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Manaswi Mohata

Design Manager

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India12 yrs 10 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Directed popular comedy shows for Netflix.
  • Created viral advertising campaigns for top brands.
  • Wrote and produced engaging content across multiple platforms.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Creative Director specializing in Comedy and Scriptwriting for the Entertainment industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Creative DirectionScriptwritingDirectionComedy

Other Skills

Story ProductionWritingCreative ProductionSketch Comedy

Experience

12 yrs 10 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 3 mos
Average Tenure
7 yrs 5 mos
Current Experience

Freelance

2 roles

Independent Advertising Writer | Creative Director

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 5 mos

  • Worked with brands like Spotify, Amazon Prime Video, Canva India, Netflix, Bumble, Myntra, Girl Effect and Sugar.fit (affiliated with Cult.fit) that have especially performed on social platforms.
  • The Spotify ad got 73.7 million views on IG. Jaggu Dada mode got 44.6 million views and won a Kyoorius Blue Elephant. The Canva series was a feature led campaign that got millions of views per ad and then was also played during the IPL.
ScriptwritingStory ProductionCreative Direction

Screenwriter

Jan 2019Present · 7 yrs 5 mos

  • Worked on several long-form fiction series with Applause Entertainment, Balaji (for Netflix), Amazon Prime Video (RDP/Abhinay Deo), Reliance Big Synergy, MX Player, Dice Media, OML, Weirdass Comedy and Girl Effect. The projects have ranged from crime dramas, political drama, period dramas YA mysteries to character-driven comedies. My role has included story development, show bibles, pilots, screenplays, dialogue as well as adaptation.
ScriptwritingStory Production

Netflix

Director

Jun 2019Nov 2019 · 5 mos

  • Directed two seasons of the comedy review show "Behensplaining" for Netflix's Youtube Channel.

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Writer / Creative Producer

Jan 2019Mar 2019 · 2 mos

  • Worked on Season 5 of Abish Mathew’s comedy talk show (à la the late night format) with guests like Arshad Warsi, Taapsee Pannu, Prajakta Kolhi, Sanya Malhotra and Sanya Mirza.

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Comedy Writer, Creative Director, Director

Oct 2015Oct 2018 · 3 yrs

  • I was part of AIB's core group of writers. Some of the projects I worked on:
  • A Woman’s Besties Part I and Part II // Co-Director, Creative Director
  • Views: 5.4 and 4.2 million respectively. Featured on India Today, The Hindustan Times, First Post, The Deccan Chronicle, etc. I was also invited to a few podcasts to talk about this series (Twitter Women’s Day live; Cyrus Says with Cyrus Broacha).
  • The Bollywood Diva song with Kangana Ranaut // Writer
  • Views: 12 million. Covered by Indian and international news, including PBS.org and NowThis.
  • An Ode to Karni Sena // Creative Director, Co-Director
  • Written in two days, directed in one and edited overnight. Resulted in a tremendously positive response and a backbreaking lesson in how to get a bus full of children to act.
  • YouTube Creators for Change // Curator, Panellist
  • Headed the project for AIB in 2017 and represented the team at YouTube’s London summit. Featured alongside Karuna Nundy, Raveena Tandon, Gurmehar Kaur and Radhika Vaz on the Podcast as a panel member.
ComedyDirectionCreative Direction

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Copywriter

May 2013Oct 2015 · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • First job. Worked on brands like Cafe Coffee Day, Cinthol, MTS and Indian Express.
  • Some highlights:
  • A Cannes Young Lion shortlist.
  • Irrfan Khan retweeting my Indian Express ad.

Education

Xaviers Institute of Communication

Jan 2012Jan 2013

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