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  • Lions Health 2014: O&M India brings home a Silver

    Lions Health 2014: O&M India brings home a Silver

    MUMBAI: Ogilvy & Mather India’s ‘Cleft to Smile’ campaign for Operation Smile India has bagged a Silver in the first year of Lions Health.

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    Lions Health which is supposed to be world’s largest healthcare communications awards handed over 66 Lions from over 1400 entries across Pharma and Health and Wellness categories, including two Grand Prix.

    Dentsu Nagoya (Japan) was the only Grand Prix winner for the night. The agency won the top award for its entry ‘Mother Book’ for Kishokai Medical Corporation.

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    The ‘Grand Pix For Good’ was given to Leo Burnett Colombia Bogota for its campaign, ‘Cancertweets’ for League against Cancer.

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    A total of 1423 entries from 49 countries competed in the inaugural awards, making Lions Health the most important creative awards globally in this sector. Two juries consisting of 25 industry professionals judged these entries. Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness global chief creative officer Kathy Delaney, led the Health & Wellness jury, while McCann Health global chief creative officer Jeremy Perrott, presided over the Pharma jury.

  • Cannes Lions 2014: Havas, O&M, Gometry make it to Promo & Activation shortlist

    Cannes Lions 2014: Havas, O&M, Gometry make it to Promo & Activation shortlist

    MUMBAI: Looks like India has got to a good start at Cannes Lions 2014. In the Promo & Activation Lions category: Havas Worldwide, Ogilvy&Mather India and Gometry Global have made it to the shortlist.

     

    It can be noted that last year only one entry had qualified to the shortlist for this category.  Havas Worldwide India’s ‘No Child Brides’ campaign for Child Survival India has been shortlisted under the sub category ‘Exhibitions and Digital Installations.’ Production house Uncommonsense helped execute the campaign.

     

    Ogilvy&Mather’s ‘Barter’ campaign for The Akanksha Foundation (Akanksha Foundation Schools) has also been shortlisted under the sub category ‘Use of Social Platform(s) in a Promotional Campaign.’

     

    Gometry Global’s ‘Jump Pump’ campaign for HUL is the third India entry that has qualified for the final round of judging.

     

    Launched in 2006, the definition of Promo & Activation for the purpose of Cannes Lions encompasses activity which is designed to create immediate activation and/or offer for the sales of a product or service. This may be made effective by using sampling, tie-ins, competitions, events, in-store advertising, exhibitions and other promotional vehicles, such as digital media.

  • O&M India appoints Joono Simon as ECD for Bangalore office

    O&M India appoints Joono Simon as ECD for Bangalore office

    MUMBAI: Joono Simon has been appointed as the executive creative director of Ogilvy & Mather, Bangalore.


    Simon was previously heading Leo Burnett Solutions – Colombo as chief creative officer.


    Before his Colombo stint, Simon was heading the creative team in Mudra South, overseeing the Bangalore, Chennai and Kochi offices. 
     
    Prior to that, he was senior vice president and senior creative director of JWT Chennai. He has also worked across agencies such as Contract, RK Swami BBDO, SSC&B Lintas and MAA Bozell.


    Ogilvy president south Prateek Srivastava said, “We are sure that under Joono‘s creative leadership, and with the guidance of our national creative directors, Ogilvy Bangalore‘s creative reputation will shine brighter than ever before. Joono comes to us with a robust and much applauded background having won at Cannes, Spikes Asia, and at Adfest.


    Simon joins Ogilvy with 18 years of industry experience and has worked on multinational brands such as Jockey, Louis Philippe, Himalaya, Signature Whiskey, Peter England, Ford, and Pepsi Foods. He was recently named in the top 50 creative rankings for Asia Pacific.