He has spent close to a decade, brainstorming and hobnobbing with the brightest
creative icons, flippers, bumpers and slingshots inside the pinball machine of India's A&M industry.
Along the way collecting metals, memories, his closest mates and mentors.
He considers his first stint at Radio One 94.3FM as his ad school.
His tenure in Lowe Lintas became his finishing school. His second agency Enormous is where he learnt to swim
with the sharks. From there on, he catapaulted to Dentsu Webchutney, Taproot Dentsu, TBWA India, getting promoted six times in less than ten years. At 32, he was hired as the National Creative Director at India's biggest artist management agency, Collective Artists Network. His role was to creatively and strategically lead
the A&M wing of their pop cultural sandbox, CCL.
creative icons, flippers, bumpers and slingshots inside the pinball machine of India's A&M industry.
Along the way collecting metals, memories, his closest mates and mentors.
He considers his first stint at Radio One 94.3FM as his ad school.
His tenure in Lowe Lintas became his finishing school. His second agency Enormous is where he learnt to swim
with the sharks. From there on, he catapaulted to Dentsu Webchutney, Taproot Dentsu, TBWA India, getting promoted six times in less than ten years. At 32, he was hired as the National Creative Director at India's biggest artist management agency, Collective Artists Network. His role was to creatively and strategically lead
the A&M wing of their pop cultural sandbox, CCL.
Some of the highlights from these 12 years include:
● Founding a bootstrapped and profitable creative startup taest.inc - a global social club, empowering creatives, brands, agencies to maximise their income & build future-proof brands.
● Leading the creative and strategy team on a 1000Cr movie marketing project and winning the mandate for India's biggest global release "Ramayana" as the National Creative Director of Collective.
● Scaling a motorcycling community of 100k+ riders for TVS Ronin in 365 days and creative directing MotoSoul - a Moto x Music festival IP.
● Founding a bootstrapped and profitable creative startup taest.inc - a global social club, empowering creatives, brands, agencies to maximise their income & build future-proof brands.
● Leading the creative and strategy team on a 1000Cr movie marketing project and winning the mandate for India's biggest global release "Ramayana" as the National Creative Director of Collective.
● Scaling a motorcycling community of 100k+ riders for TVS Ronin in 365 days and creative directing MotoSoul - a Moto x Music festival IP.
Here are some other career highlights before Ashish chose to go fully independent.
● Crafted award-winning projects recognised at Effie India, Kyoorius Awards,
and e4m Auto Marketing Awards.
● Featured in renowned A&M publications such as LoveTheWork by Cannes,
Lürzer’s Archive, and Kyoorius In-Book.
● Selected for Branding in Asia “One Under 30” global creative spotlight
● Shadow Juror duties at the 2022 Kyoorius Creative Awards.
● AIB First Draft shortlist as India’s Top 30 New Comedy Writers
● Time Warner Foundation & Asia Society India’s Top 12 Emerging Screenwriters
● Crafted award-winning projects recognised at Effie India, Kyoorius Awards,
and e4m Auto Marketing Awards.
● Featured in renowned A&M publications such as LoveTheWork by Cannes,
Lürzer’s Archive, and Kyoorius In-Book.
● Selected for Branding in Asia “One Under 30” global creative spotlight
● Shadow Juror duties at the 2022 Kyoorius Creative Awards.
● AIB First Draft shortlist as India’s Top 30 New Comedy Writers
● Time Warner Foundation & Asia Society India’s Top 12 Emerging Screenwriters
Outside advertising Ashish is a full time chauffeur, shopper and shauhar to his best friend, who also happens to be his wife. He dabbles in screenplays, podcasts, freeverses, jingles and live events, less than he would like to. Slide into his DMs to hear all about it, in first person of course :)
You'll find all his socials on the link above. If you've made it this far, don't leave without saying a hi.
You can reach him at thisismeash92@gmail.com or just leave a note below.
You'll find all his socials on the link above. If you've made it this far, don't leave without saying a hi.
You can reach him at thisismeash92@gmail.com or just leave a note below.
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