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  • The account was won following a multi-agency pitch

    Anchor appoints Initiative & Leo Burnett for media & creative

    By A Correspondent

     

    Electrical goods maker Anchor has appointed Initiative for its media mandate and Leo Burnett India for its creative duties.

     

    Said Vivek Sharma, Managing Director, Anchor Electricals Private Limited, on the creative mandate to LBI: “We were looking for a partner whose innovative ideas and approach are in sync with our brand’s vision. We have partnered with Leo Burnett India as our new creative agency based on their strategic planning and innovative creative thinking. We believe and have complete faith in the team’s passion, commitment and their ability to do justice to our mandate. We look forward to a stronger collaboration and are confident that the partnership with Leo Burnett will help us further strengthen our ability to reach out to our existing and potential consumers with influential and relevant communication.” And this is what he said on the Initiative appointment: “As a company, we are strategically aligning ourselves to substantially improve consumer connect. AEPL would aggressively use mass media in building saliency and creating awareness for its businesses in the months to come. We, at AEPL, are happy to partner with Initiative in this exciting phase of growth”.

     

    Said Dheeraj Sinha, MD – India & Chief Strategy Officer – South Asia, Leo Burnett: “It’s a great opportunity to re-energise a brand that has tremendous local equity in the name ‘Anchor’, and now has the advantage of global expertise in the name of ‘Panasonic’. Our opportunity is to build a brand and a business in this category like it has never been done before.”

     

    Added Vaishali Verma, CEO, Initiative: “This is one more prestigious addition to our esteemed portfolio of clients. We look forward to working with Anchor and create cutting-edge, strategic media solutions. Working with an ambitious company like Anchor is a great challenge and we look forward to creating impactful business solutions through our proprietary global tools.”

     

     

  • Amazon Prime Video, which has the latest range of entertainment options, provides the viewers to watch what they want, whenever

    Amazon Prime Video talks about ease of accessing content via latest ad film

    By A Correspondent

     

    Video-on-demand brand Amazon Prime Video has launched a new quirky campaign created by Leo Burnett India.

     

    Speaking about the new campaign, Ravi Desai, Amazon India, said: “At Amazon, our focus has always been the customer.  Our new campaign highlights the various benefits linked to Prime Video in India. With a premise of ‘Anytime, Anywhere,’ we have kept customer benefit at the centre of the campaign, which marks the next chapter in the larger story around the popular Prime Video Couple – Rohan and Roshni. We understand the need of consumers to be unshackled from the constraints of their traditional alternatives. With a very wide library of content choice available, Prime Video empowers our consumers to define and dictate what they watch and when they watch it.”

     

    Speaking about the integrated campaign, Dheeraj Sinha, MD – India & Chief Strategy Officer – South Asia, Leo Burnett India, said:“We are building Amazon Prime Video as an alternate and a better choice for consumers when it comes to entertainment. Amazon Prime Video puts the viewer in command. This is reflected in our positioning – ‘India Ka Naya Primetime’. We started this journey last year by talking about the largest and the latest library, and our exclusive content. The current campaign builds on the role of the liberator further. It amplifies how Amazon Prime Video sets you free, letting you decide where to watch and when to watch your entertainment. The campaign draws from a typical banter between a couple about who is the ‘ghulam’. The phrase also works as a reference to not being a host to your entertainment.”

     

     

  • Both Sinha and Das will continue reporting into Saurabh Varma, CEO, Publicis Communications India

    Leo Burnett elevates Dheeraj Sinha & Rajdeepak Das to MDs

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leo Burnett India has announced two key elevations in its senior leadership. The agency has elevated Dheeraj Sinha and Rajdeepak Das to Managing Directors. Sinha and Das currently serve as the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett South Asia, respectively. The duo will continue to be based out of Mumbai and will report into Saurabh Varma, CEO, Publicis Communications, India. Their new roles are in addition to their current responsibilities.

     

    Saurabh Varma
    Rajdeepak Das

    Speaking about the development, Varma said, “Four years back we started on an incredible journey as a team. We challenged every rule book, every status quo. We wanted to create ‘Wave Three’ where engagement, experience and utility would be celebrated as much as a piece of content. We wanted to create a maker culture. In this period, Indigo Consulting became a digital powerhouse. We launched Arc Worldwide and made it one of the leading experiential agencies, and built Prodigious into one of the finest production houses in India. We created epic work and had great fun doing it. Leo Burnett now needs a new chapter. The Power of One has given Leo Burnett access to the best specialist operations in the country. Backed by the expertise of Indigo, Arc, Prodigious MSLGroup and Publicis. Sapient, the agency is now in the best position to partner our clients’ businesses. Raj and Dheeraj have, together, transformed Leo Burnett India into the formidable force it is today. They have always led from the front and it is the right time to acknowledge the role they already play. Our collective ambition remains the same; to be the best in the world, bar none.”

     

    Dheeraj Sinha

    In his new mandate, Sinha will be responsible for the agency’s revenue growth, in addition to heading its strategic and planning output. Das’ new role will see him leverage Leo Burnett’s Humankind philosophy in order to elevate Burnett’s creative product.

     

     

  • New campaign has been conceptualised by Leo Burnett India

    HDFC Life promotes post-retirement pension benefits in latest film

    By A Correspondent

     

    HDFC Life has launched a new pension plan that is directed at individuals who are about to retire from their jobs in the next five to ten years.

     

    Speaking about the campaign, Pankaj Gupta, Executive Vice President – Strategic Alliances, Bancassurance, and Marketing said: “Annuity is one of the key focus areas for us as an organisation. Our recent research reveals that post retirement; people struggle to manage expenses as they are anxious of their life ahead. Post retirement, with no salary coming every month, we tend to curb our lifestyle because though we have a large lump sum amount as savings, we are always afraid of outliving our savings. In such a scenario annuity product can play a major role as they ensure that you have guaranteed regular income akin to your salary that gets paid to you all your life. This can ensure that your life after retirement is similar to the one lived before.  We have tried to communicate this very benefit by way of this campaign.”

     

    Commenting on the campaign, Rajdeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett, South Asia said: “Retirement brings with it a lot of sacrifices. However, retirees tend to give up their everyday joys to remain financially independent; these are the joys that give life meaning. People retire from their professional designations, and not as parents and spouses. We wanted to reassure our customers with the new Guaranteed Pension Plan policy, and I believe we have succeeded through this beautiful Humankind campaign.”

     

     

  • Gagan Oil has unveiled a new digital campaign around Holi created by Leo Burnett India

    Leo Burnett unveils new campaign for Gagan Oil

    By A Correspondent

     

    Gagan Oil has unveiled a new digital campaign around Holi created by Leo Burnett India.

     

    Speaking about the new campaign, Milind Acharya, Head of Marketing at Bunge India said: “We Indians, and more so the people of North India, are full of life, celebration and food. Brand Gagan is an integral part of their lives as it carries the same attitude. Festivals are mainly where this attitude comes alive. We see an opportunity to talk to our consumers carrying the same attitude. This attempt is also the same, whereby, we are simply telling consumers to ‘celebrate Holi with colours and food’. Yes, in our own unique

     

    Throwing light on the campaign, Vikram Pandey, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett India said: “Do’s and don’ts around festivals can be quite a downer. The brand urges people to look at these ‘rules’ positively with the mantra of ‘KhaoGagan, RahoMagan’, and keep their festive spirits high with great food. While for Diwali we positivised the ban on crackers, we took up ‘Save Water’ for Holi. With quirky execution as the brand language, this one delivers a Happy Holi message that’s like no other.”

     

     

  • The campaign titled ‘Masti – Man of the Match’ has been created and executed by Leo Burnett India

    PSI unveils integrated campaign for Masti Condoms

    By A Correspondent

     

    Masti Condoms has unveiled a campaign after the brand’s decade-long hiatus from the media. PSI IPL is a subsidiary of Population Services International, a global health organisation with operations in 60-plus countries and with programmes targeting malaria, child survival, HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and diabetes.

     

    Said Shankar Narayanan, Managing Director, PSI IPL: “It is worthy to note that two-thirds of India’s population is constituted by Generation Y and Generation Z. With a young population set, there is a large need for contraception education and contraception use. Also, condoms are the only form of contraception that protect against unwanted pregnancies as well as STIs. Despite the burgeoning population, the condom market has shrunk from 2.1 billion pieces in 2014 to 1.8 billion pieces in 2017. The high decibel communication efforts by numerous players in the category only reveal a lack of a segmented approach. It is also evident that the currently ruling category communication has not helped grow the market.”

     

    Speaking about the campaign and its execution, Arjuna Gaur, Executive Creative Director, Leo Burnett India, said:“The task for brand Masti Condoms was to reach out to men – especially in small towns – and communicate a more progressive take within the category without objectifying women. We wanted to create a platform that would appeal to men in general, so we thought why not leverage India’s favorite pastime – cricket? Hence, we arrived at ‘Man of the Match’, the most identifiable achievement that stands for consistency and performance across age groups and demographics in cricket terms.”

     

    The film has been executed by Prodigious India, Publicis Communications’ inhouse production arm.

  • The campaign, created by Leo Burnett India, shows how today's women take on extra responsibility with Iodex helping them fight everyday aches and pains 

    Iodex exhorts women to stretch their limits to achieve more

     

     

    Iodex has introduced a new campaign titled ‘Thodi Himmat, Thoda Iodex’ with actor Swara Bhaskar.

     

    Speaking about the integrated campaign, Saurabh Nandi, Area Marketing Lead for Pain Relief and Respiratory Health for GSK said: “With our new platform – Thodi Himmat, Thoda Iodex – we are talking to the modern woman representing a progressive India. These are women who are not only giving their 100% to their home and family but also stretching themselves physically to give their 110% to do something extra. The extra could come with the desire of supporting their family financially or following their pursuits. In this journey, pain is inevitable. And instead of giving up, Iodex wants to convey to these women that all they need is a little courage and a little Iodex. Iodex salutes these women and is their trusted partner that will help them stretch beyond their limits every single day.”

     

    Added Rajdeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett South Asia: “Women are the backbone of any household in a way that they keep the entire family together. They want to do more with their lives, and yet equally contribute to their households. We thought this was an exciting insight to bring to life, especially since a woman’s invaluable contribution is rarely spoken about across the entire category. I’m confident the campaign will hit home with our consumers.”

     

     

  • A fun integrated creative campaign has been created by Leo Burnett India

    Amazon Prime Video’s new campaign woos new-age viewers

     

     

    Amazon Prime Video is back with a campaign that sees it promoting the video-on-demand service as the go-to place for movies and TV shows.

     

    Executed by Leo Burnett India, the two films featuring the endearing couple Rohan and Roshini, who are symbolic of the fun, quirky young couples of today.

     

    Speaking about the new campaign, Ravi Desai, ‎Director, Mass and Brand Marketing – ‎Amazon India, said:“We received a positive response on our first campaign that aimed at building awareness about Amazon Prime Video’s benefits to a Prime member and ‘redefining Primetime’. With the launch of our new campaign, we want to reiterate the promise of bringing the latest and exclusive content across languages and genres for Prime members while highlighting the content options available on Amazon Prime Video.”

     

    The film shows Rohan and Roshini sitting in a park, enjoying a TV show on their mobile. A friend of theirs spots them and begins to regale them with gossip about their neighbour. Roshini stops her in the middle of her story and asks her to watch the content on Amazon Prime Video for all the latest drama she needs.

     

     

  • The agency’s sprawling new office premises will also house Indigo Consulting, Arc Worldwide and Prodigious

    Leo Burnett India relocates to a new office in Gurugram

     

     

    Leo Burnett India has brought together its North India operations under one roof. Leo Burnett India, Indigo Consulting, Arc Worldwide and Prodigious’ Delhi arms will now integrate into the same office space located in Gurugram in New Delhi NCR. Helping achieve the integration is a staircase spanning three floors, right in the middle of the office. It is perhaps this flight of stairs that brings all the agencies together, truly integrating the people and businesses, notes a communique.

     

    Speaking about the launch of the new office, Samir Gangahar, President – North, Leo Burnett India said, “The beauty of this office is that the design philosophy is inspired by the culture within the organisation. Hence, the emphasis on creating several open spaces for collaboration and each floor being seamlessly connected. We couldn’t have created a better environment to drive our agenda of integration to solve clients’ business problems, to the next level.”

     

    Added Rajesh Ghatge, CEO, Indigo Consulting, “As an agency specialising in digital transformation and digital communication, we strive to create and deliver great consumer experiences for our clients. The best experiences can only be created when client challenges and opportunities are addressed agnostic of any particular media channel. Working together in a seamless office space fosters collaboration to create fantastic and effective work – without losing anything in translation.”

     

    The new workspace in Gurugram has been designed by Studio B, headed by architects Jaya Kanwar and Balbir Singh.

     

  • With these three, India's tally goes to 24, just three short of last year's tally of 27

    Day 3 @ Cannes2017: Three Silvers for India

    By A Correspondent

     

    It was mixed emotions for the Indian contingent on the third day of the week-long Cannes Lions festival of creativity.

     

    One was hoping that the three entries which bagged Silvers would win Golds for sure, if not a Grand Prix, But then there is a large jury at work, and there’s always an element of chance at Cannes Lions.

     

    In Innovation Lion, Leo Burnett India bagged a Silver Lion for HP Lubricant’s ‘Roads That Honk’.

     

    Meanwhile, in Direct Lions, McCann and Taproot Dentsu were each awarded a Silver Lion. While for McCann it was yet again for its work for Ministry of Public Health, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (Immunity Charm) and for Taproot is was last years Adidas Odds campaign.

     

    There was no shortlist from India in Cyber, Mobile and Creative Data, the other three categories where metals were presented.

     

    With these three, India’s tally goes to 24, just three short of last year’s tally of 27.

     

  • The #RoadsThatHonk innovation was created for HP Lubricants

    Leo Burnett’s #RoadsThatHonk for bags Cannes Lions shortlist

    By A Correspondent

     

    Leo Burnett India got a step closer to bringing home a metal at Cannes Lions 2017. The agency has bagged India’s sole shortlist in the Innovation category this year, for its work for HP Lubricants’ #RoadsThatHonk. The Innovations Lions honour ground-breaking technology and problem-solving. This year, Leo Burnett India is in the fray for metal alongside tech giants such as Apple, Google and Intel.

     

    Speaking about the shortlist, Rajdeepak Das, Chief Creative Officer, Leo Burnett, South Asia said: “The Innovation category has historically been India’s Achilles’ Heel. We are proud that Leo Burnett India has made the cut this year with #RoadsThatHonk, competing with the likes of tech innovation giants like Google, Apple and Intel. The work we have done for HP Lubricants is new-age, Humankind work aimed at making a difference. With this shortlist, we have proved that the lines between an ‘advertising agency’ and a ‘creative technology company’ are blurring fast. For now, though, we have our fingers crossed.”

     

  • The ad conceived by Leo Burnett offers young India a new mantra

    Wake up call from Kopiko’s new TVC

     

     

    Inbisco India is back on television with a new TVC for its premium and popular coffee candy – Kopiko, a hard-boiled candy with a coffee extract.  In the TVC, the brand introduces Durgesh, ayoung man from a small town, who promotes Kopiko’s mantra – ‘JaageRaho, AageRaho’.

     

    Conceptualised by Leo Burnett, the TVC begins with Durgesh praying while holding a self-help motivational book in his hand. Speaking on Kopiko, Achyut 4Kasireddy, Managing Director of India and Indian Sub-continent, Inbisco India said: “Kopikois the first candy with real coffee extracts that gives the unique experience of ‘real coffee’ anytime and anywhere. The new TVC highlights Kopiko’s proposition as a candy that helps recharge energies and stay alert, because of its real coffee extracts.”

     

    Speaking on the TVC, Sanju Menon, Senior Vice President, Leo Burnett India said: “The confectionary category in India is very cluttered and the challenge to regain top spot in the category was quite daunting. As we understood the product deeper, the solution became quite apparent – to create a narrative that is derived from the product itself and not a mere piece of entertaining content. The story of Durgesh is something experienced by many. Making the story relevant and humorous will surely help us achieve our objectives. “