The Social Street appoints Pradeep Ramakrishnan and Prashant Oka

Ramakrishnan comes on board as National Head of Strategy & Insights, while Oka joins as Associate Vice-President. Both move from TracyLocke

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | August 7, 2015

(L) Pradeep Ramakrishnan and Prashant Oka (R)

The Social Street has made two senior level appointments in the Strategic Planning and Retail space.

Pradeep Ramakrishnan comes on board as National Head of Strategy and Insights. He brings with him around 18 years of experience in the communications industry. He moves from DDB Mudra Max and TracyLocke, where he spent more than six years overseeing planning for a few verticals which included Media, Retail and Shopper. At The Social Street, he will be working across divisions and will be responsible for spearheading research and data led strategy and insights across its spectrum of clients. He will also be overseeing the development and implementation of tools and processes to enable business solutions.

On joining the agency, Ramakrishnan said, “What excited me about The Social Street is the single-minded focus on finding solutions to business issues through the lens of communication. It was about coming up with solutions that work on ground and deliver results, not just solutions that make clients happy. I am looking forward to working very closely with Pratap, Mandeep and the rest of the leadership team at The Social Street to make this dream into a reality.”

Prashant Oka joins as Associate Vice-President. He brings with him over 11 years of experience across categories, of which five years were dedicated to Shopper Marketing. He moves from TracyLocke, where he helped set up its Shopper Marketing offering. At The Social Street, Oka will be jointly spearheading the Retail and Shopper Marketing agenda for the West Region.

Talking about his appointment, Oka said, “Delivering solutions that make business sense has been a passion for me and is what led me to shopper marketing. The Social Street provides me with a unique platform to adopt a truly integrated and tech driven approach to deliver these solutions. Having worked with Pratap and Mandeep in the past, I am excited to be a part of their vision of building a world class new age digitally driven agency.”

Pratap Bose

Commenting on the two appointments, Pratap Bose, Chariman and Co-Founder of The Social Street, said, “At The Social Street we are committed to making solutions work. And investing in the right talent is important to live this dream.  I have worked with both Pradeep and Prashant and the passion and perspectives they bring in are key to our vision.  I am sure they will contribute to our organization becoming a truly world class business solutions provider.”

Mandeep Malhotra

Mandeep Malhotra, CEO and Co-Founder, The Social Street, added here, “Pradeep and Prashant are one of the many pillars of our organisation and we are extremely happy to have them on board. They bring with them rich experience, which would benefit our clients immensely.”

The Social Street is a new age, digitally driven experiential, engagement and communications agency with a footprint across many key cities in India. It has over 100 professionals and provides communications solutions to clients through the areas of Retail, Shopper, Out of Home, Events, Promotions, Activations, Youth, Sports Marketing, Media, Digital, Content and Consultancy.

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