Tag: Vinod Nair

  • Network Advertising appoints Pooja Nair as VP – strategic planning

    Network Advertising appoints Pooja Nair as VP – strategic planning

    NEW DELHI: Network Advertising has strengthened its account planning division with the inclusion of Pooja Nair as VP – strategic planning. Nair comes with an experience of over 16 years and has worked in agencies like Ogilvy, JWT, Publicis, Saatchi (Colombo), Percept, and TBWA. She has considerable experience in handling cross-category brands like Huggies, Ponds, Bosch, Nutrela, Garnier, Godrej, Head & Shoulders, Oil of Olay, Electrolux, Allen Solly, Standard Chartered Bank, and many more.

    Network Advertising chief strategy officer Sunit Khot said, “We are glad to have Pooja on board the Network team. Her cross-category experience coupled with her natural curiosity will be invaluable to us in strengthening our integrated offering that is based on a strong strategic foundation.”

    Nair said, “What attracted me to Network is their philosophy of integrating Strategic Planning across all their functions, which essentially makes every Networker a thinker. I am looking forward to my role to enhance this already strong thinking culture within Network. The exciting cross-category roster of clients and the agency’s integrated offering makes it a dream for any strategic planner.”

    Network Advertising MD Vinod Nair said, “An integrated agency like Network needs to consistently over-deliver in the thinking area to bring alive our commitment to the brands we work on. Pooja is a welcome addition to the Network family and another brain to keep working on our mission of doing right by the clients we handle.”

  • Network Advertising bags creative mandate for Essilor India

    Network Advertising bags creative mandate for Essilor India

    NEW DELHI: Among India’s leading independent advertising agencies, Network Advertising has won the above-the-line creative mandate for Essilor India, a world leader in prescription lenses, following a multi-agency pitch. The account will be serviced out of Network's Mumbai office; the mandate includes all consumer-facing and partner communication across India for Essilor India. Network Advertising is best known for its path-breaking campaigns for HDFC, Jet Airways, Henko, Mahindra Lifespaces, Goa Tourism, i-Pill, Vijay Sales, Charagh Din, Vinod Cookware, among others.

    Commenting on the win, Network Advertising managing director Vinod Nair said, "Essilor India is a strategic addition to our growing clientele and this is a responsibility we feel proud to own. It was basis our ability to understand their business challenges and our sound strategic thinking that has helped us won this mandate. The win is sweeter because a global organization, with global alignments has chosen us, a 100% Indian agency, for their India business."

    Network Advertising chief creative officer Shayondeep Pal has an interesting take, "From an advertising standpoint, Essilor is unlike many other categories. Because you are communicating with the end consumer indirectly through her optician, knowing very well that the buyer is more interested in the frame, than in the lens. Having said that, both strategically and creatively, we are working on new-world insights as Indians embrace a new work culture where our exposure to screens is maximum. We hope to create excitement in a category which for some reason has believed in functional advertising."

    Speaking on the partnership, Essilor South Asia Head – Marketing Neha Sharma said, “We have decided to associate with Network’s seasoned team due to their long standing exposure to the changing advertising landscape, their creative consumer mind-set, and a good strategic approach. This will help Essilor strengthen its brand presence further. We are delighted to have Network on board with us and look forward to an enriching association.”

    Essilor is the world leader in the ophthalmic industry and prescription lenses. Globally, Essilor is committed to providing solutions to correct and protect the visual health of people. Essilor India, with its headquarters in Bangalore, was founded in 1998 and since then has been providing solutions to correct vision of Indians through their various brands like Crizal, Varilux, among others. They are the leaders in their category and have been maintaining this position in the post-Covid world with a lot of product innovations and trade programs.

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  • Vijay Sales’ TVC attacks pain points of online shopping

    Vijay Sales’ TVC attacks pain points of online shopping

    MUMBAI: Offline retail store, Vijay Sales has launched new commercials pouncing on the inherent weaknesses of the internet. Retailers have started favouring an omni channel approach to sell goods especially in the case of consumer electronics and fashion, which are now being copied by e-tailers, who sell retail goods on the internet.

    IBEF, in one of its report clearly stated, “Total monthly online shoppers stagnant at 15-17 million (1.5-1.7 crore) since the past six months”. This age group of 20-40 year olds were using online mediums to mainly shop for fashion and appliances.

    Network Advertising has created three TVCs to bring alive the consumer frustration with e-commerce purchases when it comes to consumer durables. The campaign highlights the advantages of real world people who can provide real answers to them. The narrative of the commercials is a never-before attempt to seize the conversation away from the e-commerce companies.

    TVC LINKS:

    Air Conditioner: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4ocH8lkKOY

    Smart Tv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_WHA3SPGXo

    Washing Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9kAcfOD9RA

    Vijay Sales managing partner Nilesh Gupta said, “While the attention of media was on the e-commerce festivals of deep discounts, we have seen our service being reinforced by customer belief in terms of them returning in large and growing numbers to Vijay Sales, despite all the noise around e-commerce offerings. So, we wanted to bring to the fore the consumer pain points with the internet world which they tell us every time they come to our stores.”

    Network Advertising managing director Vinod Nair said, “It’s amazing that once you see the ads, every average consumer will realise what he has been missing. And it is our close connect with the category and the client that helped us arrive at this insight. I promise that each one who watches the ads will have personal anecdotes to add to the three stories we have projected in our campaign.”