MUMBAI: ZenithOptimedia Group’s Equinox has won the media planning and buying mandate of UrbanClap, which is inclusive of out-of-home and digital.

UrbanClap has operations in major metropolitan cities such as Mumbai, Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, Pune and Hyderabad. It has over 36,000 professionals on the platform, servicing 4,000-5,000 requests each day across 125 categories. Almost 50,000 customers are using the platform on a monthly basis and this number continues to grow each month.

ZenithOptimedia MD Hari Krishnan says, “The digital medium has re-wired the relationship between consumers and localised service professionals. We are very happy to associate with UrbanClap, which is a well-known on-demand services market place. This is a prestigious win for us. UrbanClap is ambitious and future-facing and is looking at extensive expansion across geographies, categories of services and talent. We will provide them with the right scale, insights and touch points in order to fuel their growth plans.”

UrbanClap co-founder Varun Khaitan added, “We started this company with the vision of making localised services accessible to the Indian consumer, in view of a fragmented and unorganised industry. UrbanClap is really about convenience and comfort, and more importantly, about trust. We needed a credible media partner, one that understands our zeal and approach to the services business and is able to bring in the same kind of fresh thinking to our media plans. ZenithOptimedia has proven expertise in the e-commerce area, and brings in rich consumer insights and data driven planning in order to strengthen our brand further. We look forward to a rewarding partnership with them.”