Experience
Built in production, proven at national scale.
For recruiters and leadership teams: the full arc, the current role, and what I bring to a Creative Director or AI Design Lead seat.
2026 — Present
Creative studio · AI production systems
Founder & Creative Director · Still Voice Labs
- Creative direction and brand systems for founders and companies that need to look world-class everywhere they show up.
- Design and installation of AI-assisted production workflows — the system, not just the tooling.
- Long-term product work: Ruach Editorial, CreativeOS, PresenceOS and ZionOS.
2018 — 2026
National broadcast
Art Director, Digital Video · Times Network
- Owned the digital visual standard across eleven network brands, including Times Now, ET Now, Mirror Now and Zoom.
- Built and ran the motion/template system that shipped daily editorial graphics against broadcast deadlines.
- Directed a multi-designer team across shifts and simultaneous brand deadlines.
2017 — 2018
Premium retail
Visual Communication Designer · Foodhall, Future Group
- Visual communication across nine premium gourmet stores — campaigns, signage, in-store storytelling.
- Held a luxury brand standard at retail speed across architecturally distinct spaces.
2015 — 2017
Design studio
Art Director · Salt Studios · freelance via ColorsPlot
- First studio leadership role: directing designers across identity and campaign work.
- Independent client work including the British Council through ColorsPlot.
2013 — 2015
Hospitality
Graphic Designer · Westin Mumbai Garden City (Marriott)
- Brand-standard design inside an international hospitality system — print, environmental, F&B collateral.
2008 — 2011
Advertising & animation
3D Generalist · V-Stretch Studio
- TVC and 3D production for national brands: Thums Up, Nivea Men, Fortune, Feviquick, Complan, Royal Challengers Bangalore.
What I bring to a leadership seat
- Fifteen years from production craft to creative direction — I lead work I can personally execute.
- Seven years running a visual system at national broadcast scale: many brands, daily deadlines, one standard.
- Now independent: Still Voice Labs, where that discipline becomes the product.
- A working AI production practice: I design the workflows, not just adopt the tools.
- Calm, systems-first leadership: clarity over complexity, craft over spectacle.
References and a detailed portfolio walkthrough available on request · jeeash@gmail.com