Soham Chatterjee

Soham Chatterjee

Global Associate Creative Director at WhatsApp
Global, United States

About me

Soham was born in Calcutta, raised in Bombay, India. Growing up, he was a professional Voice Over artist, lending his voice for Indian version of series and films such as Harry Potter, Stuart Little, Sixth Sense, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Boy Meets World, Night Rider, Star Wars, Pokemon, and some questionable Japanese Anime.

He is an alumnus of Miami Ad School, where he was declared as the most awarded advertising student in the world and Global Top Dog with over 120 national and international student awards to his name.

Soham has worked in India, Miami, NYC and currently is a Global ACD/Writer at WhatsApp - Creative X at Facebook. He also worked with Human Rights Foundation as a Creative Director to conceptualize and kick-off the project Flash Drives for Freedom, which aims to end Kim Jong Un's regime by smuggling flash-drives inside North Korea, filled with relevant content.

Soham has won top honors at The One Show, Art Director’s Club, The Clios, including a Grand Clio, Cannes Lions, Cannes Lions Health, D&AD, D&AD Impact, New York Festivals, ADC Young Guns, Andy Awards, Webby Awards, LIA, Facebook Global Awards, Epica, Communication Arts etc. His work has been featured in top publications across the world and was even a part of Tate Curated Exhibition at London Design Museum.

He has served as a jury at The One Show, ADC, The Clio Awards, One Club Young Ones, 3% Next Creative Leaders, Executive Jury at One Club International Bootcamp, Cannes Young Lions, AdStars (South Korea), Executive Jury at Webby Awards, Creativity, PHNX Tribute Awards, Summit International and New York Festivals. He is currently a faculty at Miami Ad School NY and was a guest faculty/speaker at Miami Ad School (SF, Mumbai, Miami, Dominican Republic), Portfolio Center, Atlanta, and Chicago Portfolio School.

Soham has been named as one of the 30 under 30 most creative people in advertising by Business Insider twice and was recently a creative honoree at Adcolor x One Club.

Positions

Senior Creative/CW
Chicago, United States
January 2016 - Present (8 years 10 months)
Clients: Kraft, Serta, Eggo, Aldi, Prego, Cheez It, Allstate, Dunkin’, Allstate, Good Starts Young, Allstate Foundation, Kelloggs, Marshalls, Capri Sun, Samsung Global, Jim Beam, McDonald's, Brooks, 5/3 Bank, Donate Life America, D&AD New Blood Shift, Miller High Life, Planters, United Nations, Corona, GMC, Field Museum, VisionWorks, Coors Light, Cadillac, New Business.
Creative Director
Human Rights Foundation
2016 - March 2020 (4 years 2 months)
Flash Drives for Freedom & other Pro Bono Efforts
Instructor
Miami Ad School Punta Cana
July 2019 - December 2019 (5 months)
Head to HeadInnovative use of Media
Guest Speaker and Portfolio Instructor
Miami, United States
July 2015 - July 2019 (4 years)
Guest Speaker
Miami Ad School Atlanta @ Portfolio Center
October 2017 - November 2017 (1 month)
Freelance Creative CW/AD
Freelance Creative
September 2014 - December 2015 (1 year 3 months)
Agencies: Half Pants, Disco, The Night Agency, Area 51, Cangria, Hopeland, OceaNyc, etc.Clients:Kiehl'sDiet CokeSmartWaterHopelandLouisiana StateNew Business see less
Creative Intern
New York, United States
July 2014 - September 2014 (2 months)
Clients:Johnson & Johnson:ZyrtecStouffer's
Creative
Miami, United States
October 2012 - September 2014 (1 year 11 months)
Creative Intern
New York, United States
April 2014 - June 2014 (2 months)
Clients:Land RoverSpecial OlympicsCampbell's SoupChevronBorn To Win Foundation see less

Education

Higher Secondary

June 2020 - June 2020 (1 second)

Diploma in Copywriting

2012 - 2014 (2 years)
Copywriting, Advertising

Bachelor of Mass Media (BMM)

2006 - 2009 (3 years)

Other professional activities

Chicago Portfolio School

Instructor
July 2019 - Present (5 years 4 months)

PHNX Tribute 2020

Awards Jury Member

PHNX 2021

Awards Jury Member

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