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  • Dentsu Aegis Network announces rebranding of Dentsu Branded Agencies

    Dentsu Aegis Network announces rebranding of Dentsu Branded Agencies

    MUMBAI: Transformation is in the air at Dentsu Aegis Network’s Dentsu Branded Agencies.

    One of the key advantages that Dentsu Aegis Network has as a network is, to create collaborations that keep clients’ business at heart. In a key move to help clients better leverage the capabilities of a global network, Dentsu Aegis Network has realigned agencies across several countries under three groupings.

    In India, this is now being manifested in three of its creative agencies being rebranded to better reflect this alignment.

    As a consequence, Dentsu Communications will now be known as Dentsu India, Dentsu Marcom will now be known as Dentsu One and Dentsu Creative Impact will now be known as Dentsu Impact. Meanwhile, Taproot Dentsu and Dentsu Webchutney remain unchanged.

    Said Dentsu Aegis Network India & south Asia chairman & CEO Ashish Bhasin: “This new nomenclature is a first step towards expanding and reinforcing the global and regional services we provide our clients in India. It will help us serve our global clients better as well as acquire more new business.”

    Commenting further on the change, Ashish Bhasin added, “We are consolidating our capabilities under a global agency network, with a uniform identity across markets, in order to strengthen the coordination across our network and expand the high quality service we consistently provide. The most important ingredient in creating innovation in an ever-changing environment is collaboration. This realignment will fuel, just that in newer, more efficient ways. This will help us further accelerate the tremendous success that Dentsu Branded Agencies have experienced in India over the last year, including the spectacular performance at Goafest awards and in the area of new business.”

    There is no change in the leadership or staff of each of the individual units, Dentsu announced. Simi Sabhaney will continue as CEO and Vipul Thakkar as NCD of Dentsu India, Harjot Narang as President and Titus Upputuru as NCD of Dentsu One, and Amit Wadhwa as president and Soumitra Karnik as NCD of Dentsu Impact. Meanwhile, Narayan Devanathan continues as the group executive & strategy officer of Dentsu Branded Agencies, India.

  • Dentsu Aegis Network announces rebranding of Dentsu Branded Agencies

    Dentsu Aegis Network announces rebranding of Dentsu Branded Agencies

    MUMBAI: Transformation is in the air at Dentsu Aegis Network’s Dentsu Branded Agencies.

    One of the key advantages that Dentsu Aegis Network has as a network is, to create collaborations that keep clients’ business at heart. In a key move to help clients better leverage the capabilities of a global network, Dentsu Aegis Network has realigned agencies across several countries under three groupings.

    In India, this is now being manifested in three of its creative agencies being rebranded to better reflect this alignment.

    As a consequence, Dentsu Communications will now be known as Dentsu India, Dentsu Marcom will now be known as Dentsu One and Dentsu Creative Impact will now be known as Dentsu Impact. Meanwhile, Taproot Dentsu and Dentsu Webchutney remain unchanged.

    Said Dentsu Aegis Network India & south Asia chairman & CEO Ashish Bhasin: “This new nomenclature is a first step towards expanding and reinforcing the global and regional services we provide our clients in India. It will help us serve our global clients better as well as acquire more new business.”

    Commenting further on the change, Ashish Bhasin added, “We are consolidating our capabilities under a global agency network, with a uniform identity across markets, in order to strengthen the coordination across our network and expand the high quality service we consistently provide. The most important ingredient in creating innovation in an ever-changing environment is collaboration. This realignment will fuel, just that in newer, more efficient ways. This will help us further accelerate the tremendous success that Dentsu Branded Agencies have experienced in India over the last year, including the spectacular performance at Goafest awards and in the area of new business.”

    There is no change in the leadership or staff of each of the individual units, Dentsu announced. Simi Sabhaney will continue as CEO and Vipul Thakkar as NCD of Dentsu India, Harjot Narang as President and Titus Upputuru as NCD of Dentsu One, and Amit Wadhwa as president and Soumitra Karnik as NCD of Dentsu Impact. Meanwhile, Narayan Devanathan continues as the group executive & strategy officer of Dentsu Branded Agencies, India.

  • WagonR launches new ad campaign created by Dentsu

    MUMBAI: WagonR has launched a new advertising campaign titled ‘Prank‘.

    The ads have been conceptualised and created by the brand‘s creative agency Dentsu Creative Impact.

    The objective of the campaign is to highlight the new features of the “improved” WagonR, while retaining the core of the brand of being a car for the smarter race.

    According to the agency, the brief that was given from the client was that with changing consumer preferences and growing competition, it becomes imperative for an age old brand like WagonR to evolve itself to continue to meet consumer expectations. The new TVC hence must announce the launch of the new WagonR and communicate its features without it being a blind spot.

    The agency had earlier launched a ‘Big like India, Smart like you‘ campaign for the brand which first time saw the trio of Madhavan, Raghu and Rajiv of Roadies together describing the car and its various features. The core idea of the new campaign, takes from there, and talks about the new features of the smarter WagonR using brand ambassador the three celebrities again.

    Dentsu Creative Impact NCD Soumitra Karnik said, “The task was to announce the new changes in the widely sold WagonR and the challenge was how to make this announcement engaging. We decided to continue with the casting of the last commercial of Madhavan, Raghu and Rajiv as it was quite well received. This particular script was found to have all the elements of being an entertainer. A prank played by the twin brothers wearing clown masks who at the end get outsmarted by Madhavan, the car‘s owner who impresses them with all the new features in the car. One thinks of many different things but in the end you go with your gut with a script like this.”

    The television commercial will be supported by a digital and print campaign. There will also be in-store advertising of the brand.

    The story revolves around two characters in clown masks who get into Madhavan‘s car and tell him to drive them around while he‘s held hostage to a gun point. During the interaction, the features are revealed. However, Madhavan tricks them and drives away leaving them behind, proving his wit & smartness. The reveal in the end showcases that the clowns are no other but Raghu-Rajiv themselves who had set out to play a prank Madhvan but end up getting tricked by him.

    The television commercial has been produced by QED Films.

  • Max launches its first corporate ad campaign

    MUMBAI: Max India has launched its first corporate ad campaign with a twofold objective.

    With the new campaign Max India has announced its new brand positioning of ‘For life‘. Secondly, Max is consolidating all its service offerings under the Max umbrella.

    The creative agency that has worked on the campaign is Dentsu Creative Impact, while the media agency for the business is Madison Media.

    The television commercials are being supported by other mediums like cinema, digital and print. The company will also be conducting few below-the-line activities to promote the brand.

    The 40-seconder TVC has been produced by Lemon Yellow Sun Films.

    Max India ED – Brand and Human Capital Vibha Rishi said, “Max interacts with millions of lives through many million moments of truth. Each interaction results in a memorable and satisfying experience. The brand positioning captures this sentiment with two simple words ‘For life’. We help our customers in navigating the often confusing complexities of insurance and healthcare ‘Sar jo tera chakraye …aa ja pyaare paas hamare. Kahey ghabraye.’.”

    “The current campaign is the focal point of our communication. The entire corporate marketing budget for FY13 is being spent on this campaign itself,” Rishi added.

    Talking about ad campaign Dentsu India Group NCD Soumitra Karnik said, “It was almost like doing a large flash mob. There were over 500 people on location, six cameras placed everywhere from in between the crowd, to the rooftops of buildings, in moving cars and even one that was attached to a jumper‘s knee. A lot of people did not even know they were being filmed. We just let the people lose their fear and inhibitions and just enjoy jumping on the trampolines. And they did, which was exactly what we wished to communicate that life is for living to the fullest and in all the ups and downs, Max will be right there to help them bounce back, just like a trampoline.”

    Max is a multi business corporate offering services in healthcare, health insurance and life insurance. While the Max brand architecture has undergone a change, the new communication aims to build trust for the corporate brand Max, by virtue of which people can choose its constituent brands with more confidence than their competitors.

    The TVC uses a simple visual device of a trampoline to connote the key message that Max India helps you bounce back in life. Various interactions are built around it reflective of the values on which the Max foundation is laid.

    The film opens on a morning where you see multiple trampolines placed in a cityscape. Seeing this, passerbys are surprised and get curious to check it out. The film is used to establish how people of different age groups, though apprehensive at first, set out to experience the trampoline which is really a visual metaphor for ‘Max’.

  • A Monster makeover in ‘Find Better’ campaign

    A Monster makeover in ‘Find Better’ campaign

    MUMBAI: Online career and recruitment solutions provider Monster India, part of Monster Worldwide, is moving into a new brand positioning, ‘Find Better’.

    Dentsu is masterminding the creatives of the campaign that is targeted at enabling employees and employers with ‘Better Access, Better Connections, Better Results’.

    Monster India’s ‘Find Better’ campaign aims to provide users with an improved user interface experience coupled with a simple and clutter free presentation of information with the central idea being to increase the ease of navigation on the website.

    Monster.com (India/Middle East/Southeast Asia) MD Sanjay Modi said, “Both employers and jobseekers are constantly seeking better. ‘Find Better’ builds upon our value proposition. It speaks to employers by helping them source, match and manage the key talent. To jobseekers, it gives freedom to connect from wherever they through mobile, social media or the web.”

    Working on insights from its recent study, the campaign is based on the concept that luck plays a crucial role in almost every sphere of our lives and especially in matters related to job search and career progression.

    The campaign revolves around two men who, while waiting to be interviewed, show off their lucky charms. There is a one up-man-ship as each one tries to outdo the other. In the end, the boss walks out with the third selected candidate. The other two men stare at him wondering what he did to get luck on his side. The selected candidate stops to pull out his smart phone which has Monster application for job seekers and comments that with Monster, the luck is on his side.

    Dentsu India Group national creative director Soumitra Karnik said, “In India, a large number of people believe in luck and lucky charms, especially when it comes to finding the right job. This is the insight we used in our communication. The idea is to reinforce Monster’s strengths as a result of the new initiative launched by the company to connect savvy job seekers who want 24/7 access to employers anytime and anywhere. We have made a conscious effort to blend humor in the television campaign as we operate in a serious category.”

    Monster India has also launched Monster TV, a career channel on YouTube that combines video with MonsterIndia.com’s expertise to deliver content to job seekers at a high scale. The channel will act as a repository of high quality relevant user generated video content.

    Monster India recently launched its iPhone and iPad applications to complete the Monster Mobile Solutions portfolio, which already had Android, Blackberry and Windows applications. The company also launched a WAP portal to help seekers and employers to access MonsterIndia.com from anywhere they are.

    Monster also pioneered jobs on television in India with the launch of ‘MonsterJobs Active’ in collaboration with Dish TV. Making use of the social media phenomenon of Facebook, the online portal launched BeKnown™, a professional networking app designed to allow people who use Facebook to establish a professional network.

  • Soumitra Karnik joins Dentsu India as NCD

    Soumitra Karnik joins Dentsu India as NCD

    MUMBAI: Dentsu India Group has appointed Soumitra Karnik as national creative director.

    Karnik joins Dentsu India from his creative consultancy company.

    Dentsu India executive chairman Rohit Ohri said, “Soumitra is a truly gifted creative and great leader. He will partner the creative leaders at Dentsu India and me to take our creative product to the next level. Soumitra believes in integrated communication solutions and as a key member of the India leadership team, I see him helping us effectively deliver this core Dentsu belief to our clients.”

    On his new role Karnik said, “As far as my role is concerned, my first priority shall be to build a solid network of talented creative teams across Dentsu companies and to create a ‘boredom-less’ and fearless creative culture. I will also partner our clients in developing thought leadership and strategic superiority in their respective markets by the process of collaboration and co-creation.”

    “We have pressed the ‘Refresh’ button at Dentsu and are pretty serious about being the very best, both for our clients as well as our own people. We want to be known as a place with a large heart where people with great minds work. And I can certainly promise a lot of action around us in the coming times,” Karnik added.

    Karnik brings in over 20 years of experience. Prior to this he has worked with JWT, Delhi. In his over 11 years with JWT, he worked on brands like PepsiCo, Nestle, Hero Honda, Sony, GSK, Congress and Airtel. Among the campaigns he is known for creating include ‘Youngistaan’ for Pepsi, ‘Aamsutra’ for Slice, ‘Yaari ki Gaadi’ for Hero Honda and ‘Dil jo chahe paas laaye’ for Airtel to name a few.

    He has also worked with small sized ad agency Pace, Percept, Lintas.

  • Mango Slice launches campaign featuring Katrina Kaif

    Mango Slice launches campaign featuring Katrina Kaif

    MUMBAI: PepsiCo‘s mango drink, Slice, is launching a new campaign featuring Katrina Kaif on 19 February.

    There will be a 40-second long television commercial, which will be supported by robust outdoor and on-ground activation. Mango Slice will soon roll out its experiential activity called ‘Mango Lounge‘ across India.

    The campaign is created by JWT.

    Says JWT VP and executive creative director Soumitra Karnik JWT, “The current film builds on the already popular Slice Aamsutra campaign. Aamsutra was designed as a brand idea to give the consumer a differentiated and superior mango experience. In the current TVC, the importance of ‘waiting‘ is highlighted as one of the ways by which one can truly enhance the pleasure of enjoying the real taste of mango. The insight is true to the mango fruit which is seasonal, and we eagerly await rest of the months for it to arrive.”

    Shot in Thailand, the new TV commercial also coincides with the launch of new Mango Slice Handy Pack.

    “I am very excited to be a part of the new Slice campaign as it beautifully highlights the concept of indulgence for all mango lovers including me. Set in a magical, dream like forest, the campaign celebrates mango as the sweet fruit of patience. I also relate to the theme of ‘Sabr Ka Phal Meetha Hota Hai‘ as it holds true to my life and my journey in Bollywood”, said Katrina Kaif.

    The TVC is directed by Karina Taira and is produced in Hindi and other Hindi and other regional channels.
    Added PepsiCo India juices and juice drinks director Homi Battiwalla, “Mango Slice continues to enjoy strong growth in the juice and juice based drinks category and we are looking forward to another exciting mango season with the launch of our new campaign and the 350ml Handy Pack. The Aamsutra series has been very well received by mango lovers and has carved a distinct brand identity in its category. With this new campaign, we have taken the concept of indulgence and pleasure to another level and look forward to creating more excitement amongst consumers.”