The human behind the work

Jai Gupta — Production Designer & Art Director

An Art Director and Production Designer based in New Delhi, India. I build worlds on set — for ad films, music videos, and fashion shoots.

I studied Communication Design at Pearl Academy, then left in my 3rd year to pursue music. That decision led me through songwriting, production, photography — and eventually into the craft of art direction. I'd been doing it all along. I just didn't have a name for it.

Today I work across Delhi and beyond — co-founding Saraab Prop Shop with my sister Pallavi Gupta, designing sets for Warner Music, Durex, Zomato, Triumph, and building KALCO, my personal lifestyle brand.

Art Direction & Production Design
Ad films · music videos · fashion campaigns
Photography
Fashion · portrait · lifestyle
Music
Singer · songwriter · producer
Communication Design
Graphics · branding · visual systems
KALCO
Personal lifestyle brand · fashion & beyond

The Journey

2018–19
Communication Design
Graphics, Branding & Visual Thinking

Began studying Communication Design at Pearl Academy, New Delhi — learning typography, branding, visual communication, and the grammar of aesthetics. Discovered a deep love for image-making and visual storytelling.

2019–21
Fashion & Portrait Photography
Lens as a language

Shot fashion editorials and portraits across Delhi. Served as retainer photographer for Humans of Bombay — shooting portraits of social workers, high-net-worth personalities, and young prodigies to accompany their interview stories. The camera became a way of thinking — about light, about people, about stories hidden in a single frame. Without knowing it, was already practising art direction: curating sets, moods, narrative.

2021
The Dropout
Betting on music

Left college in 3rd year to pursue music full-time. Wrote, sang, produced. Built a sonic world from scratch. One of the most honest decisions ever made — and the one that eventually led back to the visual world with a much richer perspective.

2021–22
Discovering Art Direction
A profession I was already practising

While on a break from photography and deep in music, stumbled into the world of professional art direction through sister and first mentor Pallavi Gupta. Realised the craft had a name — and a whole world of technique behind it.

2022–Now
Art Director & Production Designer
Ad films, music videos, fashion shoots

Professionally working as Art Director and Production Designer across ad films, music videos, and fashion campaigns in Delhi. 6 years of experience, 50+ brands, feature films (12th Fail, Tiger 3). Co-founded Saraab Prop Shop in Delhi with Pallavi Gupta.

Now
KALCO
Building a lifestyle world

Conceptualising KALCO — a personal lifestyle brand beginning with fashion, expanding into ceramics, lamps, artworks, and objects of desire. The full creative universe, made physical.

Education
Pearl Academy, New Delhi
Bachelor of Design — Communication Design · 2018–21 · Left in 3rd year to pursue music and creative work full-time.
Bal Bharti Public School, New Delhi
Secondary Education
Prop Shop
Saraab Prop Shop
Co-founded with Pallavi Gupta · 2022

A prop rental and styling studio in Delhi, co-founded with sister and mentor Pallavi Gupta. Built to serve production houses, art directors, and photographers across ad films, music videos, and editorial shoots.

Contact
Currently exploring

AI Tools

I've been deep in the AI wave since before it was a wave. These are the tools I actually use — not for the hype, but because they've changed how I work.

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MidjourneyImage Generation
Since 2022
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RunwayVideo Generation & Editing
Since 2023
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HiggsfieldVideo Generation
Since 2024
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Nano Banana ProCreative Tooling
Since 2024
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ChatGPTLanguage & Research
Since 2022
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ClaudeLanguage & Design Thinking
Since 2023
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Claude CodeEngineering
Since 2024
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Google AntigravitySpatial & 3D
Since 2025
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SunoMusic Generation
Since 2023
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Ace StudioAI Vocals
Since 2024
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This list moves fast. I add and drop tools constantly — what matters is staying fluent, not collecting.

Selected Clients
Warner Music IndiaAzadi RecordsDurexTriumph LingerieGo Boult&DoneSochYouTube x NykaaLwky StudiosDistrict by ZomatoDalmia CementMasterChowMaikhanaSpaces by WelspunJarPokerbaaziP-TalHondaNDTV IndiaBlinkitVaselineAureliaBoatLRIPLBiotiqueZomato GoldChristy HomesOrient LightingPramerica Life InsuranceGoogleVivoTroovy ChipsACC CementAmbuja CementMeta / InstagramUrban CompanyBumbleRe'equilPepsiNetplusNescafeAmulDuroflexTotavit StrongJai Kisan N20Hello MuskanRealmeFab IndiaFood StoriesFNPTata PunchToyotaMillion Dollar ListingsIndiGo AirlinesVistaraSuzukiHyundaiMaa Ka SumProtinexMamaearthBombaeBharat Jodo YatraAirtel Xstream FiberAckoAmazonPumaForest EssentialsSamsungThumbs UpZomatoEicher TrucksAirtelMother DairyGodrejIndraprastha Apollo HospitalsTanishqVICEGrey GooseSony EntertainmentYakultMeeshoAdda52Wrogn
Directors Worked With
Bharat Sikka
Vidhu Vinod Chopra
Lloyd Baptista
Ruchir Arun
Karan Chawla
Siddhant Malhotra
Anna Joseph
Shachi Malhotra
Jai Sahni
Divyanshu Malhotra
Manish Sharma
Kartik Ramnathkar
Devang Singh Thukral
Suryansh Saini
Vaishali Tuteja
Tushar Ronak
Jatin Sharma
Yash Danak
Production Designers Worked With
Pallavi Gupta
Lalima Chhabra
Akshita Hans
Avyakta Kapur
Mithva Krishen
Shoumini Ghosh Roy
Kissa Zehra
Karan Gupta
Beeva Mahajan
Tanish Rao
Chayati Kaushik
Niyoti Upadhye
Vinay Narkar
Priyanka Sarmalkar
Disha Dey
Varunn Kumarr
Anmol Bhandari
Juhi Talmaki
Shivani Mathur
Raman Rishi
Ria Kohli Gureja
Sidharth Mathawan
Akshita Chhatwal
Srishti Tewari
Maitrayee Arya
Nipun Sharma
Ajay Kumar
Prashant Dubey
Disciplines
Art Direction & Set Design
Location Scouting & Dressing
Prop Styling
Graphic Design for Sets
Visual Research
Budget & Production Management

Additional Credits

Brands and projects worked on across other roles — without a public link, kept here for the record.

Production Designer / Team Lead
Spaces by WelspunPokerbaaziP-TalHondaNDTV IndiaAureliaBoatLRIPLBiotiqueZomato Gold
Art Director / Associate to the Lead Production Designer
Troovy Chips — Production Designer: Pallavi GuptaMeta / Instagram — Production Designer: Sidharth MathawanNetplus — Production Designer: Akshita ChhatwalBoat (TVC & Photoshoot) — Production Designer: Lalima ChhabraNescafe — Production Designer: Akshita HansNescafe (Photoshoot) — Production Designer: Kissa ZehraPokerbaazi — Production Designer: Lalima ChhabraTotavit Strong — Production Designer: Pallavi GuptaJai Kisan N20 — Production Designer: Pallavi GuptaHello Muskan — Production Designer: Pallavi GuptaRealme India — Production Designer: Pallavi Gupta
Set Dresser / Product Stylist
Fab India — Production Designer: Srishti Tewari (Multiple Campaigns)Food Stories — Lead Product Stylist: Karishma RuiaFab India — Production Designer: Kissa Zehra & Srishti TewariFNPTata Punch — Production Designer: Prashant Dubey
Art Assistant / Associate to the Art Director
Suzuki — Production Designer: Karan GuptaMamaearth — Production Designer: Akshita Hans; AD: Pallavi GuptaBombae — Production Designer: Akshita Hans; AD: Pallavi GuptaBlinkit (Grofers) — Production Designer: Akshita Hans; AD: Pallavi Gupta (Multiple Projects)Airtel Xstream Fiber — Production Designer: Pallavi Gupta; AD: Natasha BainsAcko — Production Designer: Akshita Hans; AD: Pallavi GuptaAmazon (Photoshoot) — Product Stylist: Sneha Gangodia
Graphic Designer
Puma — AD: Ajay KumarForest Essentials (Event) — AD: Ajay KumarHyundai — Production Designer: Ajay KumarSamsung (TVC & Photoshoot) — Production Designer: Maitrayee AryaThumbs Up — Production Designer: Avyakta KapurZomato — Studio Fry Productions
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"I make things that feel like they couldn't have been made by anyone else."
— Jai Gupta