Tag: Aman Mannan

  • Publicis names Aman Mannan and Shitu Patil as Joint NCDs

    In a bid to strengthen its creative leadership, Publicis India has appointed Aman Mannan and Shitu Patil as joint National Creative Directors (NCDs). In their new roles, the duo will lead the creative vision for all brands at Publicis India, and report to Managing Director, Oindrila Roy.

    In the new roles as NCDs, Mannan and Patil will leverage their expertise to lead the agency’s creative vision across all offices in India.

    Said Paritosh Srivastava, CEO, L&K Saatchi & Saatchi and Publicis India: “Publicis India has been on an amazing journey of resurgence in the past two years, with a focus on both growth and creative excellence yielding rich dividends. Our impressive portfolio of work and client roster rival that of any top agency in the country. The search for the perfect blend of creative talent and cultural fit was challenging, but in Aman and Shitu, we have found a team of rare creative talent that spans the entire spectrum of creativity. We are confident that these two wonderful people will inspire our teams and clients to new heights.”

    Added Oindrila Roy, Managing Director, Publicis India: “Aman and Shitu are a powerhouse of creativity and their experience in delivering award-winning work reaffirms this. We are confident that as NCDs, they will inspire our teams with new energies.  We are certain that their creative prowess and strategic acumen will contribute to the continued success and growth of Publicis India.”

  • Aman Mannan appointed Group ECD at Leo Burnett

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leo Burnett India announced the appointment of Aman Mannan as Group Executive Creative Director. Aman will be based at Leo Burnett India’s head office in Mumbai and will work closely with Raj Deepak Das towards creating work that strongly reflects the agency’s HumanKind philosophy.   Speaking on his appointment, RajDeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett India, said, “I am really excited about Aman joining us as this further strengthens our creative team that is not only young but also extremely talented.

     

    Aman brings with him a lot of positive energy and newer storytelling ways that will help us find the right solutions to our clients’ problems.”

     

    Aman joins from DDB Mudra where he was Executive Creative Director. Prior to DDB Mudra, he has had stints with McCann Erickson and Interface Communications. In a career that spans more than a decade, he has worked across categories on brands such as Union Bank of India, Future Group, Godrej No. 1, Lipton, HBO, ICICI Lombard, Saffola, Parachute, Onida, Nerolac, Radio Mirchi, Tata Indicom, NDTV, Mahindra and Mahindra (Scorpio, Bolero, Maxx), Nerolac and Blue Star to name a few.

  • Tribal DDB India beefs up its creative team

    By A Correspondent

     

    With a series of new business wins over the last few months, Tribal DDB India is on a growth spree and is investing in a significant ramp up of its creative team.

     

    Ashish Phatak
    Aman Mannan

    Ashish Phatak and Aman Mannan, both Group Creative Directors at DDB Mudra Mumbai, have taken up the additional role of driving the Tribal DDB creative mandate. Both joined DDB Mudra Mumbai in 2010 and have been working on LIC, Godrej, Future Group and Union Bank of India among others. They have individually and together won multiple awards across Abbys, Cannes, Effies, Emvies, London International Festival, One Show on work for brands like Union Bank of India, Parachute, Saffola, Tata Indico, Hit, Jaipur Foot Foundation.

     

     

    Satish Sethumadhavan

    Satish Sethumadhavan (popularly known as Sethu) has joined the agency as Creative Director. His last stint was with Ogilvy & Mather, Bangalore. Over the past decade, Sethu has worked with world-class brands such as Coca-Cola, Western Union and American Express and famous Indian brands such as ITC’s Bingo, Marico’s Parachute, Haywards, Vicks and Titan among others. Sethu has won multiple awards across Cannes, One Show, Abby, Goafest, etc. and one of his best digital campaigns is the award winning one for Titan HTSE.

     

     

     

    Sonal Dabral
    Sonal Dabral

    Sonal Dabral, Chairman & CCO, DDB Mudra Group, said, “With technology opening up endless possibilities in the way we converse with our target audience these are truly exciting times. At DDB Mudra Group we want to be the best when it comes to providing breakthrough creative solutions to our clients across multiple media and platforms. With this new beefed-up creative structure at Tribal DDB we are walking our talk.”

     

     

     

    Venkat Mallik

    Venkat Mallik, President, Tribal DDB and Rapp India, said, “At Tribal DDB, we believe that the best work in the digital space will emerge from the fusion of the highest standards of brand creative thinking with Digital inventiveness.  We are building our team with award winning talent with backgrounds in digital, as well as, mainstream brand communication. Aman, Ashish and Sethu are individually outstanding creative talent who we are proud to have lead the creative show for us and help set a new benchmark for digital brand creativity.”