Media · Brand · Growth

Hitali Makkar.

Integrated media, brand & growth leader for global markets.

Eleven-plus years turning complex media briefs into structured, measurable go-to-market strategy. From Mumbai to Canada, across paid, organic, programmatic and everything in between.

Based in Canada Global go-to-market · Multi-market campaigns Scroll
11+
Years in media
6
Industry sectors
8
Companies & agencies
2
MBAs, incl. TRU Canada

About

Strategy that reads the whole media ecosystem.

I orchestrate complex media briefs into structured tasks with effective, measurable solutions. My work spans the full ecosystem: audience segmentation, brand safety, serving and activation, campaign management, data, analytics and insight.


From high-stakes media pitches for global brands to handling P&L, margins, RFPs and rebates, and training the media teams who deliver it all, I operate as a full media-mandate leader, not a single-channel specialist.


More about me

Expertise

An all-rounder across digital channels.

01

Media Strategy, Planning & Buying

End-to-end media mandates: from brief to plan to buy, structured for measurable outcomes across every market.

02

Performance & Programmatic

Performance marketing and programmatic advertising with deep fluency in ad tech and mar tech ecosystems.

03

Search, Social & Video

Paid search, SEO, social media marketing, display, native and video advertising, planned and activated as one system.

04

Global Go-To-Market

Multi-market campaign leadership for international clients, with cross-cultural, cross-functional teams.

05

Data, Analytics & Insight

Audience segmentation, brand safety, activation, data management, reporting and the insights that move budgets.

06

Commercial Leadership

P&L ownership, profit margins, RFPs, rebates, pitch leadership and media-team training.

Career

A decade of media leadership.


Full experience
2018– 2023

Senior Business Director

dentsu international

Five years rising through dentsu, from Media Director (Digital) to Business Director to Senior Business Director, leading integrated media strategy and high-stakes pitches for global brands.

2011– 2018

Agency & AdTech Foundations

Graphene Media · Httpool · Times Internet · Exponential

Digital media leadership across agencies and ad tech: account direction, display and programmatic, and the operating fluency that underpins strategy.

Next chapter

Let’s shape the future of media together.

Open to conversations on media leadership, global go-to-market strategy and collaboration.

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