Sresta Natural Bioproducts Private Limited has onboarded Tilt Brand Solutions as its agency on record (AOR) for providing marketing solutions for its brand ’24 Mantra Organic’ across platforms, formats, and media.
Said Balasubramanian N, CEO & Director of 24 Mantra Organic: “While we have been growing each year both nationally and internationally, the recent entry of many brands in this category makes it critical for us to build and maintain brand preference in a sustained manner. And to this end, we are convinced that Tilt Brand Solutions would be the perfect partner for us going forward. Their planning process is sharp and contemporary, and the body of work put out by them thus far, consistently impressive. While on one hand, the professionals at Tilt has the solid experience and the expertise of having launched and grown multiple brands, they are also contemporarily structured and staffed to manage the needs of an omnichannel retail brand like ours! “
Added Paul Dueman, Chief Strategy Officer, Tilt Brand Solutions: “We are delighted to partner with 24 Mantra’s extremely passionate team in their new growth phase. There lies a unique and exciting challenge in front of us of building brand preference and love while at the same time driving and growing the category. We are convinced in 24 Mantra’s rightful ambition to promote sustainable livelihood for the farmers along with a healthy lifestyle for the consumers and contribute to a better ecology as a whole, as also in our ability to bring to bear on this journey, our competencies in data-led insight mining, cultural understanding, impactful storytelling, and digital marketing & amplification”
Mumbai-based Tilt Brand Solutions has announced the appointment of Gulshan Singh as Chief Strategy Officer. He will pair up with Paul Dueman, also Chief Strategy Officer, who was brought in a year back. Singh comes in after a five-year stint at FCB Interface where he was National Planning Director.
Speaking on this appointment, Joseph ‘Joe’ George, Founder Chairman and Managing Director, Tilt Brand Solutions said: “Gulshan’s competencies, experience, and interest are just right for what is needed to lead Right Brained Planning at Tilt. With this appointment, Tilt Brand Solutions will be the first-ever Brand and Communications Consultancy in the country that will have a 2 CSO structure – a tangible demonstration of our belief in Full Brained Thinking and the equal importance and criticality of both Left and Right Brained Planning at Tilt. Am sure Paul and he will enjoy their tango”
Sigh assumed this role on August 23. He and Dueman will be reporting to George.
Brand and communications consultancy Tilt Brand Solutions has appointed Mandar Gore as Senior Director – Strategy. He will report into Paul Dueman, Tilt’s Chief Strategy Officer.
Gore has over 16 years of experience across advertising and brand consulting. In his earlier stints at FCB, Ogilvy and Sideways Consulting, Mandar worked on brands like Bournvita, Kamasutra, Fosters, Amaron, Castrol, Mahindra & Mahindra and Pidilite, amongst others. His work on them has won him Indian as well as international effectiveness laurels at Effies India/APAC and AME.
Said Dueman: “We are really excited to have Mandar lead and drive “Full-Brained Thinking” at Tilt – the philosophy and approach that drives strategic planning at Tilt. The expertise that he brings on board, especially on culture and consumption anthropology, coupled with his rich experience on brand communication strategy and design thinking adds further heft to our strategy team. Strategists at Tilt across Digital, Data, Social, Search, ORM, Brand building and Comms planning will all now be led by Mandar.”
Mandar Gore
Added Gore: “I am thrilled to be part of, and further contribute to what the strategy team at Tilt is doing. I am a big believer in Tilt’s FBT framework, and what it can unlock for ambitious brands and businesses. This is exactly the kind of strategic rigor that every brand needs, to be able to win in today’s hyper competitive and highly fragmented market place.”
Indigo Consulting has brought on board Paul Dueman as Senior Vice President – Strategy & Business, Chetan Thaker as Head – Customer Success and Alifiya Naik as the Lead – UX Consultant. The three will be based in Mumbai and will report to Jose Leon, President at Indigo Consulting.
Jose Leon
Welcoming the new key hires on board, Jose Leon, President – Indigo Consulting said: “At Indigo Consulting, we are constantly trying to better the great momentum we have built up across the last three quarters. As the fourth industrial revolution spurs our customers along to evolve and meet expectations of their digital customers, bringing in key talent across our BSFI, hi-tech, FMCG, retail, Fashion & Lifestyle projects was par for the course. Paul, Chetan and Alifiya are highly established leaders who deliver our promise to customers. I am confident that they will lead by example and set higher quality benchmarks every day.â€
Rajesh Ghatge
Added Rajesh Ghatge, CEO Indigo Consulting: “We invested time and efforts last year not just in building on our strengths in the UX, Design and Technology domains, but also in elevating the competency sets to deliver large scale digital transformation and digital experience mandates. We have gathered tremendous momentum and are working on some industry first projects for large clients across categories. We will continue to invest in expanding our teams and infuse them with best-in-class talent to ensure ‘customer success’.
To further drive its message as being the leader in the space, accessories player Stuffcool has appointed LinTeractive, the digital agency of Mullen Lowe Lintas Group as its digital partner. LinTeractive would work towards positioning Stuffcool as the partner of choice for digital wares and also enhance its reach as a trustworthy player throughout India.
Commenting on the appointment, Hemang Budhdeo – Director, Nissan Enterprises Ltd said: “The smartphone market in India is witnessing an unwavering growth which obviously spells more opportunities for us. We are glad to have LinTeractive partner us at this exciting phase as we look to expand our territories and further build up our customer base in India. We look forward to striking a meaningful relationship with the team and hope to chart out new frontiers in our quest of being the best in the space.â€
Vikas Mehta
Part of Nissan Enterprises Limited, Stuffcool caters to those looking to source essential gear like mobile cases, screen protectors, cables, chargers, selfie-sticks and other enhancements for their smartphones. The firm is known to have cultivated the branded accessories market in India and pave the pathway for easy availability of quality accessories to end consumers.  Sharing his views on winning the business, Vikas Mehta, Group CMO | President, Group Marketing Services, Mullen Lowe Lintas Group said, “Devices are a bigger part of our lives today than most things we own. Stuffcool makes cool accessories for these devices, making it an inspiring brand to work with. The market is flooded with accessories but few great accessory brands. We are glad on the opportunity presented to LinTeractive to partner Stuffcool and hope to get the little things right for them.”
Flagging off the partnership, LinTeractive has drawn up an extensive online campaign under the theme #LilThingsMatter. It has engaged in a whole lot of initiatives on and off line to drive home the core theme of #LilThingsMatter. Contests were run on social media – Facebook & Twitter where users were asked to share their experiences about the little things that make a difference to their lives, encourage discussions around the theme without revealing anything about the brand proposition. Following this, a brand film was launched along with a 5-day-contest on FB/Twitter where Stuffcool.comgot customers to engage with the brand over its online platform.
Hemang Budhdeo
Sharing his views on the integrated digital campaign that has been planned, Hemang Budhdeo said: “Our products play the role of a catalyst in the life of the consumer in a little way but have great impact. We approached LinTeractive with this brief, and they came up with #LilThingsMatter that says how little things (tech accessories) make a huge difference to the gadgets that people use and interspersed the same with life-situations around consumers. We are glad with the initial response that has been generated on the back of the new campaign.â€
The video campaign builds the brand philosophy through real life instances in a very artistic manner. Simple things like running out of battery, enjoying your time with friends while taking a selfie and other such nuances involving a mobile phone have been brought out in an imaginative manner. The background score in the campaign is a catchy one and has been incorporated to establish an emotional connect with the consumers. The film touches upon the values of love, care, friendship, trust while highlighting how products from Stuffcool help achieve little moments of joy.
Commenting on the thought process behind the idea, Paul Dueman, Senior Vice President, LinTeractive said, “The campaign is our answer to differentiating Stuffcool from the other players in the accessories market. The strategy was to highlight instances, however small, that matter to consumers today and the positive impact it creates in their lives. We are confident that #LilThingsMatter as brand credo, backed with a series of creative narrations and engagements planned for 2016, will do well to connect with their consumers.â€
LinTeractive Leadership team- L-R- Sumanta Ganguly, Gauri Joshi and Paul Dueman
LinTeractive, the fast-growing digital division of Lowe Lintas + Partners has taken another major step as it named its leadership team in India.The three-member leadership team comprising of a business, strategy and creative head each, will drive the digital business for the group and will be supported by the IPG agency Interactive Avenues as its fulfillment partner. The trio includes Paul Dueman, who’s been with the agency for some time now, and features two new additions – Gauri Joshi and Sumanta Ganguly. The leadership team will report to Vikas Mehta – CMO, Lowe Lintas + Partners and Country Head, LinTeractive.
Announcing the leadership team, Mehta said, “Just a few months ago, LinTeractive was merely a plan on paper. We set out to build a digital agency that was different on two counts. First, we see ourselves as not just a digital agency, but an ‘agency for the digitized world’. And second, our belief that ideas are at their best, when they work seamlessly ‘on and offline’. Paul has been an excellent partner in driving this approach and we’ve seen great traction among clients. Both Sumanta and Gauri are exciting additions to the team bringing in serious depth on domain expertise. I am confident that this leadership-trio will step up the gas and further fuel the momentum we’re seeing with LinTeractive.”
Paul Dueman has been named Head of strategic and engagement planning. His careerspans over 18 years with 14 of them, spent in digital marketing and technology development. He has been a part of Lowe Lintas + Partners for nearly 5 years in two stints. Sharing his thoughts on the leadership role, Dueman said: “It continues to be a rewarding experience for me at LinTeractive. The go to market support of Interactive Avenues gives us a bigger canvas to shape our ideas and deliver far more value. Additionally, the synergized working with teams across the board internally – from PR, to Healthcare, Activation and Advertising makes me feel like a kid in a candy store. It’s a digital glut-fest at Lowe Lintas + Partners and I’m definitely not on a diet.”
The two new appointments include Sumanta Ganguly, who joins LinTeractive as Senior Vice President and will be taking on the role of business head. Ganguly’sresponsibility would include partnering clients to craft out ‘digital first’ communication strategies and creating a digital roadmap for some of the top brands in the country.
Sharing his views on joining the agency, Ganguly said, “I am excited to join an agency that has a ‘seat at the table’ with some of the largest brands in the country. Coupled with creative, planning & content capabilities it is a potent mix to build great partnerships with brands who want to lead in today’s social and digital service offering.”
Joining Dueman and Ganguly in the trio would be Gauri Joshi who joins LinTeractive after being a Hungama old-timer. As Unit Creative Director, Joshi will be heading LinTeractive’s creative function providing digitally driven creative solutions.
Adding her views, Gauri Joshi said, “I am delighted to be a part of the team at LinTeractive. As a group, Lowe Lintas + Partners has etched out a truly robust and integrated vision for LinTeractive, which I believe is the best way forward for brands as well as digital on the whole.”
