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title: "Rahul Pai - Brand Partner Lead - Marketing & Strategy in Bengaluru | Tal"
description: "Meet Rahul Pai, Brand & GTM Leader | CRED, MPL, Dentsu | Skilled in Full-Funnel Growth & Brand Campaigns | 11+ Yrs Turning Culture into Revenue based in Bengaluru. AI stack includes cursor and opencode."
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# Rahul Pai on Tal

## Headline

Brand & GTM Leader \| CRED, MPL, Dentsu \| Skilled in Full\-Funnel Growth & Brand Campaigns \| 11\+ Yrs Turning Culture into Revenue

## About

Marketing & Brand Strategist\. 11 years engineering 360 campaigns with real business impact\.

## Location

Bengaluru

## AI stack

cursor

opencode

## Work experience

Brand Partner Lead \- Marketing & Strategy at Early\.Partners, May 2025 \- Jul 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos, Served as a marketing & strategy lead, partnering with C\-suite teams at high\-growth startups to architect GTM strategies, brand campaigns, and marketing engines\. Managed a team of brand managers and associates across client accounts within a fractional leadership structure\.

Marketing Manager at CRED, Feb 2023 \- May 2025 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led brand marketing, events, social, culture experiences and content IPs\.

Brand Marketing Manager at Mobile Premier League \(MPL\), Feb 2022 \- Feb 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led cross\-functional brand and growth marketing initiatives for all cards \(Poker, CallBreak, Rummy, TeenPatti\) & corporate verticals\. Responsible for driving ARPU, GMV and ROAS through GTM planning, growth channels, content creation, media planning and partner marketing\.

Senior Group Head at Dentsu Webchutney, Dec 2019 \- Feb 2022 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, SPOC for marquee clients, Google and Uber\. Managed 4\+ member teams and drove social excellence \(1M\+ on Twitter \| 4x Instagram growth\)\. Spearheaded successful Google India initiatives such as the Diwali Search Easter Egg, Sounds of India & multiple G4I programs\.

Key Account Manager at Brave New World Communications Pvt Ltd, Jan 2018 \- Dec 2019 · 2 yrs, Bangalore, SPOC for Project Eve \(Reliance\), FreshMenu, and ThirstyFox Drove a 40% average annual revenue growth for the agency through increased retainers and scoping\. Spearheaded the award\-winning "She Sessions" event for Project Eve, boosting store footfall by 67% and sales by 45%\. Led the brand launch of ThirstyFox, developing their website, social media presence, and brand identity\.

## Education

Business Management, Marketing, Christ University, Bangalore

ICSE, Commerce, Bishop Cotton Boys'​ School

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