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Leo Burnett ropes in Rajesh Mani as ECD — Mumbai
MUMBAI: Leo Burnett has roped in Rajesh Mani as executive creative director at its Mumbai office.
Mani moves in from Ogilvy and has 12 years of experience.
At Leo Burnett, Mani will be working on various brands such as Bajaj Electricals, Tata Capital, Tashi, HPCL and Vedanta.
Says Leo Burnett NCD KV Sridhar, “Being a Humankind Agency we are always eager to work with creatives who have human stories to tell in simple ways. Mani is completely that kind of person and it will be a pleasure to work alongside him on some of our key clients.”
Besides his five-year stint at Ogilvy, Mani has also worked at Temple Advertising in Bangalore and Triton Communications in Mumbai.
Mani added, “At Ogilvy I worked on one of the best brands in the country — Vodafone. Now it was time to seek new challenges and expand my horizons. Pops gave me an opportunity to do just that. I am happy and excited to come on board.”
Mani’s most recent was being the BlackBerry Boys campaign, which he co-created with Rajiv Rao and wrote that hugely popular song ‘Blackberry boys’.
Moreover, Mani was also part of the core team that launched zoozoos. His other internationally acclaimed work was for the global launch of Lenovo X300 laptops with a film that was showcased during the Beijing olympics titled ‘the flying sumos‘.
