Dejkert joins from JWT where he was head of creative and production at JWT Connect.
"We've been following Kannadhee's career trajectory," says Publicis CEO Mark Ingrouille. "He actually started at Publicis and it's been wonderful to see him flying so high. Now he's rejoined us and brings real creative muscle to our digital output. Some say we've come late with our full digital offering, but this has allowed us to leapfrog others, learn from their mistakes and now advance a digital planning, creative and execution product that is second to none."
Dejkert will report to Paul Grubb, Publicis' new CCO, who joined recently from Lowe where he was regional creative director.
Dejkert won the Adman Award for top interactive campaign for Oriental Princess and Best Interactive at the Bangkok BAD Awards for Panasonic and the famed Oriental Princess 'Avatar' campaign.