Vol. MMXXVIMumbai, INBrand Strategist

Ananya Desai,
writes strategy
that ships.

Finding the one sentence your company is actually about — before anyone else writes it for you.

Based in Mumbai, IN
Brand Strategist
Currently taking briefs
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001 / The masthead

Words that
compound,
brands that last.

Twelve years of brand strategy across D2C, fintech, and climate. Formerly ran brand at a Series B that exited at ₹400cr. I work with five founders a year, one at a time, embedded deep for 90 days.

Every engagement starts with a single question: what sentence is this company actually about. Everything else — logo, voice, launch plan, hire-the-first-CMO roadmap — flows from that.

12+Years in brand
40+Founders helped
9D2C launches
2.5xAvg ARR lift
002 / Career

Selected
work

Head of Brand, Bloom

— a sustained engagement —

Rewrote brand voice and positioning end-to-end. Launched three new product lines. ARR grew 2.5x in 18 months. Hired and trained a four-person brand team.

Senior Strategist, RedSeer

— a sustained engagement —

Creative lead on nine D2C launches across beauty, wellness, and home categories. Two campaigns shortlisted for Abby awards in 2022. Built the internal strategy playbook still used by the team.

Strategist, Wieden+Kennedy

— a sustained engagement —

Strategy on Nike India and Tata Tea. Authored the 2019 "Alag Chai Alag Soch" positioning that won Effies Silver.

Associate, Ogilvy

— a sustained engagement —

Grad-hire programme. Copy and strategy rotations across Vodafone, Asian Paints, and HUL.

Living product manual for a D2C skincare brandRebrand for a ₹200cr logistics companyNarrative reset for a climate-tech Series ALaunch copy system for a fintech super-app Living product manual for a D2C skincare brandRebrand for a ₹200cr logistics companyNarrative reset for a climate-tech Series ALaunch copy system for a fintech super-app
003 / Case files

Recent
dossiers

Strategy · Copy · Systems

Living product manual for a D2C skincare brand

Replaced a 40-page PDF playbook with a Notion-style living site. Onboarding time cut by 60%. Became the brand's single source of truth.

Naming · Identity · Film

Rebrand for a ₹200cr logistics company

Named, messaged, and wrote the launch film. Six-week sprint. Campaign landed with 3.2M views in week one.

Positioning · Deck · Comms

Narrative reset for a climate-tech Series A

Reframed the pitch from "carbon offsets" to "infrastructure for compliance". Led to 2x investor meeting conversion.

Voice · Tone · UX copy

Launch copy system for a fintech super-app

Built a voice framework covering 400+ screens and 18 product surfaces. Still in use three years later.

004 / Strengths

Craft &
discipline

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Brand strategy
Copywriting
Positioning
Naming
Content systems
Founder comms
005 / Correspondence

Let's
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BaseMumbai, IN
SchoolingMBA, Marketing, SP Jain
SchoolingB.A. English Literature, St. Xavier's Mumbai
LanguagesEnglish · Hindi · Marathi ·