A Month in New Delhi, and a Short Trip to London

Ryan James returned to India for the whole of February 2020, his second visit, to work alongside the team and meet clients and partners. The trip ended with a short first visit to London.

A month in New Delhi

Inside the company, he worked with the team on new operating procedures for web, social, design, SEO and content, built into Monday.com so every department could run in step. With the procedures in place, Seahawk appointed its first heads of department, Akshay Kumar (Design) among them, alongside several new hires.

Ryan also caught up with the GoDaddy team, where Gaurav Nakul surprised him with a bat signed by former India captain MS Dhoni.

After the month in Delhi, the team flew down to Goa, then came back to Delhi in time for Holi.

Sunset on a Goa beach, beside the Calamari Bathe & Binge sign

Ryan James and Gautam Khorana covered in color at Holi Ryan James at GoDaddy India with the bat signed by MS Dhoni

On to London

After the month in India, Ryan and the team flew on to London, the first visit for each of them. They stayed at an Airbnb with a wall of skulls and visited the offices of Sendible, the social media software Seahawk used for its social media services.

Back then Seahawk India ran social media for major brands, enterprise clients like IHOP India, along with India’s cricket captain Virat Kohli.

The team with their host at Sendible’s London office, beside the Sendible living wall

The wall of skulls in a glass case at the team’s London Airbnb The IHOP India Instagram feed, one of Seahawk India’s social media clients

Aqua Kyoto

Between meetings they explored Soho, Soho Square included. On their first evening at Aqua Kyoto, Gautam and Ryan talked late into the night and set the vision for Seahawk. It became their meeting spot on every London trip after, and a memorable one: it’s where Seahawk’s direction was first mapped out.

Ryan James and Gautam Khorana by a patio heater on the Aqua Kyoto terrace at night