weareyoung

Succeed with young in 2024 with strategies that work

Young's business information

Anyplace you look, you’ll see ideas at work that are young in spirit and designed to tackle the problems of today. At YOUNG, we believe things should be no different when it comes to the challenges faced by your brand. And so, we invest our talents into developing young and fresh solutions that work for your brand today. As you go along with us, you’ll discover that though we’re not immune to the aging process, our ideas will always stay young.

Nature of business

Private Limited

Date of establishment

Oct-2010

Number of employees

12

TENETS

No fast food.​

The communication solutions we serve you will be packed with wholesome ingredients - clear strategy, sound idea, strong design and effective content. Just the diet to keep your brand staying healthy, active and robust at all times.

No big shopping bills.

We don't quite believe in making the brands we handle follow the outspend to outshout principle. Smart ideas at the right place and right time is how we choose to get you results.

No two-timing.

Were ethical about the businesses we choose to get associated with. And an entanglement with your industry rival is certainly out of the question.

No peer-pressure.

While were clued into the trends in strategy, design and communication, at no point do we feel compelled to adopt industry practices without reason.

No waiting.

Unless it's a case of downright flooding or some other catastrophe that keeps our staff from getting to their work stations, you find creative solutions coming to you around set timelines.

No boredom.

We know just when to take an ongoing communication exercise to the next level to keep both brand communication and the brand fresh and engaging to its end consumers.

No tantrums.

We don't believe in kicking up a fuss over issues that usually are a part of day-to-day operations. Changes, concept renewals, urgent creatives and so on. Just so you experience an optimal comfort level at all times while working with us.

MANAGEMENT

Wilfred Fernandes
Founder & Director

Anup Kotekar
Co-Founder & Director

Jitendra Boricha
Business Head - Media Alliance & Sales​

Who says the young are stupid?

The young believe in being attractive enough to get heads turning, smart enough to make people pay attention and smooth enough to make the world follow without trying too hard. How we believe work at young ought to be.

Functionality

Every piece of brand communication has to deliver the core brand message in a clear and comprehensible manner.

Aesthetics

The packaging of the brand message or ‘design’ has to portray the distinct personality of the brand, while having high stand-out visual appeal to ensure noticeability and recall amidst media clutter.

Creativity

The brand communication has to have a ‘concept’ or ‘idea’ that engages the attention of the target audience, usually prone to mentally ‘skipping’ uninteresting communication, thereby creating a favourable disposition towards both the brand and the organization.

Tenability

No one understands the dynamics of any industry better than the organization devoting its resources to progressing in that industry. Needless to say, the insights and expertise of the client organization contribute to adding sound rationale to every piece of brand communication.

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Veena Kotian

Accounts Manager

Living life with the Sound Of Music soundtrack playing in the background, Veena is one of those few people who can say things like life is beautifull and power is within us and make it sound believable and inspiring. When not spreading smiles, she can be found sprawled on a secluded beach at a beautiful somewhere with a book, living by the famous motto: You get the drinks and all get the suntan lotion.

Swati Khandera

Account Officer

Swati likes to dance through life on the tune of Working Man, her magic fingers expertly playing with numbers, feeding her life-long affair with finance. When not busy trying to keep us away from her box full of change, she enjoys going to places, buying things, reading and music.

Sudhir Bajirao

Sales Executive

Sudhir is just passionate about his work and believes in hard work, he aims to be the very best in whatever he does. A compulsive foodie, loves to travel and enjoy the beauty of nature.

Sanjay Patil

Head - Client Solutions

Everyone close to Sanjay knows that the way to his heart is a little bit of affection and a lot of chicken. His gastronomic love affair takes him around the city searching for food to satisfy his soul. A fiercely loyal friend, he constantly strives to excel at work and otherwise.

Abhay Manjrekar

Client Servicing Executive

A young, energetic and extremely committed man, Abhay Manjrekar, is the secret of our energy. Loved by everyone at Young and appreciated for his dedication by clients, Abhay is always the ‘go to man’ whether it comes to everyday work or impossible deadlines. With an experience of over 5 years in handling various brands, Abhay always gives his hundred percent to everything. His understanding of creativity and brand strategies along with the flexibility to adopt multiple roles, make him a formidable team player who takes it all to the finishing line with commendable effort. Apart from advertising, loves to have a ball watching a game of cricket with buddies.

Sachin Pirkar

Office Assistant

While the rest of us sing a different tune, Sachin happily spends his day humming the latest Rakhi Sawant hit. With a smile that can light up a country, he the proud keeper of the offices playlist.

Ramdas Pawar

Office Assistant

Ramdas, with his crisp collection of shirts, is the man who will patiently wait with you late into the night. Everyday management aside, you can always count on him for everything from keeping you up to keeping you fed.

Baban Lokhande

Studio Executive

Baban likes the speed of his curveballs to be directly proportional to the speed of his bikes. However, when not indulging his need for speed, he dabbles in mellower things in life such as discovering new albums, action movies, and photography.

Sandeep Sinnarkar

Creative Head

Doing work that works, for the clients, the brands and the agency – that’s the simple mantra Sandeep Sinnarkar adheres to when he gets down to work. With an experience spanning 25 years, he has to his credit a diverse body of work across categories such as Automobiles, FMCG, Lubricants, Real Estate, Hospitality, Pharma and Medicare, Banking, Fashion and more. For more than a decade he drove communication and creative strategies at Lowe Lintas – a stint where his work many won accolades. He strives to produce work that’s founded in insights, aimed at building an emotional connect with the TG. And guess what, he does it equally well in English, Hindi and Marathi as well.

Amit Rane

Studio Executive

On an ideal Sunday, you will find Amit lounging in the grass humming along to old classics, as he waits for his turn to bat on the field. Also, if he had his way, he would drop everything and travel the world on his bike.

Jitendra Boricha

Business Head - Media Alliance & Sales​

Jitendra, along with being an expert media strategist, is also an avid learner. Armed with an MBA in marketing, he has previously lent his expertise to leading media establishments such as Times of India, Mid Day and Radio City. Needless to say, he brings vast knowledge and experience to the agency. At Young, he has taken up the challenge of creating and
marketing new business initiatives in the media vertical. Interested in fresh, innovative avenues to explore, heÂ?s always on a lookout for new and effective media offerings for our clients.

Anup Kotekar

Co-Founder & Director

It's a question that bogs down virtually every entity in the space of creative communication. How does a brand get itself to be seen, heard and remembered amidst all that media clutter? Young gets its answer to this one with Anup Kotekar, a senior media expert with top drawer experience in media marketing and management. Anup's career has had long and rewarding stopovers at the Times of India - where he was involved in hard-core media marketing for 12 years, WPP Â? where he set new benchmarks as the National Head (Sales) and Group M. Anup has also been a part of the core team which set up India's first retail media company Future Media Â? where he served as the Business Head for the audio visual media vertical.

Wilfred Fernandes

Founder & Director

Innovative thinking at Young begins right at the top. With a reputation for cutting through marketing clutter with fresh business approaches, Wilfred Fernandes keeps the momentum at Young going with initiatives that take it out of the league of its contemporaries. The founder of Young distributes his zeal and energies between overseeing the performance of all Young verticals, driving new business development, and thinking up big ideas to set Young apart from the crowd. Not really a surprising package to expect from a professional who has pioneered several innovations during his 14 year stint at the Bennett Coleman Company Group, the Times Property supplement being a fitting example. Wilfred has also been the Chief Marketing Officer at Ekta World.