Asiya Bakht
Dec 14, 2009

Hemant Jain joins Leo Burnett Mumbai as ECD

MUMBAI - Leo Burnett Mumbai has appointed Hemant Jain (pictured), the art director of Wieden & Kennedy (W&K) London, ECD of its Mumbai office.

Hemant Jain joins Leo Burnett Mumbai as ECD
Jain, who is a writer, art director and illustrator with W&K has also worked at the agency's Amsterdam office. Prior to that he worked in India at Ogilvy & Mather, Leo Burnett and Rediffussion Y&R.

On Jain's appointment, KV Sridhar, national creative director of Leo Burnett said: "Hemant comes in at the right moment. His global perspective on creative output will strengthen and add visibility to the strategic initiatives we have chalked out for our clients, for the coming year."

According to a statement from the company, Leo Burnett has also promoted several young talents to take up new challenges and grow within the system.

Leo Burnett's clients in India include Unitech Wireless. The market is seeing rapid growth in spend from FMCG firms
Source:
Campaign Asia

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