Category: Brand Makers

ACKO Tech hires Siddharth Vinayak Patankar as chief creative officer and editor-in-chief

Siddharth Vinayak Patankar will be responsible for the overall content strategy to build brand love to connect with the audience through engaging and educative content. The new content division’s first play will be in the automobile and technology spaces, where Patankar will also be editor-in-chief.

As the chief creative officer, Patankar will lead ACKO Tech’s newly created content division and create an end-to-end content platform for the wider audience.

How Jaaved Jaaferi wrote and danced his way into Indian advertising history

Jaaved Jaaferi highlighted, "Television had entered the scene and Doordarshan was the first channel. Then, came private channels. Zee TV was launched in 1992, and Sony Entertainment Television was launched in 1995. Earlier, the modes of communication were cinema screens and Doordarshan where popular shows would be screened. In the early 1990s, television advertising became much bigger." (Stills from the ads)

Actor Jaaved Jaaferi on how he entered the ad world, his take on advertising and how the Indian ad scene has changed and more.

Cleartrip CEO Ayyappan R: No one expected this kind of resurgence in travel demand

On February 20, Storyboard18 reported that the former CEO of Cleartrip was expected to leave the firm. During his tenure, Ayyappan was also responsible for overseeing and driving the travel players' brand initiatives.

Ayyappan R, CEO, Cleartrip talks to Storyboard18’s Delshad Irani about revenge travel, key consumer trends, expectations, Flipkart and more.

Piramal Finance’s marketing chief Arvind Iyer: Building a brand has become democratic, which wasn’t the case 15 years ago

"There's a whole new wave of careers that juxtaposes tech and marketing. We are looking for people who can apply their minds to being a well-rounded growth marketer when it comes to building both organic and paid channels. And within that, there are a lot of sub-skill sets by way of content, design, and things like that. Brands that have been doing a lot of interesting work bootstrapping some of these roles," says Arvind Iyer, head-marketing, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance.

Arvind Iyer, head-marketing, Piramal Capital & Housing Finance talks about his learnings, taking inspiration from D2C brands and why hiring candidates with tech and marketing background has become a new trend.

CXO Moves: YouTube’s gets a new CEO; Riot Games, KidZania India, Cheil get senior executives

Get the full picture on people and their moves on the corporate jungle gym in CXO Moves. (From left to right: Neal Mohan, chief executive officer, YouTube; Rahul Dhamdhere, chief marketing officer, KidZania India, Neeraj Bassi, chief growth officer, Cheil India; and Arun Rajappa, country manager - India and South Asia, Riot Games)

Executive moves in the world of brands and agencies. Find out who’s moved up, in and out.

Dentsu Creative India’s Ajay Gahlaut calls it quits

The Indian unit of Dentsu Group Inc has been rocked by a series of senior-level exits since August 2021, potentially causing more departures and deepening turmoil at the advertising company.

Ajay Gahlaut was not reachable for comment at the time of filing this story. He joined the Japanese ad network in September 2021.

Bookstrapping: India’s pathways to success by Ganesh Natarajan and Ejaz Ghani

The book is a placeholder for a period in time, for those seeking to make sense of India’s somewhat dawdling, often chaotic but determined journey post independence.

The simplicity and foundational nature of the arguments in the book are akin to your grandmother reminding you of truths too inconvenient to implement. Bookstrapping rating: 3.5 stars.

10 things to know about YouTube’a new CEO, Neal Mohan

Neal Mohan previously served as YouTube's chief product officer, responsible for the platform's products, user experience, and trust and safety initiatives. (Image source via Twitter @ShaktiJha_)

Neal Mohan is the new addition to the global Indian origin CXO list. He takes over from Susan Wojcicki whose retirement marks and end of an era.

Susan Wojcicki steps down as YouTube’s CEO; Neal Mohan takes over

Since 2015, Neal Mohan has been the chief product officer, and has looked after YouTube products, user experience, trust and safety on a global level. He has managed creation and enforcement of platform policies, and has been accountable for overall business success and growth of YouTube. (Image source: LinkedIn)

Neal Mohan is armed with an experience of more than two decades and has worked across Accenture, DoubleClick, Microsoft, MMA Global, Google, 23andMe and Stitch Fix.