Ritesh Gupta

Ritesh began his career advertising while at Wieden+Kennedy, Deutsch, and Saatchi & Saatchi and has since transitioned to leading Product Design and Branding in-house at mission-driven startups. He recently led a 360-degrees rebrand of a dog food startup called Pet Plate with Sagmeister & Walsh and R/GA, while serving as the Senior Director of Brand & UX. Currently, he is working with Serial Box, where he is (re)designing, (re)building, (re)positioning, & (re)branding the platform. On this episode, Ritesh shares with us the story behind how he got into the world of design. He takes us through the Pet Plate’s branding process, from the time the startup decided to rebrand, to deciding on the right design agency for the task and about the partnership with Sagmeister and Walsh (now known as And Walsh). He also talks about the importance of measuring the impact of design and how it can transform our industry. He also talks about diversity, inclusion and equity in the world of design. SECTIONS - TIME INDEX Childhood, Education and Early days of work - 00:03:00 Hungry Harvest - 00:18:30 Petplate - 00:24:00 Measuring the impact of design - 01:06:00 Diversity, Inclusion and Equity - 01:29:00 RELEVANT LINKS Ritesh Gupta - www.ritesh-gupta.com Serial Box - serialbox.com Brand New Conference - bnconf.com Temecula, California - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temecula,_California UCLA - ucla.edu MET Logo - wolffolins.com/case-study/the-met/ Wieden+Kennedy - www.wk.com Media planning - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_planning Saatchi & Saatchi - saatchi.com Deutsch agency -deutsch.com Shark Tank - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark_Tank Hungry Harvest - hungryharvest.net Robert Herjavec - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Herjavec SNAP - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplemental_Nutrition_Assistance_Program Pet Plate - petplate.com Renaldo Webb - www.petplate.com/about/ Sagmeister and Walsh - sagmeisterwalsh.com And Walsh - andwalsh.com Pet Plate project on And Walsh website - andwalsh.com/work/all/pet-plate/ McKinsey - mckinsey.com RFP - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Request_for_proposal Jessica Walsh - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Walsh First Round Conference - underconsideration.com/firstround/ Anthropomorphism - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropomorphism Moderat Font - tightype.com/moderat/ A/B testing - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing Multivariate testing - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariate_testing_in_marketing Customer acquisition cost - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_acquisition_cost Customer lifetime value - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_lifetime_value McKinsey, The business value of design - www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-design/our-insights/the-business-value-of-design POC, People of Colour - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_color Design Census 2019 - designcensus.org Non-binary gender - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-binary_gender Jammu city, India - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu Glassdoor - glassdoor.com Ritesh’s Email ID - ritesh@ritesh-gupta.com Daler Mehndi - www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ2PtEx9-ls