Tag: Percept/H

  • Anjana Devraj moves to Percept/H as SVP and branch head

    MUMBAI: Anjana Devraj has joined Percept/H as senior vice president and branch head – Mumbai from 27 November.

    At Percept/H, Anjana will head the Mumbai office which would include overseeing the current portfolio, new business development as also strategising and paving the roadmap for the agency’s growth.

    Prior to Percept/H, she was with Turner India as director development original series at Pogo for seven years. She has also worked with Ogilvy & Mather in the capacity of a slew of accounts including Cadbury‘s, Mattel, Voltas, and Tata Housing. Her previous experience also includes UTV where she worked as manager – business development and Enterprise Nexus where she handled brands including Lakme, Ravissant, Shaw Wallace, Bennett Coleman, Hutchison and Max Telecom World.

    Percept/H executive director Prabhakar Mundkur said, “We are happy to welcome Anjana aboard. Her expertise with leading international and domestic brands would be a huge asset to the Percept group and help set a new course for Percept/H in the years ahead.”

    Devraj said, “I am excited to be part of the Percept/H team. Percept/H has some great brands and over the years has produced some of the most memorable work in the advertising domain. I am looking forward to the new challenges that lie ahead and leveraging on the synergies within the Percept group to steer Percept/H to new heights.”

  • Debashis Paul joins Percept/H as COO

    MUMBAI: Percept/H has announced the appointment of Debashis Paul as its chief operating officer (COO).

    Indiantelevision.com had reported on 17 August that Paul is joining Percept/H.

    Paul will be based in New Delhi and will have a national role at Percept/H. He is responsible for six offices including Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune and Lucknow.

    Percept/H CEO Prabhakar Mundkur said,” We are happy to welcome Debashis at Percept family. He has worked in advertising across global brands and across wide range of categories for 25 years. We are impressed with Paul‘s team building skills and with him on board I am sure we can forge a new path ahead for Percept H.”

    Paul said, “In my long standing innings in the advertising field, I have played many roles and have had the good fortune to have worked with some of the best professionals in the field, both on the agency‘s side and the client‘s side. I was now seeking a genuine national role and this opportunity from Percept was a perfect fit.”

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  • Percept/H wins Bharat Nirman creative biz

    MUMBAI: Percept/H won the creative duties of Bharat Nirman, the set of flagship programmes initiated by the central government for the development of rural India. The win is an outcome of a seven-agency pitch in July that included Dentsu, Grey and Concept.

    Bharat Nirman was launched around six years back. So far, the communication had always projected the schemes as an opportunity to improve and empower the lives of people. The focus this year is to project the change that people have experienced in their lives through these schemes.

    The agency has already started work on the account and has rolled out the first campaign for the client.

    The agency was asked to project the Bharat Nirman programs as the ‘right‘ or ‘haq‘ of people provided by the central government. In order to communicate this, the agency decided to show the change in people‘s life once they demanded their “haq” and which once they got, empowered them to impact their lives in a positive manner. The idea was to portray the moment of transition from the underdog to a person who knows his or her rights and the feeling of ‘pride‘ associated with the sense of achievement.

    The campaign is being executed through a complete 360 degrees approach with print, TVCs and radio. The logistical challenges of executing the TVCs were immense: 7 programme TVCs and one overarching jingle TVC, 4 language masters for each, making it a total of 32 master films and dubs in 7 languages of each film, making it 56 dubs. In all, a total of mind boggling 88 films.

    The campaign used a jingle “Bharat ke is Nirman pe haq hai mera”. It is directed by Paresh and Naresh Kamath and sung by Kailash Kher and Neha Bhasin. It aims to embody the emotions of people who have taken their rightful “haq” and which everyone should demand. It reflects the pride associated with the positive change that the people of India are empowered to bring about in their lives.

    The campaign includes initiatives in TV, print and radio. The idea was not just about reaching the rural masses in every nook and corner of this country by the width of its media usage and reach through multiple use of TV and radio channels and maximizing newspaper. There was equal focus on the way this campaign has been creatively conceived, designed and produced so as to connect with rural masses, relate to them, impact and involve them.

    The campaign covers the seven programs offered by Bharat Nirman through film, print and radio along with a 90 sec film. The film has been created in a way that covers every region and every language by separately creating an edition for different regions, in different languages, bringing out the authentic and real environment and setting and all the local nuances so as to connect better with local people of any region.

    These films have been extremely sensitively produced and filmed by Pradeep Sircar and his Apocolypso team with Joydeep Sircar directing all the films. The communication initiative by Bharat Nirman and Percept H is unique because no other brand in the social, government or corporate (national or multinational) sector has ever attempted a massive and authentic communication and production.

    Percept/H executive creative director Rajiv Agrawal said, “Till now, over the last few years, the Bharat Nirman campaign has really been from the POV of the Govt., and not from the POV of the people. This is what we corrected. It‘s a people‘s campaign this time around and exhorts them to claim their right. It‘s classic storytelling which attempts to engage the audience in the warm, aggressive campaign. Also, the look-feel is deliberately different, non-sarkaari. I believe that social campaigns should not be any different in look-feel from brand campaigns. The principle remains the same: you are trying to engage your audience by providing them a sound reason-to-believe”.

    Percept H COO (North) Amitava Mitra said, “Bharat Nirman has always been an extremely prestigious project for us since its launch, and this year too, it was a matter of great pride for us to win it. The complexities involved in the execution of the campaign were extremely challenging with multiple programs, languages etc. But at the end of it is a hugely gratifying and satisfying experience.”

  • Debashis Paul to join Percept H as COO

    MUMBAI: After a stint of over 12 years at McCann Erickson, Debashis Paul joining Percept H as chief operating officer.

    Paul resigns as McCann Erickson India EVP and McCann Social head.

    Assuming the national role at Percept H, Paul will manage agency‘s offices in Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Pune, Chennai and Lucknow.

    Paul said, “The portfolio of clients I have handled at McCann Erickson is very enviable. I have had deep and long-term involvement with clients like Nestle, HP, Coca-Cola and earlier Reckitt & Benckiser. McCann also handles few global accounts that have helped me in getting a perspective of a global client. I have also had the experience of handling Indian appointment clients like Perfetti and Dabur. It has been a great journey where I have managed different kinds of clients and in almost all categories.”

    Paul has been heading the Delhi branch since 2007. Prior to joining McCann Erickson, he was with Saatchi & Saatchi for over five years. He had worked at Saatchi & Saatchi‘s as head of Calcutta office before moving to Delhi as head.
     

  • Toyota moves to fun & thrill in its ‘Waku Doki’ campaign

    MUMBAI: Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) launched its new Waku Doki Multi-Media campaign targeted at the youth in India.

    The creatives of the campaign have been conceptualised by Percet/H. With this campaign, Toyota introduces the audiences to its new brand promise, ‘Toyota will make your heart go Waku Doki.’

    The name of the campaign ‘Waku Doki‘ in Japanese means ‘Heightened anticipation and excited heart thumping’.

    The focus of the campaign is to communicate that the product offers excitement to the youth through different activities. The campaign also aims to involve people from various walks of life to share their moments wherein they have felt ‘Waku Doki’. The feeling will then be linked to owing a Toyota and driving the vehicle.

    The campaign provides racing heartbeats, adrenaline rush, thrilling excitement and exhilaration which can be felt by any individual in instances to connect the essence of the phrase Waku Doki with the Indian audience.

    Percept H Pvt Ltd senior creative director NileshNaik said, “The task was to make Waku-Doki synonyms with exciting, heart thumping moments. We did this through an integrated campaign which shows people from various walks of life, young and old experiencing Waku-Doki moments in their everyday life. Moments that every Indian can relate to.”

    The campaign has appeared in the newspapers and has hit the TV channels. It has also aired on You Tube and radio channels.

    Toyota Kirloskar Motor MD Hiroshi Nakagawa said, “With this campaign we are trying to move to the next level and assume a new face – thrilling, exhilarating and fun. With this shift, we hope to build up the emotional quotient and endear our consumers to the brand .We are “very Waku Doki with this campaign” and hope this Waku Doki feeling can be widely spread in India. ”

    In the year 2010, Toyota launched its ‘Quality Promise’ campaign which was supported and further enhanced by the ‘Toyota yani Bharosa’ campaign. It aimed at rewarding every consumer with a smile.

  • Mash Advertising wins Olympus’ media and creative biz

    MUMBAI: Percept Group’s subsidiary agency, Mash Advertising, has bagged the creative and media mandate of camera manufacturer Olympus Imaging India.

    The combined annual account size is pegged at Rs 120 million to Rs 150 million.

    The account will be serviced out of the Mumbai office. Incidentally, this is the first project that will be carried out by Mash‘s Mumbai office.

    Percept H CEO Prabhakar Mundkur said, “The business will be managed jointly by the agency’s Mumbai, Pune and Delhi office. In fact, Olympus will be the first project carried out by Mash’s Mumbai office. This is another step towards spreading out Mash in the country.”

    The project will be led by Mash Advertising CEO Amitabha Lahiri. The ad campaigns will roll out over the next month and will have emphasis on print and digital.

    Olympus Corporation operates out of its Mumbai office in India which handles the marketing of digital still cameras, Olympus pen, DSLRs, accessories, binoculars and voice recorders. The brand’s standalone stores are functional in Bangalore, Kochi, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida and Pune.

    Mash is a 360-degree advertising agency which has the support of media, PR, content and experiential marketing provided by the specialised group companies of the Percept Group. It offers services including planning support, creative execution and innovative ideas in the area of advertising communications. It recently won the creative and strategic account for Philips’ range of mobile handsets.

  • FedEx launches new ad campaign

    MUMBAI: Express transportation company FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx, has launched a new ad campaign in India which places strong emphasis on being a trusted global brand when it comes to delivering solutions for all customer requirements.

    The TVC of the new ad campaign, ‘Solutions Delivered‘, highlight the brand‘s ability to deliver a complete range of reliable shipping services to, from and within India.

    The ads take inspiration from India‘s fascination with movies and music, leveraging humour to engage with customers. Designed to reflect how FedEx understands the requirements of the Indian market, the advertising campaign showcases two commercials that use a mix of Hindi and English.

    FedEx Express Middle East, Indian Subcontinent and Africa MD marketing and communications Rakesh Shalia said, “At FedEx we go beyond delivering packages to provide solutions that bring joy-this is the essence of our latest ‘Solutions Delivered‘ advertising campaign. We offer solutions that matter to our customers and push ourselves to exceed their expectations. We serve the diverse needs of customers across the country through our robust domestic network, and unparalleled global connectivity with 31 weekly flights. At our core we are real people working to make a difference in the lives of real people-at home, at work, or on the move.”

    One of the ads features an emerging rock group, “Shor bazaar”, and includes a full-length rock song created exclusively for FedEx. The film features a humorous situation that emerges when the band needs special merchandise to be delivered to their fans across India for an upcoming concert tour.

    The other TVC features a character who is trying to save the world from a crashing asteroid. The character is depending on complicated solutions-when he could simply use FedEx.

    The commercials were made under the creative leadership of Percept/H chief creative officer Ryan Menezes who said, “FedEx delivers hope, happiness and joy. We wanted the advertisements to do the same, and I believe we‘ve succeeded.”

    The ads were directed by filmmaker Raj Kaushal. Prime Focus developed the computer graphics.

  • Mash Advertising walks away with Philips’ mobile handset creative biz

    Mash Advertising walks away with Philips’ mobile handset creative biz

    MUMBAI: Percept‘s Mash Advertising has won the creative and strategic account of Philips‘ mobile handset business.

    The size of the account is pegged at Rs 150 million. The agency‘s Delhi office will handle the account.

    Mash Advertising chief executive officer Amitabha Lahiri said, “Phillips was at a sort of crossroads regarding their mobile handset marketing and we approached them with an entire plan of what they need to do to promote the brand. After they had a look at what we could bring to the table, Phillips was happy to give us the chance to manage their creative and strategy business.”

    The agency will be responsible for conceptualising the creatives for the brand‘s 360 degree marketing initiatives. It will also be responsible for strategising for each model of handset that Phillips releases in the market.

    Lahiri said, “We will be targeting the youth. I believe there is a need to define the right need set in this TG. They no longer the jumping jack sort of behaviour and thus there is a deeper side to their psychography. It will be an interesting challenge to tap into this phenomenon.”

    Mash is a 360-degree offering of advertising, with a strong support of media, PR, content and experiential marketing. It is a subsidiary of Percept/H. The agency has the participation of the Indian Percept Group and Japan‘s Hakuhodo.

    Philips made a reentry into the Indian mobile handset market after eight years with the launch of six models priced under Rs 10,000 in September 2011. At that point, DDB Mudra worked for the launch campaign of the handset in India.

    The company will soon launch a multi-media campaign, which will first use the print and radio platforms. A television campaign will be launched after a few months.

  • Sipahimalani back at Bates as ECD

    Sipahimalani back at Bates as ECD

    MUMBAI: Sanjay Sipahimalani has returned to Bates as executive creative director. His immediate mandate will be to take care of the Colgate account and will report to Bates national creative director Sagar Mahabaleshwarkar.

    Sipahimalani quit Bates to join Percept/H as executive creative director in August 2011 where he was responsible for planning, conceptualising and implementing creative strategies, managing the creative team, and handling business development.

    Sipahimalani started his career as a creative director at Grey Worldwide in 2000 and continued there for four years. After that, he moved to Publicis as creative director. Spending a year and two months at Publicis, he joined Vyas Giannetti Creative as executive creative director in 2005. After working at the agency for about three-and-a-half years, he shifted to Bates.