Publicis Ambience has appointed Kartik Smetacek as Senior Creative Director and Nikhil Panjwani as Associate Creative Director.
Smetacek joins Publicis Ambience after a year-long stint with Contract. Prior to that, he was with Rediffusion DY&R for almost seven years.
Panjwani had earlier worked with Leo Burnett and Ideas@work. His last stint was with Young & Rubicam, Kuala Lumpur, as Creative Group Head.
At Publicis Ambience, Smetacek will work on brands such as Lakmé, Westside, Akruti Builders and Capgemini, while Panjwani will handle Marico, Kinetic and D2H+, and Videocon’s DTH service businesses.