Leo Burnett India adds Prajato Guha Thakurta + Sachin Kamble in associate ECD roles
Prajato Guha Thakurta and Sachin Kamble are joining Leo Burnett India as Associate Executive Creative Directors. Both will be based at the head office in Mumbai and will work closely with Leo Burnett Group’s new chief creative officer RajDeepak.
Guha Thakurta (left) has worked in JWT, McCann Erickson and DDB Mudra and Kamble’s (right) career has seen him at agencies like Ambience, Rediffusion DY&R, Ogilvy & Mather, DDB Mudra and JWT.
“With a special affinity for digital, design and technology, I am really happy to have the duo on board,” said RajDeepak Das. “It will be fun working together with them on integrated campaigns across Leo Burnett India’s diverse portfolio of brands.”
Guha Thakurta adds: “Times are changing and getting even more demanding and dynamic by the day. Leo Burnett is recognized for the wonderful integrated campaigns they’ve created for their clients worldwide. I am very keen and excited to be a part of this great agency and working on some of the iconic brands in their portfoilo.”
“It is an exciting and opportune time to be at Leo Burnett India,” said Kamble. “I am thoroughly excited to be a part of the trajectory path of Burnett 2.0 as drawn by Saurabh and visualised and articulated by RajDeepak in our interactions. It would be amazing to see what new we can do together!”
Saurabh Varma, CEO, Leo Burnett Group said: “Leo Burnett continues to be a magnet for incredible creative talent. We want to build the momentum with the hire of Prajato and Sachin. They have an excellent track record and have proven their mettle by creating some outstanding integerated campaigns. We look forward to having them join a super-charged Leo Burnett.”
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Associate Executive Creative Director? Whatever next, Associate to Associate Executive Creative Director? Clearly LB’s new found “integrated creatives” have been putting all their creativity into coming up with new weird and wonderful designations!