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Akshara Sivakumar

Head of Marketing & Communication

Portrait of Akshara Sivakumar, Head of Marketing & Communication at ESIP Pondicherry
Akshara SivakumarESIP · Pondicherry

Biography

Akshara Sivakumar is a BSc. Visual Communications graduate from Loyola College, Chennai. With a career spanning over five years, she has led executions of social media campaigns with top creators (>25k followers on IG) for the following companies:

  • F&BStarbucks India (x District), Food Stories India, Borécha, HK Vitals, Naked Coffee, Wellbeing Nutrition
  • BeautyBelif India, Biodance India, The Face Shop India, Akind (x Tira), Simple India, Typsy Beauty, Maybelline India, Kérastase India (x Tira), Sulwhasoo India, Revlon India, La Shield
  • Apparel/D2CMiraggio, Indinoor, Theater XYZ, Mokobara, Akiki London, Decathlon India, Lenskart India + Aqualens, The CAI Store, Lotto Sport India, Levi's India, Myntra, 2 Yards, Adidas India
  • FMCGOral-B India, L'Oréal Paris India, Dove India, Garnier India
  • SAASCanva India

Prior to her occupation in marketing, Akshara pursued a career in academia and research. At the age of 18, she worked collaboratively as a Research Assistant under Dr Malavika Subramanyam at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, as well as Dr Nikar Gaikwad, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University.

Akshara also has experience in the creative arts. Working as an Assistant Director for Black Box Films, she has worked on a feature titled "GDN" as well as on an IPL advertisement with Arun Ice Creams, featuring Sunrisers Hyderabad cricketers Pat Cummins, Nitish Kumar Reddy and Abishek Sharma.