MUMBAI: The Times of India Group has named Mudra’s specialist interactive unit - Tribal DDB India as its digital agency of record for Timesjobs.com and Timesmatri.com.

The agency will be handling the media planning, buying and creative duties in the internet space for both the portals.

The Times of India Group director R Sundar said, "Through Timesjobs.com and Timesmatri.com, we are in the process of redefining the manner in which recruitment and matchmaking take place in the online environment. We have a vision for the future for both these portals, which we hope to share with Tribal DDB India and to leverage their expertise in making this vision into a reality."

 
 
Times Group vice president Rajeev Gaur said, "Both our brands- Timesjobs.com and Timesmatri.com are growing at an extremely fast pace and require careful nurturing, especially as far as their online communication is concerned. We have chosen Tribal DDB India for this purpose, based on their understanding of the medium, operational mechanism as well as passion to the medium, which we are sure, they will imbibe to both these properties."

 
Tribal DDB India country head CVS Sharma said, "Our pitch for the account was based on an innovative ROI based media and creative strategy, that was felt to be in line with the requirements of both the brands. In our communication for the brands, we will be drawing on our expertise in the digital space to chalk out a winning strategy for the brands."

Tribal DDB India national sales director Rammohan Sundaram said, "We would soon be introducing a couple of breakthrough ideas, which have never been deployed in India in our campaigns for the brands, which would enable top of mind recall for our target audience in the digital space."