Mithila De Silva

Mithila is one of those few Sri Lankans who has been able to take his creative talent to the international arena. His work has appeared internationally and has won some of the prestigious prizes awarded for creative advertising on the global stage on several occasions; Adfest, Spikes, Award Awards, Cristal, Epica, Kinsale Shark, Midas, AD Stars and Goafest. In addition to this, he has appeared as a Finalist at Cannes Lions, The One Show, New York Festivals, and he was a Preliminary Jury member in the Promotion Category at AD Stars Awards - 2019. Mithila also appeared as one of the Grand Jury members at the New York Festivals Advertising Awards 2020 in the Print Category.

Mithila is fond of sharing his experiences and skills to empower other young people and empower them to do things differently.

PUBLICATIONS

Campaign Brief Asia 2017 Creative Rankings
Sri Lanka’s Hottest Creatives - Rank - 02 

Campaign Brief Asia 2018 Creative Rankings
Sri Lanka’s Hottest Creatives - Rank - 01

Awards

Spikes Asia 2014
- Design, Publications - Silver Award 
- Outdoor, Publications - Small Scale Special Solutions - Finalist 

Epica 2014
- Media Innovation, Corporate Image - Gold Award 

Midas 2014
- Use of Medium, Newspaper - Silver Award 
- Product & Services - Finalist 

Cristal 2014
- Media, Service Other than Financial - Gold Award 
- Media, Best Use of Cultural Campaign - Gold Award 
- Media, Best Use of Print - Gold Award 
- Press, Insurance / Financial Services - Bronze Award 

Adfest 2015
- Media Lotus, Best Use Of Newspaper - Silver Award 
- Direct Lotus, Ambient Small Scale - Bronze Award 

Goafest 2015
- Best Use Of Newspapers And Magazines - Finalist 
- Financial Services - Finalist 
- Print, Corporate - Finalist 
- Print, Direct Response - Finalist 
- Ambient Media - Finalist 

Awards 2015
- Print - Silver Award 

The One Show 2015
- Print & Outdoor - Merit Award 

New York Festivals 2015
- Outdoor - Finalist Award 

Cannes Lions 2015
- Media, Product & Service, Corporate Image & Communication - Finalist 

AD Stars 2015
- Media, Product & Service, Corporate Image & Communication - Finalist 

Kinsale Shark Awards 2015
- Media, Best local execution of a Global Brand - Gold Award 

Kinsale Shark Awards 2016
- Print/Outdoor/Other, International Print Craft Campaign Executions or more qualify. Any craft skill will qualify - Gold Award
- Print/Outdoor/Other, International Print Campaign, Executions or more qualify - Silver Award 

Epica Awards 2016
- Media - Silver Award
- Environment - Bronze Award

Adfest 2017
- Media Lotus, Best Use Of Newspaper - Bronze Award 

Goafest 2017
- Media, Best use of Newspapers and Magazines - Bronze Award 
- Print, Media and Publications - Finalist 
- Print, Corporate - Finalist 
- Print Craft, Best use of Illustration - Finalist 

Adstars 2017
- Design, Communication Design, Publications – Bronze Award
- Print, Product & Service, Corporate /Institution – Silver Award
- Print, Print Craft, Art direction – Bronze Award
- Print, Print Craft, Illustration – Bronze Award

Cresta 2017 
- Press, Newspaper, Corporate Image – Bronze Award

Judging Panels

AD Stars Awards - 2019
Promotion Category Preliminary Jury Member

New York Festivals Advertising Awards - 2020
Grand Jury Member