New senior creative heads for Publicis Ambience

Kartik Smetacek and Nikhil Panjwani have both joined Publicis Ambience as senior creative director and associate creative director respectively.

Smetacek was with Contract for a year, prior to which he was with Rediffusion DY&R for seven years.

Nikhil Panjwani began his career with Rediffusion DY&R, and has also worked with Leo Burnett and Ideas@work. He was with Young & Rubicam Kuala Lumpur as creative group head.