Varun Mehta joins BBDO as senior creative director
24 Feb 2011
BBDO India has roped in Varun Mehta as senior creative director - special projects. Mehta will be based in Mumbai.
He returns to advertising after an 18-month-long sabbatical during which he pursued photography and writing.
"Varun is a multi-talented and hugely creative guy. BBDO India will leverage his strengths as a conceptualiser, copywriter, photographer, illustrator, QuarkXPressor and sculptor," said Josy Paul, chairman, national creative director, BBDO India.
Mehta started his career with O&M as a copywriter. He then had a short stint with McCann Erickson before moving to TBWA India, and has worked with agencies like JWT, Rediffusion DY&R and Mudra.
He has won accolades for The Economic Times' The Power of Ideas, and the Cycle Agarbatti campaigns.