Work Culture: How Kochi-based indie agency Maitri takes care of employees

Francis Thomas, who is the group creative head at Maitri, took to social media to talk about what it is like to live and work in a city like Kochi. Thomas also talks about how Maitri as an agency goes out of its way to take care of employees and keep them together like a family. (Representative Image: Clay Banks via Unsplash)

The Internet is loving Kochi-based Maitri’s approach to work culture, work-life balance and more after its group creative head Francis Thomas spotlighted it on social media.

Why do brands like CRED and Zomato not have a CMO?

The future-ready marketers are the ones who understand the importance of collaboration and identifying the right skills that they need to master and reset themselves time and again, based on a solid foundation of marketing fundamentals. (Representational Image: Amirhossein Hasani via Unsplash)

Startups have created decentralised systems to build brands and run marketing. The first casualty of the new system is the CMO role.

Bookstrapping: Ten books you must reach for in 2023

Our reviewer Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta puts together the ultimate reading list for all the book enthusiasts out there. (Representative Image: Patrick Tomasso via Unsplash)

From ‘A Lucky Man: The Memoirs of a Radio-wala’ by Mark Tully to Rachel Louise Snyder’s ‘Women We Buried, Women We Burned’, here’s your 2023 reading list.

Jobs in advertising, market research, public relations in demand: Report

Ahmedabad (+14 percent) is the only city to register double-digit annual growth, with the elevated demand in the pockets of advertising, market research, PR and media and entertainment industries. (Representative Image: Jason Leung via Unsplash)

With the increase in marketing efforts and adoption of Artificial intelligence (AI) by brands, jobs in advertising, market research, public relations, and related industries have increased, states foundit Insights Tracker.

Dentsu India makes Sapna Arora as chief client officer

Arora brings 22 years of global growth and general management experience, coupled with expertise in developing consumer tech businesses and digital products.

Prior to this, Sapna was with OLX India as CMO, PRO, brand head – emerging markets. In addition to this, she has also been a diversity and inclusion enabler.