ECD Karan Rawat moves to design side

India: Karan Rawat (left) has joined Umbrella Design in India. The former Grey ECD will work with Bhupal Ramnathkar at Umbrella Design in the role of president and executive creative director.

Rawat has more than 16 years of experience in the industry, starting out with McCann Erickson and JWT, where he worked as senior art director for five years. Rawat’s next step was Bates India where he worked as creative director for six years. He then worked as an independent creative consultant on the Killer Jeans and Easies accounts. After that, in mid-2010, he joined Grey as executive creative director.