MUMBAI: Mayur Hola has joined Contract India as executive creative director, based in Delhi.

Prior to this, Mayur was with McCann on some of the most talked about and award winning campaigns like Pan Vilas’ 'Shauq Badi Cheez Hai' and the Nescafé - Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy work, for which his team won an integrated ABBY and the marketing campaign of the year at the CMO Asia awards.

 “Mayur is a fantastic new addition to our rapidly growing Delhi branch, and he will lead the creative charge of that office from here on. In the last few years, his work on brands like Nescafe, Dish TV, and Chevrolet, has been noticed, applauded and awarded. Plus he is a fabulous team-builder, so I am positive that with him on board, Contract, Delhi is going to be a revved up, happy place”, said Contract’s NCD Ashish Chakravarthy on the appointment.

This would be Mayur’s second stint at Contract. He started his career in advertising with McCann as a writer, where he spent close to seven years over three stints. At McCann he launched the life insurance brand PNB MetLife with its 'Be Double Sure' work, conceived the madness of Dish TV's 'Dish Sawaar Hai' campaign and carried forward the power brand Chevy Cruze for GM in addition to the most awarded Nescafé campaign.

Over the course of his career, Mayur has worked with TBWA where he headed the Delhi office, Grey and Contract.