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  • Faasos launches ad campaign with 2 new TVCs

    Faasos launches ad campaign with 2 new TVCs

    MUMBAI: Faasos has rolled out its new TV ad campaign that comprises two TVCs, conceptualized by Lowe Lintas Mumbai. The new ad campaign highlights the daunting question every consumer asks from the time they wake up till the time they reach home: “Aaj Khane Mein Kya Hai?”

     

    Faasos head of marketing Revant Bhate said, “Aaj Khane Mein Kya Hai, is the most colloquial question that all Indians discuss every day and we at Faasos endeavor to give answers to this with multiple meal options of the day. We felt the need to address this question because we understand the plight that working professionals, young couples and foodies in general face. Faasos was started some years ago with a focus on good quality reasonably priced food and that is what we serve till today. With new options for everyday meals; breakfast, lunch, snacks and dinner; Faasos is the answer through an easy to use app.”

     

    Lowe Lintas Mumbai chief creative officer Arun Iyer added, “While the strategy to make Faasos top-of-mind with that niggling everyday question of ‘what to eat’ was clear, in the campaign executions we had to pitch their ‘everyday plight’ just right. Our inspiration was –in-your-face reality served with a dash of humor. So our creative approach was to hold a mirror to their reality when it comes to this everyday question and pepper it with a dash of humor to create an intelligent yet fun brand tone for Faasos.”

     

    Lowe Lintas Mumbai ED Shantanu Sapre said, “Faasos is a venture with an understanding of what young-adults want today. When we got started thinking about how to bring Faasos to the fore of every food decision that they have to make in their day to day bustle, we realized that food is one question that today’s young-adults don’t want to stress about. They want the answers ready. And that’s where we positioned Faasos.”

     

    Both TVCs reflect the ease of ordering food by simply telling the consumer to leave their food worries to Faasos.

     

  • Lowe Lintas names Shayondeep Pal as Delhi creative head

    Lowe Lintas names Shayondeep Pal as Delhi creative head

    MUMBAI: Lowe Lintas has named executive creative director Shayondeep Pal as its creative head in Delhi. Pal takes over from Shriram Iyer, who was recently named Mullen Lintas NCD. 

     

    Pal will report to Lowe Lintas chief creative officer Arun Iyer.

     

    Pal has been part of the creative team in Delhi for more than six years and is involved in the creative execution of a number of campaigns for clients in the region like OLX, Micromax, Hindustan Times, Maruti Suzuki, Google and Pernod Ricard.

     

    Iyer said, “Delhi has been surging ahead with creative offerings that are top-notch and Shayondeep Pal has had an integral role to play in its success. With a creative firepower that’s palpable and the thirst to do more, I cannot wait to see what he has in store to drive the office in Delhi. I wish him the best in his new role at the agency.”

     

    Pal has been the creative lead on Micromax for the last four years and has worked on campaigns like Sliver 5 with Hugh Jackman, Qube, Canvas HD and Canvas 2. In fact, he has also directed a few commercials for Micromax. 

     

    He has also worked on the Hindustan Times campaign ‘You Read, They Learn,’ which went on to win an award at Cannes Lions in 2013.

     

    Pal said, “I am lucky enough to be part of a great team in Delhi. The opportunities are endless and I want to approach it with an open mind. The great thing is that the mandate is clear: how to make our brands famous and therefore, how to make our people famous. I want to make this place a talent magnet where people would line up to join us. One clear approach would be to look at the creative output from a holistic angle – through new media, unexplored media and not just 30-second commercials.”

  • Virat Tandon roped in as Mullen Lintas CEO

    Virat Tandon roped in as Mullen Lintas CEO

    MUMBAI: Creative agency Mullen Lintas, which will officially launch on 1 August, 2015 has appointed Virat Tandon as its CEO. 

     

    Tandon will return to India after a three year stint with Mullen Lowe Group in Singapore where he was global business director for the Unilever brands Lifebuoy and Fair & Lovely.

     

    A part of the network for over a decade, Tandon first joined Lowe Lintas at its New Delhi office in 2004 and has undertaken numerous senior and leadership roles in the agency. A Unilever veteran of over 10 brands and 60+ countries, he has worked in India on clients including Maruti Suzuki, Nestle, Dominos, Sony Audio and Dabur among others. 

     

    Prior to joining Lowe Lintas, he worked with WPP agencies Rediffusion, Grey and Contract.

     

    Tandon said, “Mullen Lintas is born ahead of the curve and intends to remain a mash-up of the enduring and the emerging. Our founding team has the pedigree and the class of massive brand-successes under their belt. Big agencies are today, dealing with the new marketing landscape and adapting their offerings to it. Our advantage is that Mullen Lintas has no such baggage and that allows us to leap-frog this need to change and adapt. We understand that a great brand needs a great narrative that flows seamlessly through screens, experiences, shopping environments and conversations. We will equip ourselves to play a pivotal role for our brands.”

     

    Also joining the Mullen Lintas leadership team is Shriram Iyer, who takes on the role of national creative director. 

     

    Iyer said, “A great ambition for the agency and a wonderful team to work with, I am excited about what we can create. Our approach to enriching our capabilities is what we call ‘core plus one’. While we continue to practice our core skill sets, we will commit ourselves to adding people who bring with them a +1 skill or area of expertise. We believe this is critical and makes us ‘present ready’.”

     

    Currently ECD and creative head for the Delhi offices of Lowe Lintas, Iyer moves to Mumbai in this new role. He has been with the group since 1998 and has played various roles in the creative team at Lowe Lintas’ Mumbai and Delhi offices.

     

    Headquartered in Mumbai, the new agency will have offices in New Delhi (NCR) and Bengaluru.

     

    Mullen Lowe Lintas Group group CEO Joseph George said, “India has birthed several big brands over the last two decades. However, for a long time, the top agency brands have remained largely unchanged. Mullen Lintas is a product of the evolving marketing landscape, and with our “big agency” ambition, we intend to partner brands whose ambitions are driven by a passionate pursuit of leadership by presenting ourselves as a compelling challenger to the likes of Lowe Lintas, Ogilvy and JWT.”

     

    Mullen Lintas chairman and CCO Amer Jaleel concluded, “Virat has been a great business partner to me in managing the global mandate on Lifebuoy, and Shriram has been a driving force behind what Lowe Lintas Delhi has achieved in the past few years. I thoroughly enjoy working with both of them and couldn’t have asked for better friends to the start the Mullen Lintas journey with.”

  • Lowe Lintas executes slick TVC for Micromax featuring Hugh Jackman

    Lowe Lintas executes slick TVC for Micromax featuring Hugh Jackman

    MUMBAI: Micromax has teamed up with Hugh Jackman for Micromax Silver. The strategy was to elect Jackman to introduce the slimmest phone ever, in all its communication.

     

    The television commercial, conceptualised by Lowe Lintas Delhi, has been shot like an action-packed thriller and introduces the slimness of the phone. Jackman plays the role of a tough character trying to escape a high security prison. And the only weapon he has is the Canvas Sliver 5.

     

    The story demonstrates how he uses the slimness of the phone in the most innovative ways and manages to escape. Thereby showcasing the sleek design of the phone throughout the TVC.

     

    Speaking on the campaign, Lowe Lintas national creative director Amer Jaleel said, “We wanted to give Micromax consumers a thrilling ride with a favourite star. The fact that Jackman gets himself out of a sticky situation using the slimness of the phone provided exactly that opportunity. We crafted the film to look like a movie. We designed the experience to be one where the slimness is an after-realisation. It’s ‘Oh, so that’s what was happening with the phone’ rather than ‘Oh, look how he’s using the slim phone’.”

     

    Similarly, the print campaign places the stylised looks of Jackman against the sleek design of the phone, to create impactful visuals that will be spread across newspaper and magazine ads, hoardings and points of sale.

     

    Through each medium, the campaign aims to showcase not just the slimness and the light-weight feature of the phone but also the fact that the Canvas Sliver 5 is packed with some good features.

  • DDB Mudra South & East appoints Tejali Shete, Ajay Menon as senior creative directors

    DDB Mudra South & East appoints Tejali Shete, Ajay Menon as senior creative directors

    MUMBAI: DDB Mudra South and East has appointed Tejali Shete and Ajay Menon as senior creative directors. The duo will be based out of the agency’s Bengaluru office. 

     

    With over a decade of experience in the creative communications industry, Shete joins DDB Mudra from Grey Worldwide and a short stint at Leo Burnett, Kuala Lumpur. Shete has worked with agencies including Contract, Lowe Lintas, Ogilvy & Mather, Creativeland Asia, and Percept/H.

     

    On the other hand, Menon joins DDB Mudra from JWT Chennai where he was senior creative director & AVP. With over 16 years of experience, Menon has worked at Orchard in Mumbai, JWT in Chennai and Saatchi in Bengaluru.

     

    Shete said, “Joining DDB Mudra South and East was an easy decision for me, considering their diverse brand portfolio that carries immense potential, the quality of talent and a young and energetic team. Besides, I am excited to work with Sonal Dabral, whose work I have been following since the days when I was cutting my teeth in advertising. He has fostered an excellent balance between creative excellence and focus on client success at DDB Mudra, which would help us as a team to achieve laurels on national as well as international platforms.”

     

    Menon added, “Back in Bengaluru after nine years, coming to DDB Mudra is in many ways, a homecoming. This agency offers some great things – strong leadership, an emphasis on creativity, an open culture, a terrific team and great brands. In other words, all the necessary elements to create great advertising. It’s an opportunity that no creative guy looking to making an impact will pass.”

     

    DDB Mudra South & East president Ranji Cherian said, “I am delighted to have Tejali Shete & Ajay Menon join our team at DDB Mudra South and East. They come in with solid experience and strong body of work to showcase. They are extremely talented and nice to work with and fit into our DDB culture that prioritizes creativity & humanity. I am confident that their contribution will take our agency to greater heights.”

  • Lowe Lintas + Partners announces second edition of LLAP

    Lowe Lintas + Partners announces second edition of LLAP

    Mumbai: The first edition of the program was well received by the youth from different corners of India who queued up in droves to understand the industry of advertising and what it had to offer to the end-users. That was the outcome of the Lowe Lintas Apprentice Programme (LLAP) that was conducted by Lowe Lintas + Partners in 2012. Building up on that momentum and with a host of additions to the list, the agency has announced the rollout of the second edition of the program in India.

     

    As one of the leading communication agencies in the country, Lowe Lintas + Partners has always supported unique training and recruitment initiatives that aims to broaden its already diverse talent pool. Thus was launched a unique 18-month training program in August 2012 known as the Lowe Lintas Apprenticeship Program (LLAP). The objective of the program is to seek out the oft-overlooked talent available in non-metro cities, identify those with potential and give them the opportunity to succeed in the marketing communications industry. In the first edition, the agency reached out to eight cities across India and received enrollment from about 3000 students. In fact, the apprentices from the first batch of LLAP are currently working as full-time employees across various divisions in the company and are shaping their careers as advertising professionals.

     

    Building on the success of LLAP 1, the agency plans to broaden the initiative by visiting more colleges for the second edition of the program. Thus Lowe Lintas + Partners has moved off the well-trodden path of recruiting from ranked B-Schools, and approach Institutes and Colleges in smaller cities that are making a name for themselves on the parameter of educational excellence. These colleges are evaluated basis the faculty and management focus on the overall development of the student, the opportunities for self-expression provided, and where students are focused on achieving excellence, rather than a singular emphasis on placements. Graduate students with backgrounds as varied as Geology, Zoology, Computer Science, Physics, Commerce, Dentistry, Management, Economics, Engineering and Journalism apply for this program.

     

    The second batch of LLAP will start on July 1, 2015 with the recruitment process currently underway.

     

    Sharing his views on the program, Joseph George, CEO, Lowe Lintas + Partners said, “This is an important and exciting talent initiative for the Lowe Lintas + Partners, which is investing a significant amount of time and resources in this course. The program is intensive, practical, and represents an absolutely unique opportunity to tap into the tremendous potential of the smaller cities of India. The group of students finally selected represent extreme diversity – different academic pursuits, varied socio-economic backgrounds, they all come from different parts of the country, their personalities and interests are divergent. But what is common is the hunger to achieve, the willingness to put their all into this program with the unshakeable belief that they will succeed.”

     

    Of the total applicants, 25 students will get a chance to train for 18 months at Lowe Lintas + Partners. “Apprentices receive training on a wide range of topics related to creative thinking, branding, consumer insight generation, advertising appreciation, and design. These classroom sessions combined with reading assignments, live projects, immersion stints and hands-on experience on live accounts, ensures a packed 18 months,” added Michelle Suradkar, HR Director, Lowe Lintas + Partners.

     

    Basis their performance and ability to excel on the job, the Apprentices stand a chance to secure a permanent job at Lowe Lintas + Partners. During their apprenticeship the students will be provided with a stipend along with accommodation in Mumbai.

     

    As part of the current selection drive, Lowe Lintas + Partners visited the Aligarh Muslim University last week and was greeted by a packed auditorium of over 300 students. The selection procedure was rigorous and involved a variety of techniques. Over the course of two days, students went through written tests, creativity tests, group interviews and in-depth personal interviews.

     

    The next stop on the selection tour is Bhubaneswar where the agency has already received enrollment queries in excess of 2000 students. Selections will happen between the 8-11th  of December. The agency is expecting enrollments to the tune of 5000 students for the second edition of the program.

     

    The final rounds of selection will be conducted in April and May 2015 through panel interviews with business and creative heads of the agency.

  • Maruti ropes in Sidharta Mahadevan for ‘Breathless’ type anthem

    Maruti ropes in Sidharta Mahadevan for ‘Breathless’ type anthem

    BENGALURU: Indian car major Maruti Suzuki India launched the new Alto K10 in Bengaluru on 4 November. The announcement was made by Maruti marketing and sales executive director RS Kalsi in the city while it has already been launched in the NCR region and Mumbai.

     

    The company has planned a month long 360 degree media campaign created by Lowe Partners. Television, print, outdoor and digital are the mediums on which the campaign will play out on. The theme of the campaign is ‘Chase your dream’.

     

    The new Alto K10 TVC has started playing out across major HSM, English and regional GEC’s and news channels since the car is targeted at the young among the masses. The TVC has been produced by Chrome Pitctures and directed by Manoj S Pillai.

     

    The company is also toying with the idea of utilising a ‘Breathless’ type ‘New Alto K10 Anthem’ that has been rendered by Shankar Mahadevan’s son Sidharth.

     

    The Alto brand has been one of the most successful of Maruti’s brands in terms of number of units of sold and has won a number of awards for the company. Since the launch of the first Alto K10 in 2010, the company has sold around 430,000 units. The new Alto K10 has CNG and auto gear shift models. The company expects these variants to increase volumes by around 10 to 15 per cent.

     

    Having won millions of customers, Maruti decided to upgrade an already successful car with a full model change that makes the Alto K10 taller, wider and roomier and about 15 per cent more efficient says the company. The car comes in six colours with Tango Orange its signature colour.

  • JWT’s ‘Make Every Yard Count’ leads at Spike Asia

    JWT’s ‘Make Every Yard Count’ leads at Spike Asia

    MUMBAI: At the Spikes Asia Festival of Creativity 2014, Indian entrants won four Gold, nine Silver and 32 Bronze Spikes. JWT India’s ‘Make Every Yard Count’ for Nike bagged two Golds, one each in the Film and Film Craft categories. Bagging two Gold, two Silver and five Bronze Spike trophies, JWT emerged as the winner amongst the Indian entrants, this year.

     

    PHD India and Lowe Lintas received a Gold each for Kan Khajura Tesan (HUL), in the media and mobile categories, respectively. Ogilvy & Mather India bagged a trophy for its entry ‘The Good Road’, for Castrol Activ/Bengaluru Traffic Police in the Innovation Spikes category.  

     

    The winners were declared in Singapore on 26 September, the final day of this year’s event. The Indian winners are listed below, by category.

     

    Branded Entertainment

     

    Two Bronze Spikes were won by JWT’s ‘Make Every Yard Counts’ for Nike and ‘Kan Khajura Tesan’ entered by Lowe Lintas, PHD and Ozontel, for Hindustan Unilever.

     

    Design

     

    Two Bronze wins again. One by DDB Mudra’s campaign ‘Identity 1, Identity 2’ for Volkswagen and the other by BBDO India for Visa’s ‘Dream2Advance’.

     

    Digital

     

    Ogilvy & Mather bagged a Silver Spike for The Akanksha Foundation’s ‘Message Barter’.

     

    Direct

     

    Ogilvy & Mather’s ‘Message Barter’ received a Silver along with Visa’s ‘Dream2Advace’ by BBDO taking the count to two Silvers.

     

    McCann Worldgroup India and Cheil Worldwide India won two Bronze awards each for ‘Share my dabba’ and ‘The Light Bag’ respectively. Havas Worldwide India also bagged a Bronze for ‘No Child Brides’, for Child Survival India.

     

    Film

     

    JWT’s ‘Make Every Yard Count’ for Nike received a Gold while Bronze went to Ogilvy & Mather for ‘Google Reunion’.

     

    Film Craft

     

    Besides a Gold, ‘Make Every Yard Count’ for Nike by JWT also acquired two Silver trophies.

     

    BBH India won two Bronze Spikes, one each for Skoda India’s ‘Hydrant’ and ‘A Family Story’.

     

    Innovation

     

    Ogilvy & Mather secured one for ‘The Good Road’ campaign for Castrol Activ/Bangalore Traffic Police.

     

    Media

     

    PHD India landed a Gold and a Silver for Kan Khajura Tesan (HUL).

     

    22Feet Tribal Worldwide earned a Bronze for ‘Push the Pin’, for Tata Global Beverages (Media agency: Maxus Bengaluru).

     

    Cheil India collected a Bronze for work on Halonix – the entry ‘The Safer City’.

     

    McCann scooped a Bronze for ‘Share My Dabba’. 

     

    Vizeum’s entry for MTV also took home a Bronze trophy.

     

    Mobile

     

    Kan Khajura Tesan entered by Lowe Lintas and Partners in this category bagged a Gold award.

     

    Outdoor

     

    Grey received two Bronze awards for work on Duracell – one for the entry Torch ‘Squeeze’ entry, and the other for the campaign (Choo-Choo, Remote Control, Camera)

     

    McCann won a Bronze for the campaign on Big Babol (Tangerine, Mango, Pear).

     

    JWT’s campaign for Godrej Security Solutions (House, Antique Store, Music Store) also secured a Bronze. 

     

    Cheil India received a Bronze for ‘The Light Bag’, for Salam Balak Trust.

     

    PR

     

    Ogilvy & Mather acquired two Silver – one each for The Akanksha Foundation (Message Barter) and Road Safety Awareness (The Seatbelt Crew, for Channel V).

     

    BBDO obtained a Silver too, for ‘Illegal Sand Mining’ for client Awaaz Foundation.

     

    Print

     

    McCann won one Bronze for its Big Babol series, while Grey bagged one for the Duracell campaign. 

     

    A Bronze went to DDB Mudra Group for work on Future Group, a campaign comprising entries ‘TV Unit’ and ‘Dining Table’ for Hometown Retail.

     

    Print & Poster Craft

     

    DDB Mudra bagged a Bronze in this category for its campaign for Volkswagen (Identity1, Identity2).

     

    Promo & Activation

     

    JWT received three Bronze for the Nike ‘Make Every Yard Count’ film.

     

    BBDO’s ‘Dream2win’ won two Bronze awards. 

     

    Geometry Global was awarded one Bronze for Lifebuoy Hand Pump (HUL).

     

    Radio

     

    Ogilvy & Mather acquired a Bronze for Mumbai Police’s ‘The Train’ entry, India’s lone metal in the category.