From contraception to luxury hospitality, across 15+ categories. I run the copy function at a Publicis Groupe agency: creative strategy, two writers, a 21-person design team and the standard the work is held to. Most people pick brand or performance; I've had to be fluent in both.
Mumbai
Selected Work
Motorsport - Greenko Group
India's first Formula E race
Greenko hired multiple agencies for a race the country had never hosted, three of us on digital marketing and comms. Until race week I was my agency's sole presence on it - brand and content strategy, digital media and everything made on the ground.
Footwear - Birkenstock
The silhouette never changes. The reason does.
A year of seasonal launches, range films and always-on for a brand whose whole promise is that it stays the same.
Luxury Hospitality - ITC Hotels
Thirty-one-plus campaigns, one voice maintained
A new campaign nearly every month, nearly all of them selling an offer. The offer has to feel worth having; the brand has to stay as premium as the properties it sells.
Education - Aakash Institute (Pitch)
In a category that runs on fear, this one didn't have to
A NEET aspirant and a JEE aspirant want different things, and so do their parents. Four audiences, each mapped against funnel stage before a line was written.
StudentParent
TopShort video > static - dream visualisation, built for a scrolling cultureStatic > short video - quick-read formats, no data overload
MiddleCarousel + testimonial video - logical assurance, layeredCarousel + faculty bites - credibility, from the people teaching
BottomStatic + GIF + WhatsApp - storytelling gives way to decision activationStatic + email + call - clarity, direct
Real Estate - Kalpataru (Pitch)
One township, two buyers who want opposite things
One group wants less: less chaos, calmer evenings, room for three generations. The other wants progress, and to be seen making it. One line can't speak to both, so the pitch ran two territories.
Live Lighter
Established families
"You've earned a softer life."
Luxury language, not aspirational hustle language.
More, By Design
Young upgraders
"Engineered for achievers."
Optimisation and upward mobility - a smart decision, validated.
Clothing - Uniqlo (Pitch)
One thought, worn three ways
Banking - UnionBank Philippines
Making a credit card sound like a want
Written for the Philippines, in a category with a habit of sounding like paperwork. Playful enough to be read, measured enough to still be a bank - the card had to land as something you'd want, not something you'd qualify for.
Food & Beverage - Bellinie & Bae
End-to-end branding and comms
Names, concepts, the shoots, the menus - steered through my team. The brief was clear; the calendar wasn't kind, and all of it had to be built around one seamless story before the doors opened.
Side Build - In Development
Constellation
An agent that unifies inputs across disciplines like media, creative, SEO, commerce and analytics, so whatever reaches the client speaks in one voice. Built by me as an entry into a Publicis Groupe India-wide competition.
Experience
Since 2016
Now - Performics, Publicis Groupe
The copy function for a 21-person design team: creative strategy, two copywriters and the standard the work is held to. I led the department through a restructure from a creative model to a content one without a client feeling it, and have mentored writers from the wider content team to the point of genuine independence. I also co-conceptualised and ran a three-part copywriting workshop, open to writers, editors and senior staff alike, so that the rest of the floor understands what this side of the work actually looks like.
Before - VHonk Digital
The link between the organisation's leadership and a team of 15+ across copy, content and design - every piece of work came to me for final sign-off, and I was present for the majority of client meetings and shoots.
Roles
Leading the Copy Team Performics, Publicis Groupe2023 –
Content Lead & Strategist VHonk Digital2022–23
Senior Copywriter Gen Y Medium2021–22
Content Executive Howl Digital2020–21
Content Curator Enterprise India Fellowship2020
Social Media Associate, Then Head Of PR Speak2016–18
Beyond The Job Description
Board Of Studies, Mass Communication - Pune University2022 –
Guest Lecturer, Media Studies & Advertising - Pune University2022
Le Pitch Train Leaderboard - Publicis Global, APAC2025
Editorial Board, College Magazine - And Editor Of My OwnCollege
Tools change every eighteen months. Being the person who works out what to build with them doesn't go out of date.
Brands
Retainer · Project · Pitch
HUL - Lakmé, Pond's, Elle 18, St Ives · ITC Hotels · ITC - Sunfeast, Yippee · Uniqlo · Birkenstock · Lindt · Godrej · Abbott · Huggies · Cetaphil · Bioderma · Mankind Pharma · HDFC Bank · DBS Bank · Yes Bank · Union Bank Philippines · HRX by Hrithik Roshan · Formula E (Hyderabad) · Greenko Group · Kalpataru · KRBL · Amity University · Harrow International · Pizza Express · Aakash Institute · TVS iQube · Love Beauty & Planet · AO Smith · Welspun · Enrich Salons · 24 Mantra Organic · Zee Telugu
And another thirty-odd, across retainers, projects and pitches.
Categories
Pharma · Beauty · Banking · Fintech · Real Estate · Automobile · Contraception & Sexual Health · FMCG · Clothing · Luxury Hospitality · Food & Beverage · Education · Motorsport · Confectionery · Arts & Live Events