Tag: Ogilvy-North

  • KFC says “Aao Lunch Karein!” is the mantra for 2024

    KFC says “Aao Lunch Karein!” is the mantra for 2024

    Mumbai: Raise your hand if you have ever said “Let’s connect for a quick call at 1:00 pm.” Or declared “I’ll eat lunch after class.” Or sighed and said “Aaj lunch main same khaana hai”. Or looked at your wallet and had to say, “No lunch today, I’m saving my pocket money.”

    Well, things are about to change in 2024. Thanks to the KFC Lunch Police.

    In KFC’s latest campaign for the all-new KFC Lunch Specials, the iconic Colonel Sanders leads a squad he proudly calls the KFC Lunch Police. Colonel Sanders and his crew have a single mission – catch those who think missing lunch is okay.

    In the new campaign unveiled today, the KFC Lunch Police are seen visiting an office where everyone seems to have something to do at lunchtime, except eat lunch! Colonel and his crew swiftly move around grabbing people’s phones, shutting laptops, closing files, switching off the power supply, and much more. So that Lunch can get justice.

    Confusion takes over every employee as they wonder what’s happening. Until Colonel Sanders declares that all lunch offenders are under arrest. After all, lunchtime par lunch ke alawa aur kuch karna is a crime.

    The film ends with a powerful declaration of “Aao Lunch Karein!” by Colonel Sanders as he urges everyone to join in the lunch revolution and indulge in the KFC Lunch Specials.

    KFC India & partner countries CMO Aparna Bhawal said, “Lunch is often the most compromised meal of the day, because of a myriad of reasons – we’re on the move, or there’s an assignment to finish, a meeting to get to, pocket money running low, or simply because we want more variety for lunch. KFC Lunch Specials is a range of meals combining value and variety and will come to the rescue of those looking for an option that is filling and at the same time gives them good value for money at just INR 149. The new launch is in line with our ambition to expand our core menu through interesting formats to provide unmatched variety and value to our consumers. With the range of options under KFC Lunch Specials, there is something for everyone to enjoy, whether they are existing KFC fans or trying our deliciously crispy menu items for the first time.”  

    Ogilvy-North CCO Ritu Sharda said, “Lunch doesn’t always get the justice it deserves. Sometimes we work at lunchtime, or have working lunches, or skip lunch. We settle for what’s available around us, at the table or in our bags, with convenience towering over love. With KFC Lunch Specials, we wanted to highlight this cultural shift that has slowly crept into our lives. So we created the KFC Lunch Police. Led by Colonel Sanders with a team of undercover lunch agents, who pop out of thin air and catch lunch offenders on the fly. It’s a fun, slightly wacky, and a completely unmissable way to remind people that with KFC Lunch Specials, we are bringing back the adage, lunchtime means lunchtime.”

    Subsequent films in the campaign will showcase different situations and reasons people are compelled to skip lunch – whether it’s a boss who wants his team to eat the exact same thing each day or a college student whose pocket money won’t stretch for a lunch outside the canteen.

    The campaign will run on TV and digital platforms, along with a robust 360-degree plan.

    With KFC Lunch Specials, consumers can choose from a variety of meals including Longer burgers, Rolls, or Rice Bowlz, paired with the iconic Hot & Crispy chicken, Peri Peri Chicken Strips or Fries, along with refreshing beverages. There’s something for everyone as consumers can choose from a variety of veg and non-veg options.

    KFC Lunch Specials are available exclusively from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm at all KFC restaurants. So, get set for a crispy, crunchy, delicious lunchtime, with options starting at Rs 149.

  • Ogilvy names Ritu Sharda chief creative officer Ogilvy North

    Ogilvy names Ritu Sharda chief creative officer Ogilvy North

    MUMBAI: Ogilvy is happy to announce the appointment of Ritu Sharda as Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy North.  This appointment is effective April 2019.

    Ritu comes to Ogilvy with over 18 years work experience that covered work on brands like Quaker Oats, Mirinda, 7Up, Zandu, Wrigley’s, SC Johnson and Exxon Mobil, McDonald’s, Samsung, Maggi, Dabur, MasterCard, Coca Cola, HP, Microsoft,  HBO to name a few.

    Ritu is a much awarded creative professional. She was a part of the Cannes Cyber Jury in June 2018 and also a speaker at the prestigious 3% Conference. 

    She is also the winner of accolades at international award shows such as Cannes, The One Show, The Andy’s, LIA, The Work and ADFEST. Her work includes celebrated campaigns like #ReleaseThePressure for Mirinda and #StandByToughMoms for SCJohnson.

    Sonal Dabral, Chief Creative Officer South & South East Asia and Vice Chairman India, Ogilvy, “I’m thrilled to have Ritu join us to lead the creative for Ogilvy North. Ritu is a celebrated new age creative leader who believes in the power of creativity and technology to drive business growth. She is an innovative thinker and has created big bold work on big businesses. Ogilvy North is an important office with some significant brands and strong, experienced creative teams. I’m sure with her multidisciplinary expertise and her energy she will help lead the agency to the next level.” 

    Kapil Arora, President, Ogilvy North: Ritu has the passion for ideas, the energy and mindset that will not just benefit our client brands, but will also enhance the formidable talent force of our creative team. With Rohitash (head of planning) and Ritu, we now have the final, critical piece of our Next Chapter plans in place and I am looking forward to their partnership in setting new benchmarks for the work from Ogilvy.”

     “We are at a very interesting point of inflection in our business, a point that is both intimidating and exciting. The stellar leadership of Ogilvy along with its pedigree talent and enviable list of clients, is poised once again to blaze a new trail during this time. I am excited to play my part in this,” said Ritu Sharda. 

  • Rohitash Srivastava named Planning Head, Ogilvy North

    Rohitash Srivastava named Planning Head, Ogilvy North

    MUMBAI: Ogilvy Gurugram has appointed Rohitash Srivastava as the head of its planning unit. Rohitash was previously the National head of Planning at Orchard Advertising, based in Bangalore. 

    An alumnus of SRCC and MICA, Rohitash has explored the domain of strategy from various perspectives. As a communication planner in agencies like DDB, McCann and Leo Burnett; as a strategy consultant when he co-founded Water Consulting (now Interbrand India); and as an experience strategist when he led the function for SapientNitro in India.

    Rohitash believes in solutions that are powered by creativity and his portfolio also reflects this belief and diversity of experience – with work for brands like Amazon, Saffola, Thums Up, Limca; digital acts for British Airways, Nestle, Grants Whisky or even digital transformation programs for clients like the Taj Group of Hotels. His work has been awarded multiple times at the Effies (including the Grand Effie), APAC Effies, WARC and features in the Facebook India case study playbook.

    Kapil Arora, President, Ogilvy North:  Getting a multi-faceted planning lead like Rohitash on board, is in line with the One-Ogilvy approach to building brands, with strategic planning stringing together our channel-agnostic thinking and solutions. I’m looking forward to working with Rohitash in our Gurugram office, as he brings in an infectious energy, an envious track record and our shared passion for the creative product, as a means to deliver on client business objectives.

    Prem Narayan, Ogilvy India Planning lead: Clients today are looking for seamless end to end marketing solutions. An ideal strategic planner needs to have core brand building skills to craft big culture shaping brand ideas and have a sharp understanding of new media, data and technology to create great brand experiences. In Rohitash, we have some one who straddles both brilliantly. What I found refreshing in him is his ability to 'simplify', in a marketing world that is getting rather complicated. Above all, he is a happy person who we feel will build a happy culture. That is very important for us at Ogilvy.

    On his part, Rohitash sees his move to Ogilvy as an opportunity to further unleash the potential of its impressive portfolio of clients. He says, Even before I started a conversation with Ogilvy, I was aware that they have a huge leverage with clients, a great culture and and some of the best talent in the country. What I wasn't prepared for, was to meet a bunch of people who were unanimously obsessed about just one thing – their product. I am excited to be part of this team and my ambition for Ogilvy North is to build a cutting edge strategy team that further sharpens the work and leads to client solutions that help build business.