Karl Gomes

Chief Fanatic

Fanatics


Karl Gomes heads Fanatics, a digital media advertising agency.

Previously as National Creative Director, Digital at Rediffusion YR, Karl created an environment to listen, understand and engage brands in online and offline conversations. Prior to this, he was Executive Creative Director – Digital at Arc Worldwide (subsidiary of Leo Burnett).

Karl has won numerous awards at Cannes, Webby, One Show, New York Festivals, Asia Pacific Adfest, Abby and AAAI, including the 1st Indian Cyber Shortlist at Cannes 2006 for Timesjobs, the 1st Indian Webby award for a simple and intuitive multilingual portal for Life Insurance Corporation of India, the 1st Bronze Cyber Lion at Cannes 2008 and India’s first Silver Pencil at the One Show Interactive 2009 for an Online campaign “highlighting what's important” for Luxor Highlighters.

A true pioneer in the digital medium, Karl was awarded “Young communicator 2008” by Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune for outstanding contribution in the field of media and communication in India.

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