the tools to do so. But the void of creativity largely exists because of time at hand and other social inequities.

In the age of AI, rapid climate change and polarised media, sovereignty of thought and creativity will be exceedingly needed for every human to deal with the new world order and to stay relevant. Creative development needs to be induced in society as an intrinsic and extrinsic need in the 21st century through policy-making, education, & workplaces. Today, governments, boards of major corporations, enterprises or even some unicorns don't have creative leadership or a Chief Creative Officer in their CXO ranks. Promoting and propagating creativity equitably in society will be a big part of my endeavours, into the future.

Creativity, its philosophy and craft, makes me who I am,

drives what I do and how I do it.