Nitish Saxena

Head of Design

Gurugram, Haryana, India12 yrs 5 mos experience

Key Highlights

National Bal Shree Award recipient for Creative Writing
Led marketing for India's most loved gifting brand
Built award-winning teams at Paytm during pivotal growth

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Marketing Leader with expertise in Brand Management and Digital Marketing within Fintech and Consumer Tech.

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Skills

Core Skills

Brand ManagementMarketing Strategy

Other Skills

Brand MarketingConsumer InsightsGrowthCreative StrategyMedia PartnershipsMarketingDigital MarketingBrand StrategyCreative DirectionCorporate Identity DesignConsumer BehaviorE-CommerceMarket ResearchOnline AdvertisingContent Marketing

About

When I was 16, I climbed a mountain. Metaphorically, that is. In reality, I received the National Bal Shree Award (the children’s equivalent of the Padma Shree) for Creative Writing from the President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi — a reminder that creativity, when disciplined, can open unlikely doors. Two decades later, that belief still defines how I work. I’ve built my career at the intersection of brand, growth, and business impact — leading integrated marketing mandates across fintech and consumer tech brands. My approach blends strategy, storytelling, and scale — using insight-driven creativity to build brands that not only look good but deliver business outcomes. I thrive on connecting dots between data and design, product and purpose, creativity and conversion, while leading high-performing teams to think boldly and execute with precision. Today, I no longer climb mountains. I build teams that move them — one idea, one insight, one pixel at a time.

Experience

12 yrs 5 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 11 mos

Average Tenure

8 mos

Current Experience

Balancehero india

Head – Brand Marketing

Aug 2025 – Present · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Softbank-backed Series D startup enabling easy access to credit to millions of underserved Indians.

Brand MarketingConsumer InsightsGrowthBrand ManagementMarketing Strategy

Indian influencer governing council

Board Advisor

Jul 2025 – Present · 9 mos

Fnp

Head – Brand Marketing & Communication

Oct 2023 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

Leading the marketing charter across brand, creative, media, partnerships, social, PR & consumer insights – with deep involvement in performance, growth and retention.
My time at FNP has been all about elevating India’s most loved gifting brand, blending technology & creativity to set new benchmarks in convenience, design & premiumisation. A chapter that further honed my ability to build brands at scale.

Brand MarketingCreative StrategyMedia PartnershipsBrand ManagementMarketing Strategy

Cheq

Marketing Lead

Aug 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Founding team member at CheQ – leading the marketing function for India's most robust & rewarding credit management platform.

MarketingDigital MarketingMarketing StrategyBrand Management

Paytm

5 roles

Asst. General Manager

Promoted

Apr 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos · Noida Area, India

Leading a 25+ strong, award-winning team of talented brand strategists, writers & creative folks during Paytm’s most pivotal growth years – post-demonetisation scale-up, UPI wars, super app expansion, and IPO build-up.
My stint at Paytm has shaped my career deeply, giving me first-hand experience of building a category-defining brand.

Brand StrategyCreative DirectionBrand ManagementMarketing Strategy

Senior Manager

Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 · 11 mos · Noida Area, India

Manager

Apr 2019 – Mar 2020 · 11 mos · Noida Area, India

Deputy Manager

Apr 2018 – Mar 2019 · 11 mos · Noida Area, India

Asst. Manager

Jun 2017 – Mar 2018 · 9 mos · Noida Area, India

Tribal whiskey

Co-Founder

May 2013 – May 2017 · 4 yrs

Plan, develop & direct marketing efforts to increase value and performance for SMEs in India, Thailand & South Africa.
Areas of focus included Digital Marketing, Corporate Identity Design & WordPress/WooCommerce Development.

Digital MarketingCorporate Identity DesignMarketing StrategyBrand Management