Vistasp Hodiwala quits JWT

Vistasp Hodiwala, vice-president and senior creative director, JWT, has put in his papers, after spending nearly seven years at the agency.

His next move is unknown at the moment.

Hodiwala has over 20 years of experience in the industry and has worked with agencies such as McCann Erickson, Publicis India and St. Luke's Communications (the Indian arm of a UK based agency, the directorial board of which comprised names such as Andy Law and Praveen Kenneth).

He began his career in 1996 and worked as copy supervisor with Publicis India till 2002. From there, he moved to St. Luke's as group head and creative consultant. He worked there for over a year before shifting to McCann Erickson, where he worked for the next three and a half years as creative director. He joined JWT in 2007.

Among his most memorable work are the Lead India and Teach India campaigns for The Times of India.

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