Contract hires Manoj Jacob as ECD

Contract Advertising has hired Manoj Jacob as Executive Creative Director, Contract, Bengaluru.

Manoj joins back Contract after a gap of 6 years is entrusted with ensuring quality creative work at the Contract Bengaluru office and will be reporting into Ashish Chakravarty. Manoj ran his own creative consultancy firm, where he worked with clients such as Nova Specialty Surgery, Apollo Hospitals, Simply South Restaurant and Abs Fitness to name a few.

“I am very happy to have Manoj on board as the ECD of our Bangalore office. He is extremely passionate about his craft, very driven, and a hands-on kind of leader. Having worked with him in the past, I won’t be surprised if he dives straight into the deep end from day 1 itself.  It is a challenging role, but I am positive he will shine”, says Ashish Chakravarty, NCD, Contract Advertising.

With an overall experience of 17 years, Manoj has worked with O&M, McCann Erickson, SSC&B, Euro RSCG, orchard, Publicis Ambience and Bates over the course of his career. He has also handled some of leading brands across verticals such as IBM, Air Deccan, Cavin Kare, Mitsubishi Motors, Wipro Consumer Care and Weekender. At Contract, Manoj will be partnering with Monojit Ray who recently joined Contract as the Bengaluru Head.

On his coming back to Contract, Manoj says, “It's an awesome new team, across disciplines, that is getting together at Contract Advertising and I'm very happy to be a part of it.”

Manoj’s work has won him a lot acclaim and rewards both nationally and internationally from Cannes to New York festival to winning at AD Spot Non Profit Awards, Italy and the Bangalore Ad Club awards.

When work doesn’t keep Manoj busy, Music does… he is a singer-songwriter-guitar player. He has written, composed, arranged and recorded two original albums, and a few jingles for his clients.