About me

I feel today is a gift. That's why it is called the PRESENT.
Harmandar Singh - Strategic Branding Consultant, Publisher, Ideator.

Harmandar Singh, better known as Ham, has been in marketing and brand communications for over 25 years. He started with McCann-Erickson Malaysia as a Copywriter in 1980 and was promoted to Associate Creative Director by 1983. He has worked in McCann Philippines ('83) and London ('86) in senior creative capacities before serving as Creative Director for McCann's offshoot Universal Communications and later Idris Associates, Malaysia's largest local
communications agency. Ham has created almost 400 commercials in his time and has a cache of over 50 local and international creative awards to his name.
Ham has since played the role of a trouble-shooting communications strategist:

o Publisher of ADOI, a brand communications magazine read by 30,000
professionals across Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia for over 10 years.

o Publisher of MARKETING magazine read by 20,000 professionals in Malaysia.

o Chief Content Officer for these websites (3,000 visitors per weekday):
o Monthly columnist for the The Star newspaper for more than 12 years now,
as a highly respected national commentator on marketing and brand
communications under the moniker SLEDGEHAMMER to one million readers.

o Winner of the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents (4As) Malaysia
inaugural Chairman's Award for making significant landmark contributions to
Malaysia's brand and marketing communications industry in the past decade.

o International seminar speaker and Organising Chairman of the Malaysian
Media Conference (MMC), a milestone event now into its sixth year, and the
international premier ADOI Advertising Awards (AAA) Indonesia for 7 years.

o President of International Advertising Association, Malaysia Chapter.

o Honorary Advisor of the Malaysian Digital Association.
o And by invitation, an occasional think thank to multinationals and telcos.

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Availability
Looking for work
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Creativepool member since 16 February 2017