World’s most awarded creative school Miami Ad School now in Colombo

Miami Ad School Sri Lanka and Maldives President and Dean Kandeban Balendran

Miami Ad School Co-Founder Pippa Seichrist

Miami Ad School Sri Lanka is now open in Colombo 4, bringing exciting possibilities and global potential for the creative minds in the island. 

For Miami Ad School Sri Lanka, the real world becomes the classroom with a collaboration of fresh perspectives and global ideologies that influence the future of design, digital marketing, strategic thinking and innovation.

Miami Ad School cultivates unconventional minds and celebrates audacious creativity in all its forms: from self-identified creatives and yet-to-identify creatives to unfulfilled professionals who need to revive their passion or fall in love for the first time with bold ideas that breathe new life to everyday moments.

Miami Ad School Sri Lanka and Maldives President and Dean Kandeban Balendran shared his vision behind partnering with the best creative school in the world.

“Sri Lanka has epic creative potential. We want students and professionals here to have an opportunity that allows them to not just explore their passion and be inspired, but also to find a foundation to build their creative careers on and a bridge that connects them to the world. A school that not only educates you but also celebrates you. We teach students and professionals to make creativity their superpower – using it to build brands, start new ventures, and champion beliefs that are important for them. Miami Ad School is a partnership between education and industry. We are very excited to invite the creative thinkers of Sri Lanka to come join a global community of designers, writers, strategists and innovators to take the power of our island’s creativity to the world.”

“Our Institutional Advisory Committee comprises the Miami Ad School’s Board of Directors – a global team of leading creatives, innovators and strategists ensuring that creative bravery and innovation is at the heart of everything we do,” Balendran added.

Miami Ad School Co-Founder Pippa Seichrist addressing the launch in Sri Lanka said: “We are very excited to welcome Sri Lanka and Maldives to the Miami Ad School network that is transforming creative education with our 16 campuses worldwide. Our approach is not a cookie-cutter program that limits students but a chance for the students to create a program that is ideal for their unique talents, and ambitions. It’s a great joy to be part of Sri Lanka’s creative future.” 

With creativity as its lifeblood, Miami Ad School believes in artistic revolution, relentless passion, and wild optimism that break free from the norm. It has a place for everyone with a series of Portfolio Programmes, Master’s Programmes, Bachelor’s Programmes, and Creative and Strategy Bootcamps. Its curricula stay on par with the evolving world, with each program creating opportunities for students to interact with international clients and provide solutions for real-life problems.

You can tell when a school is good from their graduates – and its alumni are championing creativity worldwide and are amongst the top creatives, strategists, designers, digital marketing gurus, and brand architects of the world. They are a true testament for the beliefs and passion of Miami Ad School and their creativity has inspired incredible campaigns and innovations in top organisations and agencies such as BBDO, Ogilvy, Droga5, Goodby Silverstein, Facebook, Google, Oracle, Adobe and many others.

Its students are educated and inspired by the best of the best which is why Miami Ad School is the world’s most awarded creative school in the world. From advertising and social media to groundbreaking innovations our students have been shining at international award festivals including being named Cannes Lion Future School of the Year and claiming the Gunn Report School of the Year title for four consecutive years.

The first programs to go live in Sri Lanka are the Creative and Strategy Bootcamp and Social Media Bootcamp with classes commencing on 1 February for Strategy Bootcamp and April for the Social Media Bootcamp. The 12-week program offers students a diploma certificate, Miami Ad School Bootcamp alumni status, and access to a global alumni network of the industry’s best strategists. 

The Strategy Bootcamp is an incredible opportunity for students and professionals who want to take their career to the next level, with all graduates having the opportunity to attend portfolio reviews and interview with top agencies in Sri Lanka and gain job leads throughout their career.

Miami Ad School has built its reputation for almost three decades as home to outstanding creative graduates who are ready to work on the first day of the job. The four pillars that guide our programs - learning, developing, expanding and performing together with unique educational concepts, realistic training by leading global professionals and hands-on internships provides students with a unique learning experience through our network of schools worldwide.

Calling all writers, designers, strategists, brand custodians, content daredevils, media enthusiasts and innovators of Sri Lanka – Make your unique dreams and goals a reality surrounded by unparalleled ingenuity, extraordinary resources and a global network of creative champions.

Miami Ad School believes that the world needs fiercely absurd imaginations and unapologetic thinkers – fear and discomfort are hallmarks of growth; exceptional creativity takes well-honed resilience; creativity needs cross-pollination to thrive and remarkable thinking is realised through remarkable craft.