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How Semiotics Can Help Brands Decode Society, Culture and Behavior

Brands, Culture, Semiotics, Social

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Dr. Tanvi Gupta is an Associate Professor of Marketing at the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur (IIMU) and a practicing semiotician. Her academic research focuses on brand language and consumer culture—and her research has been published in Journal of Consumer Research—one of the top marketing journals in the world. Tanvi co-leads the Consumer Culture Lab at IIM Udaipur, a platform to foster research on consumer culture in India. She is also a member of the Editorial Review Board at the Journal of Retailing.

Before doing a Ph.D. in Marketing from IIM Bangalore, Tanvi has worked as a marketing research professional with Kantar. During her stint in the MR industry, she has worked on semiotics, brand tracking and advertising research—integrating both quantitative and qualitative methods. Tanvi also holds a communications masters from MICA, India with the director’s award for academic excellence.

Tanvi also has a flair for creativity and aesthetic sense. Being a trained graphics designer, her passion for visual aesthetics and culture drives her interest towards visual semiotics and brand language.

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Show Notes

What inspired Prof. Tanvi to pursue marketing and semiotics What is Semiotics? Deep dive into Semiotics How companies can use semiotics Decoding Indian culture from a brand perspective Binary opposites, plotting and code trajectory Lakme Vs. L’Oreal The New Code Trajectory Can tech companies apply semiotics in their design How social semiotics and visual semiotics can help tech brands Influence of typeface in brand positioning Consumer Culture Lab @ IIM Udaipur Tulsi – The YouTube town of India Understanding the digital identity of Indian consumers How brands can bring in regional diversity Prof. Tanvi’s advice to brand marketers Prof. Tanvi’s advice to young marketing executives

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How Semiotics Can Help Brands Decode Society, Culture and Behavior

Pooja Jauhari is the former Group CEO of VMLY&R India, and former CEO of The Glitch. Over her two-decade-long career, Pooja has worked with some of the biggest brands in the country and the world, and introduced powerful campaigns to society.

Pooja has worked with some brilliant people and has held important responsibilities over the past 20 years. She is the Founder of Seat At The Table, an unbiased investment and advisory initiative to invest in companies and people that are built on a purpose.

Prior to her appointment in the VMLY&R network, Pooja was the CEO of The Glitch, a high-performance creative company that has worked hard to create a workspace that is gender blind, inclusive and progressive. The Glitch was acquired by WPP, the world’s largest marketing communications company in 2017, and integrated into the VMLY&R network within WPP in 2020.

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