About me

Formerly Director of Business Marketing, EMEA at Pinterest, Visha led marketing Pinterest for business audiences across Europe, driving its positioning and awareness across the region over the past 3 years. Prior to Pinterest she worked across YouTube Ads marketing at Google, going on to lead industry brand and reputation for both Google and YouTube in the UK. Before that, she spent twelve years at Thinkbox - the marketing body for commercial TV, leading TV campaigns, large scale events and initiatives with leading industry bodies in the UK. Visha is a 2013 WACL Future Leaders Award winner, and in 2015 co-founded the FUTURES Network to bring all winners together to support and inspire each other as they continue to develop into even stronger female leaders. Visha champions diversity and in 2020 she launched Pinterest’s EMEA chapter of Women@ and then became the Exec Sponsor for the global group. She is a huge supporter of industry initiatives that recognise and celebrate diverse communities. Visha is also an Advisory Board member for OK Mentor, was awarded 2021 BIMA 100’s Champion for Change and recently was awarded Best Marketing Leader at the 2022 Global Women In Marketing Awards.

QuestionsProjectsExperienceTeam

• Curious to know if there are any students that can edit podcasts that would like to volunteer to work with me to grow their portfolio?
• New podcast with The Dots Founder, Pip Jamieson as part of the 'Behind the face of success' series. Do you have ideas for future guests?

Projects

• New podcast launch: Behind the face of successMy first ever post on The Dots! What a beautiful platform it is! I'm excited to share with the Dots community that I've launched a new podcast called 'Behind the face of success' designed to tell honest and authentic stories about life and career journeys. My hope is for more people to learn and take a chance in creative and entertainment roles they wouldn't normally know about or have access to. The line up is incredible with ballet dancer Ed Watson, actor Tuwaine Barrett, photographer Rank

Projects credited in

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  International Women’s Day 2022, meet 100 rising stars inspiring changeWe still have a way to go when it comes to improving gender diversity and equality in the creative, tech and digital industries – which is why it is so important for us, as a platform, to use our force for good. We’re thrilled to be releasing our annual list celebrating and shining a spotlight on 100+ rising stars – as nominated by The Dots community – who are transforming the industry of today and inspiring the generation of tomorrow. The list beams with brilliant, talented people and their d
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  Being dyslexic helps me get creative’: one tech entrepreneur on her sources of inspirationLovely write up in The Guardian! Take a peek if you’re interested in how I stay sane navigating the inevitable rollercoaster ride of scaling a business! Spoiler alert - it revolves around houseboat living, my rescue dog ‘Pi’, and me and my partner’s increasing obsession with rewilding! Article below also found here: https://www.theguardian.com/pinterest-find-what-you-actually-love/2021/sep/27/being-delightfully-dyslexic-helps-me-get-creative-the-tech-entrepreneur-on-her-sources-of-inspiration
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  International Women’s Day 2021, meet 100 rising stars inspiring changeWe still have a way to go when it comes to improving gender diversity and equality in the creative, tech and digital industries – which is why it is so important for us, as a platform, to use our force for good. We’re thrilled to be releasing our annual list celebrating and shining a spotlight on 100+ rising stars from underrepresented gender identities – as nominated by The Dots community – who are transforming the industry of today and inspiring the generation of tomorrow. The list beams wit

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Skills

• Brand Building
• Brand Awareness
• Business
• Business Strategy
• Leadership
• Team Leadership
• Thought Leadership

Awards

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Best Marketing Leader, BrandWomen in Marketing Awards
Champion for Change AwardBIMA