Mumbai: BBDO India has announced the promotion of Hemant Shringy to Chief Creative Officer, Mumbai. He will report to Josy Paul – Chairman and Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India.
Hemant joined BBDO India as a Creative Director in 2012. He was assigned with the Executive Creative Director role in 2015. He has worked on some of the most powerful and effective campaigns launched over the last few years, including Touch the Pickle for P&G’s Whisper brand, eBay’s Things Don’t Judge, the Kindness is Cashless work for Visa and IDEA’s Meri Real Life. And Ariel’s Share the Load, one of the industry’s most awarded campaigns and ranked #1 for two years in a row in WARC’s Top 100 campaigns, is a highlight.
Speaking about the promotion, Josy Paul said, “Hemant is an exceptional creative leader who understands and relates with the youth of India. His work goes under the skin of traditional advertising and touches a nerve that affects social change. He has been leading the Mumbai creative team admirably and this promotion is in recognition of all he has done at BBDO and reflects the collective belief and future-forward vision of the agency.”
Jean-Paul Burge, Chairman & CEO BBDO Asia added, “Hemant is one of our brightest talents, not only in India, but across the region and well beyond. We have worked together for several years and this is a well-deserved promotion. His work and track record speaks for itself and I have no doubt that he will continue developing and creating work that amazes us all.“
“I have had an amazing journey at BBDO, an agency that constantly and consistently breaks ground. There is a certain structure to the fluidity, that exists without being visible. And at a time when constant reinvention is key, I believe we have what it takes to reach newer heights of greatness.“ says Hemant.
Under Hemant’s creative leadership BBDO Mumbai is expected to scale towards ambitious growth.
