Since 2021 / Vashi, Navi Mumbai

Built client by client.

No funding rounds, no fluff, a ten-plus person studio that grew one delivered project at a time, all the way to a national stage with One8 Run.

THE KIKA started in 2021 in Vashi, Navi Mumbai with a simple bet: brands this side of the creek shouldn't have to cross it to get serious creative work.

Five years later the studio is 10+ specialists across strategy, design, content, web and performance, serving FMCG, consumer tech, logistics, travel, engineering and export businesses, from Navi Mumbai to Melbourne.

The turning point was sport. When One8 Run x Virat Kohli's running event, needed a brand experience at national scale, THE KIKA delivered end to end. That project became our flagship, and sport became a dedicated vertical: The Kika Sports & Events.

We stay founder-led and execution-obsessed. Strategy decks are nice; shipped work is nicer.

Founder

Kiran Barai

Founder and hands-on strategist. Runs the studio the way the studio runs brands, briefs in the morning, deliverables by the deadline, no layers in between.

kiranbarai@thekika.com

What we run on

Four things we don't compromise.

PaceDeadlines are brand promises. We keep both.

CraftEverything ships at a standard we'd put our own name on. We do, actually.

ProofWe pitch with delivered work, not decks about work. One8 Run opens every conversation.

PartnershipOur longest clients have been with us for years. That's the metric we watch.

The crew

Ten-plus people. One pace.

Strategy, design, content, web and performance, all in the same room in Vashi.

Kiran Barai Founder & Strategy Lead

Runs the studio the way the studio runs brands, briefs in the morning, deliverables by the deadline, no layers in between.

Maithili Bhonsle Marketing Executive

Siddhesh Mhatre Digital Marketing Executive (Performance Marketing)

Gauri JadhavGraphic Designer

Abhay Pharande Video Editor

The Kika Sports & Events

The sports engine inside the agency.

A dedicated vertical covering team branding, sponsorship decks, matchday coverage and event experiences. If your brand needs an audience with a heartbeat, this is where we play.

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Event brand experiencesIdentity to finish line, One8 Run style

Sponsorship & team decksProposals that get franchises funded

Matchday contentSocial coverage at the speed of play

Athlete & club brandingIdentities built for fandom

2021Founded in Vashi, built client by client.

10+Specialists under one roof.

9+Industries, FMCG to engineering to sport.

1National flagship, One8 Run. And counting.