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Deepak Singh is the new chief creative officer at YAAP

Singh will be based out of the Mumbai office.

Rainmaker Ventures backed YAAP has appointed Deepak Singh as their chief creative officer. Singh will be based out of the Mumbai office and overseeing all creative functions across the YAAP network in Mumbai, Gurugram, Hyderabad , Shillong, Dubai, Singapore & Jakarta. He will report directly to the board of directors at YAAP.

Deepak Singh is the new chief creative officer at YAAP

Deepak Singh

For the past 3 consecutive years, Singh has led a young team from The Social Street, which has gone on to give an exhilarating performance. He has been instrumental in ensuring the creative agency of the year title for the agency, several times during 2018.

Commenting on his new role, he adds, “Saying yes to YAAP was actually not a very tough decision to make for me. Right from the time we first met, Atul had a clear picture of why he wanted to hire me. I am glad he has chalked out a much bigger role for me. Being a young and vibrant company with expertise in Digital Content, Design and Influencer Marketing, YAAP I believe will be a great learning experience for me.”

Atul Hegde , co-founder Rainmaker Ventures adds,“ Deepak is a welcome addition to the array of Partners we have at YAAP, which has an unique non CEO model , our aim as investors is to ensure that we are able to attract the best & brightest of talent into the senior management pool at YAAP. Within a short span of less than 3 Years, YAAP has grown into 70+ people across 7 offices in South East Asia , India & the Middle east and it was the right time for us to bring in a Senior Creative talent . I wish Deepak all the very best and I’m sure he will be a great asset to YAAP.”

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