Scarecrow M&C Saatchi strengthens leadership team

Scarecrow M&C Saatchi announced elevations of Kapil Tammal as National Creative Director; Lalit Sakurkar and Yuvraj Gorule as Group Creative Directors.

Kapil Tammal has been a part of Scarecrow M&C Saatchi since 2011. Having previously worked with the founders Manish Bhatt and Raghu Bhat at McCann, his rare talent was brought on board by Scarecrow Communications in 2011, wherein he was given the designation of Senior Creative Director. By making campaigns for brands like DNA, Emami, Quikr, &pictures, DBS Bank, and Rupa Frontline to name a few, Tammal played an important role in creating a foreground for what Scarecrow would eventually set out to become. Tammal was also Executive Creative Director at DDB Mudra Group for a brief period from 2016 to 2018 where he worked on brands like Johnson & Johnson, Stayfree, Kwality Wall’s, and Clean and Clear. He returned to Scarecrow M&C Saatchi as Executive Creative Director and Creative Head in 2018. Tammal has a collection of honors and accolades including 2 Grand Prix's, Glass Lions, and Titanium Lion At Cannes. He has also won awards at Adfest Pattaya, Spikes Asia, Cannes Lions, D&AD, D&AD IMPACT, Oneshow, Adstar, Goafest, Radio Mirchi, and Kyoorius.

Apart from also being one of the oldest members of Scarecrow, Lalit Sakurkar started off as an office boy to become Economic Times Hot Young Creatives, in 2014, Lalit paved his way to becoming an Art Director at the agency in 2011. He left the agency for a brief period in 2016 to join DDB Mudra Group as Group Head where he worked on brands like Stayfree, McDonald's, Kwality Walls. He rejoined Scarecrow M&C Saatchi as Group Head in 2018. Under his guidance, the agency went on to win several awards including Adfest, Abby, Kyoorius In Book, and Spike Awards. At Scarecrow M&C Saatchi he led the creative team on several brands including Ugro, Reliance Jewels, Wagh Bakri, &Pictures, Zee Khana Khazana, and Adani Total.

Yuvraj Gorule has been a part of the agency for more than a decade. Starting off as a studio artist, his eye for art direction led to the discovery of his talent and his becoming an art director at the agency. Since then, Gorule has won several awards and accolades,  along with the Abby One Show and Kyoorius awards. He was a part of the creative team involved in growing series of campaigns on Jewels of India by Reliance Jewels.

Speaking of ongoing developments, Founder Director of Scarecrow M&C Saatchi, Manish Bhatt says, “Culture is never constant; it keeps evolving. Together the three shall hold the responsibility of leading the agency forward by preserving the culture that it's built on while also creating and curating new means of creativity and craft in the field of advertising.”