Indiantelevision.com Team

(14 July 2008 7:30 pm)

MUMBAI: Rediffusion DYR (RDYR) has appointed Kishore Karumbaiah as creative head, Chennai.

Kishore will handle all the RDYR Chennai accounts including Airtel, MRF, Arihant, ITC, Singapore Tourism Board and Lotte India.

With eight years of experience, Kishore comes on board from O&M, Bangalore, where he was part of the team that handled the Lenovo worldwide business.

Rediffusion DYR chief creative officers Sagar Mahabaleshwarkar and Ramanuj Shastry said, “Rediffusion Chennai has built a strong base of clients for itself, and Kishore will be a huge asset for the market there. Kishore has worked on an array of brands and his coming on board is a further affirmation of Rediffusion’s commitment to deliver a quality creative product to our clients.”

Adding further, Rediffusion DYR creative head Chennai Kishore Karumbaiah said, “Rediffusion Chennai is fast becoming one of Rediffusion’s stronghold offices. My mandate is to work closely with the young and energetic team, sustain the momentum and take the agency to the next level.”

Earlier in his stints with Lowe and JWT, Karumbaiah worked on brands like Spice Telecom, Lipton Ice Tea, Kingfisher, UB Export, Black Dog, Trouser Town, Planet Fashion, Van Heusen, Tanishq, Kissan, Fastrack and Standard Chartered.