MUMBAI: Publicis Capital Delhi has appointed Nitin Pradhan as head of creative. Pradhan has, in the past, worked with Mudra, Ogilvy, Leo Burnett, McCann, JWT and his last stint was as a director with Curious Films.
Publicis Capital CCO & MD South Asia Bobby Pawar commented: “I’m a firm believer that great work comes from a culture that is a greenhouse for creativity. It’s fragile and it depends on great leaders. I’m really excited about Nitin taking over the mantle of nurturing our culture, and the brands we work for and growing our reputation as creators of famously effective ideas.”
Publicis Capital CEO Hemant Misra added: “Nitin has proven leadership skills and I look forward to him further strengthening the talented creative pool we already have at Publicis Capital.”
“Publicis Delhi has a great mix of high visibility brands and potential head turners in its kitty. The idea is to spot opportunities and help push the creative envelope so that it’s not just clients but people who talk about the work. Most importantly, we need to make sure that each one of us has a great time doing that as a team,” said Pradhan.
Nitin, an alumnus of MICA, has more than 15 years of experience and has to his credit many successful campaigns such as – KBC Season 2: Umeed Se Dugna, KBC Season 3 : Kuchh Sawaal Zindagi Badal Saktey Hain, Amaron, Bank of India (Rishton ki Jamapunji campaign) Tata Sky and Tata Sky Plus (campaigns featuring Aamir Khan), Red Label & 3 Roses Tea, Ceat tyres and Nestle Alpino among others.
MUMBAI: Myntra has joined Deepika Padukone’s fashion brand for women, All about you, to launch its brand campaign focused on the theme: ‘You are your biggest strength and can conquer anything when you are with you”.
A TVC created for this celebrates an individual’s personal strength as she takes on personal and professional challenges in life, devoid of all external influences.
The campaign is created by McCann Mumbai and produced by Chrome Pictures. Directed by Amit Sharma, the soulful music is composed by Abhishek Arora who weaves together the three beautiful stories with the lyrics aptly complementing the theme of the ad.
“Today’s fashion buyers do not compromise comfort for trend. With apparels being increasingly considered as a powerful medium of expressing oneself, personalized fashion is slated to be the next big thing. The new campaign, crafted around Deepika’s fashion philosophy ushers a seamless connect with the youth. We are delighted to join her journey in creating fashion which does not diminish but nurtures an individual’s style statement,” said Myntra CMO and International brands business head Gunjan Soni.
The new campaign illustrates how one can conquer any predicament in life and takes you through the lives of three young women who take on professional and personal situations with an unconventional spirit of inner strength. Battling uncertainty and fear at the beginning, each of them take a moment to be on their own and eventually gain strength from within to overcome all external odds.
Padukone added, “I am as excited as I was at the time of launching ‘All About You’ last year. I have been deeply involved with AAY from design to execution and being part of the brand’s first TVC was an exciting and emotional experience. The new campaign demonstrates and reinforces the brand’s core philosophy of inner strength, modern femininity and elegance.
All About You is a brand for the modern Indian women who want to follow fashion at their own terms. It symbolizes clothes that bring back the romanticism, with flowy silhouettes and pastel colours. The designs have been co-developed by Myntra’s in-house design talent and design agency DBS. .
The commercial:
The TVC begins with Deepika seen in a contemplative mood just minutes before delivering a talk. She pauses a moment to show be herself, leaves out the script and confidently walks to the stage and delivers her speech from heart. The second story is about a guitarist who is preparing for her first music class as a teacher and is seen preparing for her big moment across the streets of Kolkata. Just before opening the door to her classroom, she waits a second to be herself and goes on to take a wonderful class, conquering her students’ hearts on the very first day. The third story is of a young girl in Goa, who is in a happy nervous state, preparing and contemplating for a big moment in her personal life, and is seen going through ferry and then she meets the guy. She takes a moment to just believe in herself again and proposes to the guy. All the three stories are interwoven together to form the beautiful narrative.
MUMBAI: Myntra has joined Deepika Padukone’s fashion brand for women, All about you, to launch its brand campaign focused on the theme: ‘You are your biggest strength and can conquer anything when you are with you”.
A TVC created for this celebrates an individual’s personal strength as she takes on personal and professional challenges in life, devoid of all external influences.
The campaign is created by McCann Mumbai and produced by Chrome Pictures. Directed by Amit Sharma, the soulful music is composed by Abhishek Arora who weaves together the three beautiful stories with the lyrics aptly complementing the theme of the ad.
“Today’s fashion buyers do not compromise comfort for trend. With apparels being increasingly considered as a powerful medium of expressing oneself, personalized fashion is slated to be the next big thing. The new campaign, crafted around Deepika’s fashion philosophy ushers a seamless connect with the youth. We are delighted to join her journey in creating fashion which does not diminish but nurtures an individual’s style statement,” said Myntra CMO and International brands business head Gunjan Soni.
The new campaign illustrates how one can conquer any predicament in life and takes you through the lives of three young women who take on professional and personal situations with an unconventional spirit of inner strength. Battling uncertainty and fear at the beginning, each of them take a moment to be on their own and eventually gain strength from within to overcome all external odds.
Padukone added, “I am as excited as I was at the time of launching ‘All About You’ last year. I have been deeply involved with AAY from design to execution and being part of the brand’s first TVC was an exciting and emotional experience. The new campaign demonstrates and reinforces the brand’s core philosophy of inner strength, modern femininity and elegance.
All About You is a brand for the modern Indian women who want to follow fashion at their own terms. It symbolizes clothes that bring back the romanticism, with flowy silhouettes and pastel colours. The designs have been co-developed by Myntra’s in-house design talent and design agency DBS. .
The commercial:
The TVC begins with Deepika seen in a contemplative mood just minutes before delivering a talk. She pauses a moment to show be herself, leaves out the script and confidently walks to the stage and delivers her speech from heart. The second story is about a guitarist who is preparing for her first music class as a teacher and is seen preparing for her big moment across the streets of Kolkata. Just before opening the door to her classroom, she waits a second to be herself and goes on to take a wonderful class, conquering her students’ hearts on the very first day. The third story is of a young girl in Goa, who is in a happy nervous state, preparing and contemplating for a big moment in her personal life, and is seen going through ferry and then she meets the guy. She takes a moment to just believe in herself again and proposes to the guy. All the three stories are interwoven together to form the beautiful narrative.
MUMBAI: Dileep Ashoka has joined McCann to head South India operations. He is credited with establishing McCann’s significant presence in the south region during his earlier stint with McCann before he took a break from advertising for personal reasons.
Announcing Dileep’s appointment McCann Worldgroup India chairman APAC and CEO Prasoon Joshi said, “I am delighted to have Dileep back in the McCann family. He is an organisation builder and I am sure he will take our south operations to newer heights.”
McCann vice chairman and MD Partha Sinha shared his joy about the decision, “It’s great to have Dileep back in the system. South is strategically important for us and having someone as reputed as Dileep coming back here is really significant. I am looking forward to this office doing great things under his leadership.”
Commenting on this appointment Dileep said,”Ït is a matter of great pride and joy for me to return to McCann after a few years away from the industry. The sentiment is old but the task, team and challenges are new. This is a heady mix and I am looking forward to my new stint”.
Dileep is an advertising veteran. A Bangalore University alumni, he has been one of the key architects of some significant brands like TVS, Britannia, Tata Tea and ITC foods to name a few. He is an accomplished percussionist, is passionate about the business and a great team builder.
MUMBAI: Dileep Ashoka has joined McCann to head South India operations. He is credited with establishing McCann’s significant presence in the south region during his earlier stint with McCann before he took a break from advertising for personal reasons.
Announcing Dileep’s appointment McCann Worldgroup India chairman APAC and CEO Prasoon Joshi said, “I am delighted to have Dileep back in the McCann family. He is an organisation builder and I am sure he will take our south operations to newer heights.”
McCann vice chairman and MD Partha Sinha shared his joy about the decision, “It’s great to have Dileep back in the system. South is strategically important for us and having someone as reputed as Dileep coming back here is really significant. I am looking forward to this office doing great things under his leadership.”
Commenting on this appointment Dileep said,”Ït is a matter of great pride and joy for me to return to McCann after a few years away from the industry. The sentiment is old but the task, team and challenges are new. This is a heady mix and I am looking forward to my new stint”.
Dileep is an advertising veteran. A Bangalore University alumni, he has been one of the key architects of some significant brands like TVS, Britannia, Tata Tea and ITC foods to name a few. He is an accomplished percussionist, is passionate about the business and a great team builder.
MUMBAI: After a consecutive no-show for the last two years at the Abby Awards and Goafest, the Prasoon Joshi led McCann Worldgroup India has announced that the agency will take part in the 11th edition of the advertising festival.
The move comes close on the heels of the new Advertising Club president and Colors CEO Raj Nayak announcing his intention to make Goafest 2016 more inclusive.
Confirming the agency’s presence at the festival, McCann India Asia Pacific chairman and CEO Prasoon Joshi says, “We will send symbolic token entries to honour the festival in all the categories but our delegates will participate and attend the fest in large numbers. We believe that genuine efforts have been made by the organisers this year to overcome the shortcomings and we also want to partner them in this journey positively. In the future, we will see the festival touching newer heights.”
Last year, though the agency did not participate in the Creative Abby, Joshi did attend the ceremony where he was felicitated by the Ad Club.
On McCann’s participation this year, Joshi further adds, “We take immense pride in our creative product and the decision of participation in award shows is collectively taken by our global/local creative councils. We wish GoaFest the very best.”
Nayak’s intent to make the 11th edition of the advertising festival more inclusive was primarily in relation to reinstate the participation of major creative agencies in the country who had long refrained from attending the Creative Abbys. Word had it that ‘cheerful’ Raj, as the Colors CEO is often called courtesy his Twitter handle, had personally reached out to the respective executives and agency heads to hear and address issues that stood in the way of them and Goafest 2016. Therefore, the recent development with McCann definitely comes as a step forward in Nayak’s “inclusive” vision.
Now it remains to be seen whether other creative heavyweights like Ogilvy and Mather, Leo Burnett and Lowe Lintas will also follow suit and brighten up the spirit of the Abby and Goafest 2016 at large with their participation.
MUMBAI: After a consecutive no-show for the last two years at the Abby Awards and Goafest, the Prasoon Joshi led McCann Worldgroup India has announced that the agency will take part in the 11th edition of the advertising festival.
The move comes close on the heels of the new Advertising Club president and Colors CEO Raj Nayak announcing his intention to make Goafest 2016 more inclusive.
Confirming the agency’s presence at the festival, McCann India Asia Pacific chairman and CEO Prasoon Joshi says, “We will send symbolic token entries to honour the festival in all the categories but our delegates will participate and attend the fest in large numbers. We believe that genuine efforts have been made by the organisers this year to overcome the shortcomings and we also want to partner them in this journey positively. In the future, we will see the festival touching newer heights.”
Last year, though the agency did not participate in the Creative Abby, Joshi did attend the ceremony where he was felicitated by the Ad Club.
On McCann’s participation this year, Joshi further adds, “We take immense pride in our creative product and the decision of participation in award shows is collectively taken by our global/local creative councils. We wish GoaFest the very best.”
Nayak’s intent to make the 11th edition of the advertising festival more inclusive was primarily in relation to reinstate the participation of major creative agencies in the country who had long refrained from attending the Creative Abbys. Word had it that ‘cheerful’ Raj, as the Colors CEO is often called courtesy his Twitter handle, had personally reached out to the respective executives and agency heads to hear and address issues that stood in the way of them and Goafest 2016. Therefore, the recent development with McCann definitely comes as a step forward in Nayak’s “inclusive” vision.
Now it remains to be seen whether other creative heavyweights like Ogilvy and Mather, Leo Burnett and Lowe Lintas will also follow suit and brighten up the spirit of the Abby and Goafest 2016 at large with their participation.
NEW DELHI: Two new commercials have been launched on the television and digital medium by Dettol to highlight the need of a superior anti-bacterial solution with the rising new age illnesses.
Conceptualised by McCann, the two TVCs are aimed at promoting Dettol Gold, an innovative range, which claims to offer 100 per cent better protection against germs and new age illnesses. The range comprises of bar soap and liquid hand wash in two variants – Classic Clean and Daily Clean. The product shields children from germs causing bacteria they encounter every day and also offers a world class sensorial experience.
Talking about the launch, RB marketing director – Dettol, developing markets Arjun Purkayastha said, “With a history of over 150 years of innovation and as a global leader in consumer health and hygiene, we understand the importance of hygiene and sanitation in the lives of our consumers. Over a period of time we have seen the germs evolve and give rise to new age illnesses. To combat such situation, we require an innovative product solution which is far more superior and our Dettol Gold range offers that 100 per cent better protection against germs and new-age illnesses.”
Watch the new Dettol Gold TVCs here.
Television Commercial Credits:
Project Title: Dettol Gold Launch
Creative Agency – McCann
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer – Prasoon Joshi
National Creative Director: Prateek Bharadwaj
Executive Creative Director – Tarvinder Singh
Sr. Creative Director – Prashant Sharma
Account Management – Nutan Sooda, Karun Arora, Abhishek Walia, Udisha Singh
Strategic Planning – Jitender Dabas (EVP, Planning), Vibha Gupta (Planning Director)
Agency Producer: Jeet Kalra, Ankur Mondal
Director – Rajesh Saathi
Producer– Harish Nambiar, Lisa D’costa
Executive Producer – Ankita Malhotra
Production House – Keroscene Films
DOP – Zainuddin Mohammed (Din)
NEW DELHI: Two new commercials have been launched on the television and digital medium by Dettol to highlight the need of a superior anti-bacterial solution with the rising new age illnesses.
Conceptualised by McCann, the two TVCs are aimed at promoting Dettol Gold, an innovative range, which claims to offer 100 per cent better protection against germs and new age illnesses. The range comprises of bar soap and liquid hand wash in two variants – Classic Clean and Daily Clean. The product shields children from germs causing bacteria they encounter every day and also offers a world class sensorial experience.
Talking about the launch, RB marketing director – Dettol, developing markets Arjun Purkayastha said, “With a history of over 150 years of innovation and as a global leader in consumer health and hygiene, we understand the importance of hygiene and sanitation in the lives of our consumers. Over a period of time we have seen the germs evolve and give rise to new age illnesses. To combat such situation, we require an innovative product solution which is far more superior and our Dettol Gold range offers that 100 per cent better protection against germs and new-age illnesses.”
Watch the new Dettol Gold TVCs here.
Television Commercial Credits:
Project Title: Dettol Gold Launch
Creative Agency – McCann
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer – Prasoon Joshi
National Creative Director: Prateek Bharadwaj
Executive Creative Director – Tarvinder Singh
Sr. Creative Director – Prashant Sharma
Account Management – Nutan Sooda, Karun Arora, Abhishek Walia, Udisha Singh
Strategic Planning – Jitender Dabas (EVP, Planning), Vibha Gupta (Planning Director)
Agency Producer: Jeet Kalra, Ankur Mondal
Director – Rajesh Saathi
Producer– Harish Nambiar, Lisa D’costa
Executive Producer – Ankita Malhotra
Production House – Keroscene Films
DOP – Zainuddin Mohammed (Din)
MUMBAI: McCann Worldgroup India has made several key appointments starting with Jitender Dabas, who has been elevated as chief strategy officer.
Additionally, Suraja Kishore will now take on the new role of national planning head – Truth Central.
Punit Kapoor, who joined MRM McCann in May 2006 and was heading its Delhi operations has been elevated as vice president and general manager for all India operations of MRM McCann.
Commenting on the promotions, McCann Asia Pacific and McCann Worldgroup India CEO and McCann Asia Pacific chairman Prasoon Joshi said, “I am happy to announce these promotions. Over these year, Jitender brings forth an intricate understanding of brands coupled with leadership in building a stellar strategic planning team. I am confident he will bring tremendous value to the organisation at McCann Worldgroup level. Suraja who has been instrumental at great brand work will now also head the ‘Truth Central,’ which is McCann Worldgroup’s Global Thought leadership unit engaged in creating original research, unearthing unique truths to help shape and grow clients’ businesses. Punit, who has helped grow MRM’s Delhi business year on year beyond industry average is ready to take on the challenge for MRM at national level.”
