L&Okay Saatchi & Saatchi on Tuesday introduced that it has appointed Avinash Jakhalekar as group artistic director. Jakhalekar joins the company from Lowe Lintas and might be based mostly out of Mumbai. He will report back to Kartik Smetacek, joint nationwide artistic director, L&Okay Saatchi & Saatchi. “Avinash embodies the perfect qualities that I look for in creative person – equal parts talent, energy and resilience. We look forward to him putting his amazing craft and can-do attitude to work on some of our key businesses,” Smetacek stated.
Over his 14-year skilled profession stint, Jakhalekar has labored with a number of the main promoting hostshops in India. He has managed artistic output and rendition for a number of manufacturers throughout businesses together with UltraTech, Mumbai Indians, ICIC Pru, Zee TV, Citibank, Skoda, MX Player, Brand Factory, Burger King, Nerolac Paints amongst others. “It’s an exciting opportunity to be working for an agency that has been making heads turn with its noteworthy work over the past two years. The entrepreneurial spirit within the agency is one of the reasons that made me want to join. I can’t wait to get started and work alongside a fantastic team in producing some great work,” Jakhalekar acknowledged.
Jakhalekar has labored throughout Lowe Lintas, Publicis Ambience, DDB Mudra and Network Advertising in varied artistic roles. After spending three years at Network Advertising, he moved on to DDB Mudra the place he managed creatives on manufacturers like Top Gear & Lavasa. His subsequent profession transfer was with Publicis Ambience as senior artistic director – artwork the place he labored on manufacturers like Zee TV, Nerolac, Skoda, Citibank, SonyLIV, Brand Factory, amongst others. He then moved on to Lowe Lintas the place he was related to manufacturers like Mumbai Indians, Ultra Tech, Jameson Whiskey, ICICI Pru, Freecharge, amongst others.
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