Rajive Dhavn

Transforming marketing chaos
into strategic clarity.
Built a ₹15 Cr agency.
Now building WonDay.ai —
India's first Human+AI
Marketing Strategy OS.

Marketing Strategist
AI Product Builder
Award-Winning Entrepreneur

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Transforming marketing chaos into strategic clarity. Built a ₹15 Cr agency. Now building WonDay.ai — India's first Human+AI Marketing Strategy OS.

20+ years architecting marketing strategies that generated Rs. 1,500+ crore in measurable business impact across 100+ brands. Featured in Indian Express, Hindustan Times, Financial Express. Official Mentor at IIT-Bombay & T-Hub.

Here’s the Deal.

I don't just consult—I build, execute, and prove what works.

For two decades, I've scaled brands end-to-end: from bootstrapping a ₹15 crore integrated marketing agency (What's In a Name) to building WonDay.ai—a Human+AI product that delivers comprehensive marketing strategies in 10 minutes instead of 10 weeks.

My expertise spans the complete marketing spectrum: brand strategy, narrative architecture, performance marketing, film direction (100+ brand films), AI product development, and fractional CMO advisory through Chapter Won.

Proven Results:

₹1,500+ crore business impact generated across client portfolio ₹40+ crore annual media budgets managed 30-55% reduction in client marketing spend while improving outcomes WonDay.ai: ₹64L+ saved for first enterprise client in 12 months Current Focus: Strategic consulting for select brands (Chapter Won), building AI products (WonDay.ai), mentoring 100+ startups at India's premier institutions, and creating content for 70K+ marketing leaders. Recognition: Times Network Digital Marketing Professional of the Year • TV5 Business Leader Award • Ramoji Young Voyager Award • Featured across 15+ national media outlets NOT LOOKING FOR JUST ANOTHER MARKETING ROLE. Looking to build culture, storytelling, and movements—the kind that shift behavior, not just metrics.


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First time here? Check this out:

• Communication has always been my calling, which led me to earn a degree in B.A. Mass Communication (Journalism).

• 20+ years of collective work experience: 6 years at GE Capital, HSBC Bank, and Deccan Chronicle, and 13 years as the Founder & CEO of a leading Integrated Branding & Digital Marketing Agency, What's In a Name, and a Video Production Company, Namesake Productions.

• Piloted the Integrated Branding & Digital Marketing Agency with a capital of $500 and grew revenues to over a million dollars.

• Created 360-degree marketing strategies for over 100 national and regional brands.

• Published my first business book, STFU – Start The Fck Up*, in 2015. It was endorsed by several dignitaries, including one of my favorite authors, the late J. Keith Murnighan – renowned author and professor at Kellogg School of Management.

• Mentor and Advisor at T-hub Hyderabad, IIT-Bombay & Osmania Technology Business Incubator.

• Award-winning Digital Marketer and Brand consultant.

• Outside of work, I find Cooking therapeutic.

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About the services

How can I help?

Digital Marketing Consulting

Whether you've got an internal team or an external one, as a business owner, you're bound to face challenges in terms of technicalities. And that's why you need me to make sure your processes are set and your teams are giving you the best bang for your bucks, thereby optimising every rupee you invest. My job will be to help you with strategy & monitoring of everything digital.

Brand Consulting

Having stressed the importance of Digital Marketing, in no way do I intend to downplay the importance of offline branding. Under complete brand consulting, I'll help you with the end-to-end strategy, positioning, communication, tonality, guidelines & styling both online and offline. From the name to the identity, from working out the complete go-to-market strategy to ongoing promotions, from Media Budgeting to Buying, the list is exhaustive.

Brand & Digital Marketing Consulting

Ideally, a brand needs to be nurtured in all aspects. A successful business is an amalgamation of a good product or service and the perfect blend of branding & digital marketing. The journey of today’s consumer comprises multiple online and offline touchpoints. So, it’s imperative for a brand to put its best foot forward across all the relevant mediums.
Branding, Digital Marketing

Official Mentor at

As an official mentor and advisor with some of the best incubators in the country, I've had the opportunity to coach startups {from varied industries) for branding, digital marketing & entrepreneurship.

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Branding, Digital Marketing

Workshops & Speaker Sessions at

Apart from coaching startups on various aspects of entrepreneurship, I’ve also been giving Workshops and Speaking Sessions at incubators, schools, colleges, & organisations. The subjects vary from branding to digital marketing, to entrepreneurship and more.

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Leadership

Branding & Digital Marketing Agency

A result-oriented professional with 19+ years of experience in Branding & Digital Marketing. 13+ years as a Director of South India's Leading Integrated Branding & Digital Marketing Agency, and a Video Production Company. In the initial six years, I worked in various capacities like Process Trainer, Sub-editor & Columnist in companies like HSBC Bank, GE Capital & Deccan Chronicle.

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Let's Connect

Here's where you can take the first step to connect with me, and I'm sure we can sky-rocket your brand with effective branding & digital marketing strategies. To help me understand your business needs, please fill out the Enquiry Form given below: