Bangalore-based advertising agency, Happy, has roped in Rajesh E Thomas and Sharat Kuttikat as associate creative directors. The agency was founded by Kartik Iyer and Praveen Das.
Prior to this appointment, both Thomas and Kuttikat were with working with O&M Bangalore.
Thomas has worked on accounts like HLL, Titan, Bingo and Lenovo. His work for Lenovo (Levitating laptop) had won a Cannes nomination and also a Gold award at 2007 Abby’s in the direct marketing category.
Kuttikat has worked on accounts like Rohan Builders, SAP and WorldSpace. He was part of the team that worked on ‘Rusty, the missing puppy’ campaign for Rohan Builders that won a Cannes nomination last year.
Earlier in June, Happy had taken in Bhavna Thakur as manager business relations to handle their existing portfolio of accounts. Prior to this, Thakur has worked with TBWA Manila and O&M’s Lenovo Hub in Bangalore.