Tag: Neo@Ogilvy

  • Ogilvy’s digital campaign seeks to spread awareness on KFC’s Bucket of Hope

    By A Correspondent

     

    Ogilvy Delhi has created a digital campaign “You eat, they eat” for KFC’s add HOPE™ initiative, where KFC will contribute upto ₹5*/- from the sale of every bucket. The agency saw an opportunity to use the KFC bucket to raise awareness for the plight of millions of children, suffering from hunger.

     

    The short, animated films provide a glimpse into the lives of the less fortunate kids, Pinky, Raju and Gopal, who spend hours searching for food, every day. The same idea has been extended to various social media platforms. Ogilvy Delhi integrated with Neo@Ogilvy for the packaging innovation, where image recognition technology was used to deliver content directly to smartphones users who bought the bucket.

     

    Ajay Gahlaut

    Ajay Gahlaut, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy Delhi said: “KFC’s anti-hunger initiative, add HOPE, was an opportunity for us to do something different. So instead of following the traditional ways of advertising, we decided to use the KFC bucket as our messenger. We created animated films about underprivileged kids that play only when you order and scan a bucket. This technology-led approach made our films more interactive and inclusive, while pursuing the consumer to contribute for the cause.”

     

    Rahul Shinde, Managing Director, KFC India added: “Hunger is a very real and big challenge – at least 3,000 children die every day from poor diet related illness. The fact that millions of children go to bed hungry every night means that they are unable to grow, learn and thrive. It is a critical cause to unite behind. We couldn’t be happier to announce that through the month of October, we will contribute towards fighting hunger from the sale of KFC buckets across 300+ stores and online.  By making all our buckets add HOPEâ„¢ buckets and carrying audio visual stories of hope on them, we want to call on more people to support the cause. The more they do, the more hungry children we can help feed.”

     

    Biraja Swain, Chief Growth & Innovation Officer, Head of COE, Neo@Ogilvy, India: We at Ogilvy always believe in innovation at scale. The add HOPE™  campaign demonstrates it to the fullest extent. We have used image recognition technology to directly deliver content to smartphones enabling better discovery user participation for this CSR campaign.”

     

  • Deepankar Kapoor to head strategy at Neo@Ogilvy

    By A Correspondent

     

    Deepankar Kapoor

    Neo@Ogilvy has name Deepankar Kapoor as Vice President and Head of Strategy – India, Neo@Ogilvy. He will be based in Gurgaon.  Kapoor joins Neo@Ogilvy from Havas Media where he was leading the digital strategy function while working with brands such as Star TV, Sun Pharmaceuticals, LG, Amway, Xolo, Clovia among others.

     

    Said Rajesh Bhatia, President & Country Head, Neo@Ogilvy, India on the appointment: “I have always emphasised the need and importance of sophisticated strategy and planning talent – this skill is often compromised by digital agencies.  I am fortunate to have worked with some of the best talent in the industry who have reinforced that belief.  I am delighted to haveDeepankar join us in our journey to help establish our thought leadership and provide digital strategic direction to the brands we partner.”

     

    Rajesh Bhatia

    Before Havas Media Group, Kapoor has led digital strategy at the Grey Group and DigitasLbi where he drove digital transformation journeys for brands such as Tata Motors, Volkswagen, Quikr, Cadburys, Vespa, ITC, Dell, Johnson & Johnsons portfolio, Indian Army, Network18, Wipro Corporate, etc.

     

  • Neo@Ogilvy enters into JV with Smile Group, Sanjay Ramakrishnan named Country Head

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    Sanjay Ramakrishnan

    Ogilvy India today announced a joint venture between Neo@Ogilvy and the Smile Group to strengthen its Performance Marketing, eCommerce and Mobile offerings. The jv will also set up a Global Media Delivery Hub to service Neo@Ogilvy’s Global Media Operations.

     

    Sanjay Ramakrishnan has been brought on-board as Country Head, Neo@Ogilvy India. Mr Ramakrishnan moves in from Vizury where he was the GM for India, South East Asia and MENA prior to which he was SVP Marketing at Myntra. He has also held senior marketing roles at Google, Intel, Geodesic and Worldspace.

     

    While OgilvyOne drives all Digital Strategy and Creative Services for clients in India, Neo@Ogilvy’s specific focus is on Digital Media, Performance Marketing, eCommerce and Mobile Marketing. Neo@Ogilvy’s client roster in India includes IBM, Diageo, British Airways, The Economist and The Which Group, among others. The Smile Group is headed by Harish Bahl and has already a relationship with the WPP Group with the media giant acquiring a 75 per cent stake in Smile’s Quasar in 2008 and two years later the digital media part of Quasar was integrated with Group M.

     

    Piyush Pandey

    Said Piyush Pandey, Executive Chairman and Creative Director, Ogilvy South Asia: “This JV is one more step ahead in our digital journey. Harish’s experience in Digital Media and eCommerce will help drive rapid growth in these areas. And Sanjay Ramakrishnan is a fantastic young business leader with the right skills to lead Neo@Ogilvy in India.”

     

    Added Mr Bahl: “The vision of the partnership is to be able to offer world class services to local and global clients of Ogilvy and Neo respectively, using the expertise and experience of Smile in the areas of Performance Marketing, eCommerce and Mobile.”

     

    Boht Vikram Menon, President & Country Head, OgilvyOne India and Mr Ramakrishnan expressed happiness with the jv.