ManishBhatt
Founder Director, Scarecrow M&C Saatchi
Recently partnered with M&C Saatchi formed in January 1995 founded by the brothers & ad legends Lord Maurice Saatchi and Charles Saatchi., (who also founded Saatchi & Saatchi in 1970). M&C Saatchi is headquartered in London. It comprises 30 agencies in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, and Australasia.
ABOUT SCARECROW M&C SAATCHI:
13 YEARS OLD - SCARECROW IS ONE OF INDIA'S FASTEST GROWING AD AGENCIES.
SCARECROW was 4th most awarded agency in ABBY GOAFEST 2015 & 2017.
SCARECROW had been thrice crowned AGENCY OF THE YEAR at RADIO MIRCHI KAAN AWARDS 2014
(AN INITIATIVE BY BENNETT COLEMAN GROUP) AND AT GOLDEN MIKES AWARDS 2016 & 2017.
SCARECROW had been MOST AWARDED AGENCY IN RADIO CATEGORY IN ABBY GOAFEST FOR 5 YEARS CONSECUTIVELY.
SCARECROW was Voted INDIA'S 2nd HAPPIEST AGENCY WORKPLACE, through a nationwide survey conducted by MONSTER.COM & AFAQS!
SCARECROW was Featured AMONGST TOP 16 - THE WORLD'S LEADING INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 2015. (Published by Campaign Magazine UK)
ABOUT MANISH BHATT :
Born, brought up & studied in Gujarat & alumni of M S UNIVERSITY (Applied Arts, Faculty Fine Arts 1990 - 1994)
Started his career as a Civil Engineer at GSFC, Baroda.
29 years of experience in advertising. Creative Partnership with Raghu Bhat for 27 years.
Worked at Ogilvy, McCann Erickson, Contract, Ambience Publicis & Bates.
Worked in Delhi, Mumbai & Kuala Lumpur (MALAYSIA)
Won over 150 National & 50 International Awards / Finalists.
Ranked N0.2 (in 2006) & No.3 (in 2005) in the “Hottest Creative People from India” list compiled by Campaign Brief Asia Magazine, Australia.
Created some of India’s Most Powerful Public Service Communications - “Respect the National Anthem” & “Hostel (Eye Bank Asocial of India)” - that were appreciated by the United Nations, WHO & Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
Also created a song / music video “Jityu HameshaGujarat” featuring 25 Gujarati Celebrity Singers which was coined as “An Unofficial Anthem of Gujarat”.
Often invited to be part of the jury team at prestigious award shows like Cannes Lions, Goafest (Abby) & Kyoorius.
Featured amongst 63 prominent Gujaratis in a special list compiled by Chitralekha Magazine, along with significant names like Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Ahmed Patel, Ashit Desai. Sanjay Lalbhai, Amit Trivedi etc.
Recognized by the book of POWERFUL INFLUENCERS by Times Network in 2018 with other top list of 30 powerful influencers of Media & Advertising industry in India.
Featured amongst India’s Top 50 Influential People in Advertising 2019 List by Brand Equity (The Economic Times).
Top Voices of Advertising published by Adgully.
Served as a Speaker at Pune Design Festival - 2020, Ahmedabad Design Week 3 - 2022 and
Adjunct faculty MICA CCC Program for the year 2021- 2022.