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Simran Singh advances to director of sales – ecommerce & retail at Spotify
MUMBAI: Simran Singh, a seasoned sales professional with extensive experience in digital marketing and branded content, has announced her new role as director of sales – ecommerce & retail at Spotify. She was earlier director of sales at the audio streaming service.
Previously, Singh served as the regional head of ad sales at Sony Pictures Networks India, where she significantly contributed to revenue generation and business development over a span of two years and eight months. She also held the position of vertical lead for global business solutions at TikTok India, managing key strategies that drove growth in a competitive market.
With a master’s degree in marketing management from the Army Institute of Management, Singh’s career has been marked by her expertise in developing innovative media formats and achieving revenue targets. She has a proven track record of establishing new business ventures, including her leadership role at Optimal Media Solutions and her tenure at Viacom18 Media, where she oversaw revenue generation in south and east India.
In her new role at Spotify, Singh aims to leverage her experience to enhance the company’s ecommerce and retail strategies. Her appointment signifies Spotify’s commitment to strengthening its market presence in India and expanding its digital sales capabilities.
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WPP Opendoor and Snapchat launch AI Lens for Prime Video India
Generative AI Lens personalises content discovery with real-time user integration.
MUMBAI: In the age of main characters, Prime Video is handing users the script and the spotlight. WPP Opendoor, WPP’s dedicated Amazon unit, has teamed up with Snapchat to roll out an India-first generative AI-powered Lens for Prime Video’s latest campaign, ‘Stories for Your Every Era… it’s on Amazon Prime’. The activation taps into the rising “era-core” trend, where identities shift with moods, moments and mindsets and content is expected to keep up.
The Lens does exactly that. Using generative AI, it places users directly into the worlds of popular Prime Video titles such as Maxton Hall, Beast Games, The Boys and The Traitors, embedding their faces into key visuals in real time. The result is less browsing, more becoming.
The idea is rooted in a behavioural shift: audiences increasingly see themselves as the centre of their own narratives, especially on social platforms. By turning viewers into participants, the campaign blurs the line between content discovery and content experience.
It also introduces a layer of personalisation that goes beyond algorithms. Whether someone identifies with a “trust no-one era” or an “infinite aura era”, the Lens curates recommendations that align with that evolving identity making discovery feel intuitive rather than instructed.
This marks a shift in how streaming platforms approach engagement. Instead of pushing titles, the focus is on pulling users into the story itself transforming passive scrolling into interactive storytelling.
The collaboration also underscores how platforms like Snapchat are becoming key playgrounds for content marketing, particularly when paired with emerging technologies like generative AI. The format is native, immersive and built for participation three things traditional discovery often struggles to deliver.
In a crowded streaming landscape, where attention is the real currency, Prime Video’s bet is clear, if viewers feel like the story is about them, they are far more likely to press play.
