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Tilt Brand Solutions launches StudioT
MUMBAI: Brand & Communication consultancy, Tilt Brand Solutions has launched StudioT, its asset development studio. The Studio has capabilities to conceive, produce and execute creative assets across the consumer journey, with a special focus on the fragmented long-tail of digital assets and content.
Tilt Brand Solutions chief business officer Rajiv Chatterjee said, “StudioT is set up vis a vis talent and technology to solve the challenges of creative asset conformity, quality and efficiencies that brands face when they engage with multiple specialists. We deliver customised creative assets across the entire marketing funnel and consumer-cohort touchpoints. This in turn enables brand owners to have a clear understanding, evaluation and budgeting of their total creative asset requirements upfront, leading to stronger creative ROMI assessment.”
Added Tilt Brand Solutions chief creative & content officer Shriram Iyer, “StudioT is born from the need to do justice to the philosophy that drives our creative approach at Tilt Brand Solutions, i.e., ‘One Brand. Many Stories.’ Today, with so many cohorts and their unique touchpoints in their journeys, it is even more critical for every element of brand communication to have the same levels of quality, impact, and ‘brand-speak.’ The need of the hour is one single entity with these capabilities.”
StudioT, jointly helmed by Chatterjee & Iyer, already has a roster of projects in the pipeline, some for Tilt’s existing clients and some new clients exclusively on board as StudioT assignments.
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WPP appoints Hephzibah Pathak CEO of WPP Creative India
Ogilvy India chair takes charge of unified creative model in key market
NEW DELHI: WPP has appointed Hephzibah Pathak as chief executive officer of WPP Creative India, putting a local leader at the helm of its newly created creative operating model in one of its most important growth markets.
The move brings clarity to how WPP’s global restructuring will play out in India, weeks after the group unveiled WPP Creative as part of its Elevate28 strategy. The unit sits alongside WPP Media, WPP Production and WPP Enterprise Solutions, and is designed to simplify what the company previously described as an overly complex structure.
Pathak, who continues as executive chairperson of Ogilvy India, will represent all agencies under the WPP Creative umbrella in India. Her role centres on driving integration across brands, expanding capabilities and ensuring clients can tap into the network’s full talent pool without friction.
WPP said Pathak will work closely with agency brand CEOs to “enhance integration, expand capabilities, and ensure seamless client access”, while maintaining the distinct identities of its agencies.
The portfolio under WPP Creative includes leading networks such as VML, Landor, AKQA and Grey, along with Burson and its affiliated firms. Leaders across these agencies will now report into Pathak, even as each brand continues to operate independently within a unified system.
The appointment also formalises a dual-track strategy in India, preserving agency identities while accelerating collaboration. Pathak is expected to work closely with media leadership to align creative and media capabilities, reflecting growing client demand for integrated, multi-market solutions.
WPP Creative global CEO Jon Cook has described the unit as “not an agency” but an operating system that helps creative, design and PR brands work together more effectively. The group has been clear that it is not merging or phasing out legacy agency brands, instead aiming to reduce complexity on the client side.
Pathak brings nearly three decades of experience within the network, having joined in 1997 and held roles ranging from Mumbai office head to chief client officer. She made history in 2024 as the first woman to lead Ogilvy India in its 95-year presence in the country.
Her expanded mandate positions India at the centre of WPP’s Asia-Pacific strategy, with a focus on strengthening brand presence, deepening client relationships and unlocking growth in a fast-evolving market.
The appointment signals WPP’s intent to move beyond the traditional holding company model towards a more integrated, AI-enabled structure. With Pathak now steering WPP Creative India, the group appears set to test whether simpler structures can indeed deliver sharper creative outcomes.
