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  • Interactive Avenues wins Great Indian Workplaces Award

    MUMBAI: Interactive Avenues, the full service Digital Agency of media agency conglomerate IPG Mediabrands India has won the inaugural edition of the Great Indian Workplaces Awards (GIWA) 2017.

    GIWA recognises extraordinary workplaces in India that creates happy employees. IA has been judged on the parameters of providing a congenial, caring, safe, and enjoyable and trust based culture where employees wish to return back to work every single day and take pride in their work, enjoy lower levels of stress, high degree of professional learning, and growth driven by visionary leadership. It also acknowledges organizations that have stringent policies towards sexual harassment, a humane approach towards special ability people, gender equality, care for society, people focus like healthcare, fun at workplace, facilities like food and recreation.

    IPG Mediabrands chief talent officer Savita Mathai, “Interactive Avenues has always been ahead of the curve on talent practices. They have strong leaders who are truly committed to building a vibrant work culture where people thrive and are driven to give their best.”

    Interactive Avenues CEO Amar Deep Singh , “We’ve always maintained that our team is our biggest asset, who have helped make IA the largest and the best Digital Agency in the country. Therefore, it is our responsibility to provide them with the best of facilities and give them the culture that will flourish their talent and motivate them to collaborate and work towards a common goal.”

    GIWA is part of the Workplace Culture Summit, a premier knowledge-exchange platform that brings together Workplace Culture Champions to share ideas, information and solutions around the framework and key developments that will shape the Workplace Culture of the Future.

  • Draftfcb+Ulka’s Star One building future leaders

    Draftfcb+Ulka’s Star One building future leaders

    MUMBAI: On the back of some new client wins and growth in existing businesses, Draftfcb+Ulka has brought on board trainees from some of the management, communication, art and design schools in the country through their Star One programme.

     

    Elaborating on the programme, Draftfcb+Ulka Mumbai COO Nitin Karkare said” Star One is not just about talent. It is about nurturing a culture and a value system which is unique to this agency. We are delighted that the program is now in its 23rd year and growing from strength to strength.”

     

    The agency Star One is the advertising industry’s most comprehensive entry level training programme. The trainees are put through an intensive two-month training of which the first month is classroom sessions conducted by senior managers from the company.

     

    Draftfcb+Ulka vice president Anita Gokral was a part of the Star One 1995 batch sharing her own experience of Star One programme she said, “Star One guided me into the organisation’s culture, its approach to the business and exigencies of the real world. One could have picked this up on the job but the program gives you space to absorb, appreciate and develop a perspective without getting overbearing. It puts forward the Agency’s confidence and commitment which are critical to managing enthusiasm and morale in the initial years.”

     

    Similarly, Draftfcb+Ulka vice president HR Savita Mathai said, “The fact that this programme has been running consistently for 23 years now is testimony to the Agency’s commitment to growing and nurturing talent. For us it is not just about talent acquisition; it is about creating a culture that grows leaders.”

     

    More than 30 people graduate from Star One every year, and get deployed to Draftfcb+Ulka’s offices across the country.