We live by that line here at Tempest Advertising.
At Tempest, madness is music, rush is the order of the day, normal is boring and deadlines are breakfast.
For 19 years, we have been in the business of making businesses work better. We don’t communicate to buyers. We advertise to make people's lives better. We convert them into brand loyalists. We take people by the arm and make them see the difference between your brand and everything else.
We are social [amongst the top 25 digital agencies in country, specializing in social media], we are global [founding member of Tribe Global, a worldwide independent agency network] and we are total [full 360 degree communication solutions].
We are in Hyderabad, Pune, Bangalore and Mumbai, and we’re always looking to expand, i.e. looking for the next top dog to join the team. Think you are top breed? Give us a call.
Let’s chase stars.
Turab Lakdawala
Managing Director
Began his career with Unilever and with his four decades of experience, has managed to develop brands across all categories and has serviced large Indian as well as multinational companies in India.
Besides advertising, he has been instrumental in assisting a gamut of companies in setting up their distribution systems, evaluatiing new business opportunities, brand evaluation and image repair. He has helped in strategizing on trade relations management, setting up CRM programs and establishing a Public-Private Partnership for fighting social issues such as AIDS.In his own words, he follows a 3T module: TRUTH-TOUCH-TURNAROUND i.e. a brand that borrows from human truths, touches the audience - consiously or unconsiously, has a better chance of success in the market.
Rekha Oswal
General Manager
The agency’s General Manager. A ‘Marketing and Advertising’ post-grad who began her career with Citi Group. Winner of the ‘Most Influential Woman in Advertising in Telangana’ award (2017). A coordinator experienced in handling national and international clients.
Benitta Jacob
Head of Operations
Benitta Jacob from Pune is an alumni of Symbiosis College Pune and Indira Institute of Management studies. She has been associated with the advertising industry for more than 9 years with esteemed agencies like OGILVY & MATHER MUMBAI, SOHO SQUARE MUMBAI MCCANN GROUP MUMBAI & FCB ULKA MUMBAI.
Moving from pune to mumbai she has worked her way up to handling many prestigious brands such as RELIANCE IMG, PERFETTI, LOREAL, JOHNSON & JOHNSON, INDIAN, BISLERI, JET AIRWAYS, H&R JOHNSON,IPL-KKR, INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE- INDIA'S FIRST OFFICIAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE AND MANY MORE, She has worked with a lot of celebrities to build successful campaigns as well and won many awards and accolades for her case studies
Shinu Abraham
Account Director
With over 10 years' experience in the Ad world, Shinu began his career as an Account Executive with Leaf Grafica, and went on to work with agencies like The Other Side, Thousand Suns and White Canvas. Among the brands he worked with, he has experience working with fashion retail, real estate, beverages and B2B. Some of the brands he has closely worked with are Roadster, Anouk, Ether, Dressberry, Imara, Wrogn, Myntra, Lapis Bard, ABB, Bhima Jewellery, TTK Prestige, Prestige Smart Kitchen, Sheraton Hotels, Star group, UB group, Enamor, John Distilleries, Tilak Nagar Industries and Lakshmi Metals.
In his past time, Shinu has thoughts to spare only for his twin sons and bikes.
P.A. Rajesh
Sr. Art Director
The agency’s Sr. Art Director. A man of wide exposure, an economics, statistics and advanced computer applications major who decided to explore advertising answering his creative impulse. One of Hyderabad’s most sought after creative professionals.
Abhijeet Mehta
Creative Director
Started his career in paradigm Plus Pvt. Ltd, in Pune with a gammot of like ADITYA BIRLA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL , WIPRO BPO, KIRLOSKAR BROTHERS LIMITED, BARBEQUE NATION & FLAG'S RESTAURANT. IN THE REAL ESTATE CATEGORY - KOLTE-PATIL DEVELOPERS PVT.LTD, KARIA DEVELOPERS & ALCON DEVELOPERS a few of them. He also worked for Purple Focus Pvt Ltd, a mumbai based agency where he worked on esteemedbrands like Big Magic - A GEC catering to the Hindi HEARTLAND, PATRIKA NEWSPAPER, KRITI GROUP- One of the largest manufactures of Soya Oil and Plastic Plumbing solutions in Mp.
He has been in Tempest since 2 years and created path breaking campaigns for MAGARPATTA SPIRES, SKYBAY, XYLEM, SUBURBIA ESTATE, NANDEDCITY & MELANGE(Open air Lounge)
Abhijeet Manker
Creative Director
Hailing from the town of Nagapur and moving upto the metro's Abhijeet Mankar has near about 12+Years of experience in advertising, He started his career with MUDRA, LEADING TO UTV, QUADRANT, PURPLE FOCUS AND PARADIGM PLUS.
He has worked on esteemed clients like KUMAR BUILDERS, GERA, KOLTE PATIL, TATA MOTORS, BAJAJ ALLIANCE, GOVIND MILK,NOKIA MOBILE, AUDI, RIO FUSION DRINKS, SHUBHI GHEE, MISTUBISHI, RADIO CITY,
He has also being actively involved in conceptualization of TVC for Govind Milk, Subhi Ghee and Deepak Fertilizers
Sugata Biswas
Copy Supervisor
The agency’s Copy Supervisor. A Comparative Literature post grad. An illustrator and a reader of appetite. An ex feature-writer, and a travelled adman. He has worked in three metro-cities of the country, with agencies both big and small. Winner of the agency’s Creative of the Year (2016).
Sruthi Nair-Isaac
Assistant Art Director
Sruthi began her career with Ogilvy and Contract Advertising. In her 9 years of experience, she has worked on accounts like VH1 India, Comedy Central, Myntra, Citibank, Mitsubishi motors, Odyssey, NIIT, Good Earth, Kethini, Subhiksha retail and realty brands like Malles, UrbanTree, Lifestyle, Fomra, Vijay Shanthi, etc.
Sudhish Ram
Senior Graphic Designer
A photographer artist hailing from North Kerala, Sudhish began his advertising stint in 2005 in Hawk's Eye, and went on to work for several clients across his 11 years in the ad world, like Pepsico, Nokia, Philips, Blackberry, Mercedes-Benz, Kodak, Danone Dairy, Reliance, Tyco Electronics, Taj Hotels, Godrej, Botox, Radio Mirchi, ISRO, HSBC, NAFFCO, DM Healthcare and U Turn Tax Refund.
Santosh Kumar
Project Manager
Santosh Kumar basically from Visakhapatnam and is an MCA(JNTU). He has 10 years of experience in php programming (Wordpress,Joomla,Yii,CodeIgniter,Opencart) and has worked with firms like gigatude solutions, sand solutions,sts solutions.
In his experience with Integrated Marketing Communications at Tempest, he has worked for a diverse portfolio of brands, including COI, Continental Hospitals,ICFAI,ICRISAT,IMT-Hyderabad and eKincare
