27 Dec Ali a. Rizvi
Graduated in 1998 Ali has over 20 yrs. of experience in management, marketing communications and advertising with leading advertising agencies and is credited for turning around 2 agencies from years of operating losses to positive earnings within the first year of taking over operational reigns.
Ali focuses on building communication strategies that lead to work that is effective because it is fresh, entertaining and intelligent. He has extensive experience at senior management level working in top agencies on clients both multinational and local conglomerates, be it repositioning for a global brand, media buying and planning for telecom giants, Strategic Communication for international donors, experiential marketing for single largest activation project. He has worked closely in sectors ranging from airlines, beverages, confectionary, dairy, energy drinks, Pharmaceuticals, FMCG, telecom, tobacco and others.
He spent close to 2 years working on public relations for global brands such as P&G, Toyota Indus, Emirates Airlines, TCS and others. Ali has extensive experience of telecommunications industry and led the creative and media team that relaunched telecom leaders Mobilink, Telenor & Ufone in Pakistan and Banglalink in Bangladesh along with launching iconic brands like Indigo, Jazz, Talkshawk, djuice & easypaisa. In 2006 Aurora Awards his agency team won 9 awards for Telenor’s ad campaigns and PAS award for Ufone communications in 2012 & 15.
He is a prominent writer in leading marketing magazines and has been part of the jury for PAS Awards for last 3 years.