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Red Chillies’ Manish Kumar turns entrepreneur with Digi Osmosis
MUMBAI: Former Red Chillies Entertainment head of marketing and digital Manish Kumar has turned entrepreneur with the launch of a marketing and advertising outfit called Digi Osmosis.
The agency will help brands be future-ready in the digital ecosystem as well as capitalise on this new and ever-growing community.
Digi Osmosis founder Manish Kumar said, “It’s simple… we understand digital and technology. We are constantly exploring new ways to exploit the digital landscape and simplify it for both the clients and the consumers. Through this company, we aim to create content that engages the fans and appeals to them and marry innovation through technology by partnering with the best tech gurus in the business. We are young, passionate and think new! We don’t just dream, but we back it up with numbers. Our backbone is analytics, and we tailor solutions according to the figures. Digital is in our blood. And we bleed ones and zeroes.”
Through digital innovations, content, engaging fans and followers and helping connect influencers via their preferred platform and technologies in the space of sports and entertainment, Digi Osmosis aims to provide a complete digital solutions package, not only driving content but become creators.
Kumar has over eight years of experience in being a frontrunner in driving innovations and creating never-before-seen business opportunities for the Indian entertainment and sports industry in the digital space.
Exuding knowledge in technology, marketing and digital industry and also acting as the nucleus connecting the arms of sports, entertainment and technology brands, the agency uses simple strategies and easy communication options to create digital assets for their clients through multiple ways. It integrates with systems and digital assets like media buying, viral marketing, social media marketing and using analytics efficiently to predict trends and create content in an organic manner.
Brands
Faber-Castell India appoints Sunaina Haldar as director – marketing
With stints at Tata, SleepyCat and ADF Foods under her belt, Haldar is primed to redraw Faber-Castell’s brand story
MUMBAI: Faber-Castell India has poached Sunaina Haldar from ADF Foods, appointing her director – marketing as the German stationery brand looks to muscle up in a category that is rapidly reinventing itself around creativity and self-expression.
Haldar hit the ground running. “My first couple of weeks have been incredibly energising, understanding consumers, visiting markets, engaging with retailers and immersing myself into the world of Faber-Castell Group,” she said.
She arrives with considerable firepower. At ADF Foods, Haldar ran marketing across India and international markets for a portfolio spanning Ashoka, Aeroplane, Camel and ADF Soul. Before that, she was vice-president – marketing at direct-to-consumer mattress brand SleepyCat, where she helmed brand, content and performance marketing. Her résumé also includes a stint leading marketing, new product development and CRM for Tata SmartFoodz at Tata Consumer Products, no small proving ground.
Between corporate roles, Haldar also operated as a fractional CMO for early-stage startups, building marketing strategy and operational structures from scratch, a signal that she knows how to move fast with limited resources.
With 18 years straddling FMCG, D2C and the startup world, Haldar now takes the reins at a brand that has long owned the classroom but is clearly hungry for the living room. In a stationery market where the pencil has become a lifestyle statement, Faber-Castell has picked someone who knows exactly how to sell that story.
