FREQUENTLY THOUGHT QUESTIONS
by people who go through portfolios every day.
I have no time to go through all your work. What are your top three pieces of work?
Gift For Her – McKinsey Design
d-spot – Durex
Donate Your Data – Google Chrome
Work from home or work from office?
Work from whatever works best. I love my pyjamas just as much as I love dressing up.
Do you actually have a big role in all the work displayed here or were you just a spectator in the group?
The only pieces that I’ve included on my website are the ones that I’ve slogged day in and out for. The spectator ones are hidden in a galaxy far, far away, on my desktop.
How well do you work in teams?
Not bad at all, thanks to my newly-developed skill
of suppressing my social awkwardness.
COPYWRITER SPENDS HOURS PICKING
EIGHT CAMPAIGNS OUT OF NINE.
Curses art partner for refusing to have odd number of panels.
AFTER 4 YEARS IN ADVERTISING,
FAMILY STILL THINKS THAT
DAUGHTER HANDLES COPYRIGHTS.
Here’s a little more about that copywriter.
Swarna Thomas likes to write, think and occasionally, overthink. She spends most of her free time trying to teach people how to pronounce
her name right and planning unaffordable vacations in her head. She also likes to refer to herself in third-person sometimes.
AWARDS
D&AD New Blood – Wood Pencil 2020 – Coupon Coup
Young Ones Briefs – Silver Pencil – The Next First
Young Ones Briefs – Merit – Spotify Green Light
Young Ones ADC – Bronze Cube – Gift For Her
Clio Awards – Bronze – Donate Your Data
Cannes Future Lions – Finalist – Donate Your Data
D&AD New Blood – Wood Pencil 2019 – Gift For Her
NY Festivals Global Awards – Gold – Durex d-spot
ANDY Awards – Gold – Donate Your Data
ANDY Awards – Finalist – Durex d-spot
ADC Germany – Merit – The Water Label
ADC Germany – Merit – Durex d-spot
ADC Germany – Merit – Donate Your Data
New York Festivals – Bronze – Durex d-spot
MUSE Creative Awards – Platinum – Durex d-spot
MUSE Creative Awards – Gold – Donate Your Data
Neptun Cross Media Awards – Gold – Durex d-spot
Graphis Awards – Gold (x5)
Graphis Awards – Silver (x2)
Golden Award of Montreux – Finalist – Durex d-spot
NY Festivals Global Awards – Finalist – Kidney Cloud
NY Festivals Global Awards – Finalist – Gift For Her
Adobe Awards – Top Talent – Durex d-spot
Top Dog Award – MASE – Best Performance in School
Young Shits – October 2018 brief – Winner
Future Award – Finalist 2019 – Creep Compose
Indian Digital Awards 2018 – Best Digital Campaign –
Break The Smoke Break – Bronze
Effies 2017 – New Product – Godrej aer pocket – Finalist
Effies 2017 – Brand Experience – Godrej aer pocket – Finalist
Effies India 2016 – Integrated Campaign – Happy Bathrooms! – Finalist
Effies India 2015 – Consumer Durables – change the aer – Bronze
EXPERIENCE
McCann, Paris
Copywriter (Nov 2020 – Present)
Scholz & Friends, Hamburg
Creative Intern Copy (Jan 2020 – Mar 2020)
R/GA, New York
Creative Intern Copy (Oct 2019 – Dec 2019)
DDB, Berlin
Creative Intern Copy (July 2019 – Sept 2019)
Creativeland Asia, Mumbai
Copywriter (2015 – 2018)
Media2win, Mumbai
Junior Copywriter (2013 – 2015)
PUBLICATIONS
3 of the best student submissions in
Muse Creative Awards
May 2020, Muse dot World
Durex d-spot wins gold. Kidney Cloud and
Gift for Her awarded Finalists
November 2019, Redbox
Durex d-spot honoured with global gold at
New York Festival’s Global Awards
November 2019, Branding Asia
Global Gold for d-spot for client Durex
November 2019, The Stable
Durex d-spot picks up Global Gold
November 2019, Adobo Magazine
Durex d-spot wins Neptun Talent award
November 2019, wuv.de
Durex d-spot wins over jury at Neptun Cross Media awards
November 2019, New Business Germany
Durex d-spot wins first place at Neptun Talent awards
November 2019, markenarticle
Durex d-spot Integrated campaign
March 2019, Ads of the World
McKinsey Design – Gift For Her
March 2019, Ads of the World
Google Chrome – Donate Your Data
March 2019, Ads of the World