Tag: Rohit Mukherjee

  • TBWA India names Rohit Mukherjee executive creative director in Gurgaon

    TBWA India names Rohit Mukherjee executive creative director in Gurgaon

    MUMBAI: TBWA India has hired Rohit Mukherjee as executive creative director at its Gurgaon office, tasking him with sharpening the agency’s disruption philosophy and raising the creative bar for clients.

    Mukherjee, who brings close to 20 years in advertising, joins from Dentsu Creative Isobar where he rose to group executive creative director, leading integrated, digital-first campaigns for major Indian brands. He began his career with an internship at Rediffusion Y&R and went on to stints at Publicis, Mccann, DDB Mudra and Bates, shaping campaigns for Airtel, Nestlé, Colgate-Palmolive, Dabur, Diageo and Kia Motors. Among his best-known works is Colgate’s “Kya aapke toothpaste mein namak hai?” platform.

    TBWA India, chief creative experience officer, Russell Barrett called Mukherjee “an accomplished creative individual with a great pedigree of ideas and executions,” adding that he was “just the right kind of pirate to lead and inspire the office forward.”

    For his part, Mukherjee said he relished the agency’s disruption credo. “To create in any field, you need to disrupt. The very fact that for tbwa, disruption is its raison d’être is provocation enough for any creative,” he noted.

    Mukherjee’s work has earned recognition at Cannes Lions, Spikes, Kyoorius, Abbys, Effies, New York Festival, Adfest and the Clios. Off duty, he is a collector of stories, whether through photography, trivia or conversations with strangers.
     

  • Isobar India ropes in Rohit Mukherjee as Creative Director South

    Isobar India ropes in Rohit Mukherjee as Creative Director South

    MUMBAI: Isobar India, the digital agency from the house of Dentsu Aegis Network, has appointed Rohit Mukherjee as the creative director, South. Mukherjee will report to Anish Varghese, chief creative officer, Isobar India. His last stint was with Bates India where he worked as associate creative director.  

    Varghese said, “I am thrilled to see Rohit on board with his rich and varied experience in brand building. I am confident that the blend of his experience and Isobar’s culture of digital-first thinking will empower us to produce exceptional work to drive our vision of experience-led transformation, powered by creativity.”  

    Armed with 14 years of experience, Mukherjee has worked with Rediffusion, Publicis, McCann and DDB Mudra.

    Mukherjee added, "Isobar has been making all the right noises with some phenomenal work that has created a lot of chatter. With Isobar's digital-first philosophy and approach to advertising, it is charting the right course for the industry in general; and what intrigues me the most, with such a philosophy, is the concept of having an ‘adda’ with your consumers, wherein storytelling is two-way traffic. So, it’s a no-brainer that I need to be a part of this journey. Exciting times ahead!”  

    It is pertinent to note that Mukherjee has won close to 50 national and international advertising awards. These include the New York Festivals, the Global Award, Spikes, Clio’s, RX Club, Abby, e4m IDMA, Campaign India Digital Crest, Emvies, Effie, MMA Global Smarties, Festival of Media and Flames Asia Awards, amongst others.