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🎙 NEW EPISODE ALERT 🎙 (Links in first comment) 2024 Year End Special In the first of our new series "Legends of Advertising", we have advertising legend Sridhar Ramanathan in conversation with Sivaraman Swaminathan. In this candid conversation, R. Sridhar takes us through his remarkable journey from a BSc student to becoming one of India's most respected advertising professionals. Through fascinating anecdotes involving industry giants like David Ogilvy, Mani Ayer, and Drayton Bird, Sridhar reveals how authentic leadership and deep consumer understanding shaped his approach to building brands and teams. The episode offers rare insights into the golden era of Indian advertising, including behind-the-scenes stories of transformative campaigns like the Infosys recruitment drive that changed the company's relationship with TCS. Sridhar's perspectives on orchestrating brand communications, building trust with clients, and maintaining relevance well into his 70s make this conversation invaluable for both marketing professionals and anyone interested in meaningful career development. For show notes, visit: https://lnkd.in/gyEXxtb2 This episode was made possible by the great folks at MovingWalls. Moving Walls provides a global Adtech platform built by Out-of-home advertising experts, automating the process of planning, buying, executing and measuring OOH campaigns, with a presence across four continents and seven markets. Moving Walls processes more than 10 billion data points and measures more than 100,000 media sites across the globe. In 2017, APAC CIO Outlook listed us as one of the “10 Most Promising Digital Technology Solutions Providers”. Moving Walls is also a Tie50 winner, a listing of 50 most enterprising startups globally. Visit https://lnkd.in/gp2S4ZB2 to learn more. Ogilvy Ogilvy UK Ogilvy School of Creativity Drayton Bird #Marketing, #Advertising, #BrandBuilding, #MarketingStrategy, #IndianAdvertising, #OgilvyIndia, #DirectMarketing, #DigitalMarketing, #MarketingLeadership, #CareerAdvice, #AdIndustry, #MarketingMentorship, #BrandStrategy, #MarketingLegends, #BusinessStories, #RetroAdvertising, #AgencyLife, #ClientRelationships, #CreativeStrategy, #MarketingHistory, #AdvertisingPioneers, #BrandOrchestration, #ConsumerInsights, #MarketingWisdom, #BusinessLeadership

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