British Airways has released a new campaign ‘The Best Gift’ aimed at last-minute flyers to make the most of this year’s festive season. The brand campaign, conceptualized by Ogilvy Gurgaon, draws upon the Diwali tradition of gifting, and the challenge of finding the right gift for each person.
Said Shouvik Roy, President and Head of Office Ogilvy India (North): “Travel is a sensitive subject in the new normal, and we wanted to respect those sensibilities while addressing the client ask. British Airways has always told human stories, and it’s been our pleasure to write the next chapter.”
Added Ritu Sharda, CCO, Ogilvy India (North): “Every Diwali, we find great joy in gifting something to our loved ones! On the other hand, we also find it most exasperating, trying to figure out the perfect gift for each of them. Our new film addresses both these insights with a beautiful message – that the best gift that you can give this Diwali is you.”
Ogilvy has bagged the creative duties for car sales mart Cars24.
Nida Naushad
Said Nida Naushad, Brand Head, Cars24: “We are delighted to welcome Ogilvy, as our new creative partners. CARS24 is on a mission to completely change the way India sell cars by making the process extremely easy and hassle-free. Now, with Ogilvy’s strong creative and strategic capabilities, we aim to move forward in a journey to make Cars24 India’s most preferred auto brand.”
Added Shouvik Roy President & Head of Office, Ogilvy Gurugram: “We are very excited to partner a young dynamic brand like CARS24 that operates in a very challenging category.
Shouvik Roy
Our ambition is to partner CARS24 and make it the brand of choice for all pre-owned car buyers in India. Our interactions with the CARS24 team has been very engaging and stimulating. And we are confident of some shining work coming out of this partnership.”
The Gurgaon office of Ogilvy has recently announced a number of additions to its senior management team.
Alok Sinha
As part of this exercise, Alok Sinha has been brought in as President, Planning. With over 20 years of experience across research, advertising, media and digital, Alok has worked with brands like IBM, Unilever and Vodafone. He has also had extensive experience across South East Asia, in a regional communications planning role at Aegis and subsequently as lead on the P&G businesses at Carat, Philippines. Most recently, he led the strategic digital mandate for Mindshare in South Asia, where his focus was on strengthening Mindshare’s planning product and the strong integration of digital thinking on businesses including futuristic projects like the Loop Room.
Kapil Arora
Kapil Arora, Branch Head, Ogilvy Gurgaon said “Over the last three years, the office has grown significantly across disciplines and we felt the need to bring in the right talent to help navigate our clients’ businesses through a rapidly changing environment.â€
Ajay Gahlaut
Ajay Gahlaut, Executive Creative Director, Ogilvy North said, “As our business gets more dynamic and interconnected every day, we are constantly looking for leaders who can join the dots effectively and enable a better, more integrated creative product.â€
Chandana Agarwal
Chandana Agarwal has taken on the role of Managing Partner of the Advertising function. Chandana has been with Soho Square and Ogilvy Gurgaon for over four years now and has been responsible for great work across brands like Philips, Sprite, Taco Bell, Pernod Ricard & Honda, amongst others. In her role as Managing Partner, she will work with Kapil to steward the advertising business of Ogilvy.
Namrata Balwani
Namrata Balwani has been appointed as Senior Vice President and Head of Ogilvy One, Gurgaon. Namrata moves in from Media2win, a digital agency she co-founded, where she was CEO. A graduate from MICA, she has been at the forefront of media & the digital medium in particular, leading a host of brands to success and recognition across the Abbys, Yahoo Big Idea, IAMAI, Campaign India & many other industry awards.
