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  • The Abby Awards will be held from May 29 to 31 as part of Goafest 2024

    Madan Bahal, Prateek Bhardwaj, and Amit Sharma appointed as Jury Chairs for Abby Awards 2024 powered by One Show

    For the past few weeks, we have been publishing news on the announcement of names of jury chairs of various award categories of Abby 2024 (full name: The Abby Awards 2024 powered by One Show).

    So here’s one more: Madan Bahal, Co-Founder and Managing Director of Adfactors PR, Prateek Bhardwaj, Chief Creative Officer and Head of Creative (India) at Lowe Lintas and Amit Sharma, Founder Director of Chrome Pictures have joined as jury chairs for the Public Relations, Direct and Video Craft categories respectively.

    The Abby will be held from May 29 to 31 as part of Goafest 2024. This year, Goafest is being held in Mumbai, at Westin Powai, overlooking Powai Lake.

  • Part of a top deck reshuffle

    Prateek Bhardwaj is CCO & Head of Creative (India) at Lowe Lintas

    By Our Staff

     

    Lowe Lintas, the creative agency of MullenLowe Lintas Group, has announced the restructure of its creative leadership, with the appointment of Prateek Bhardwaj as CCO and Head of Creative (India).

     

    Under the new structure, PB will now supervise all of Lowe Lintas’ offices, which include Mumbai, Bangalore, Gurugram, and Kolkata, and will partner Subramanyeswar S, the group’s now-not-so-recently appointed CEO. Amongst other changes, Sagar Kapoor takes charge as Chief Creative Officer, Global Brands, and will also oversee the Mumbai creative operations.

     

    In response to the announcement, Subramanyeswar S, Group CEO – India & Chief Strategy Officer – APAC, MullenLowe Group said: “Prateek is a powerhouse of big ideas. He is one of the most celebrated and decorated creative leaders in the country presently and his work sparkles with the personality of a man who knows he is interesting enough on his own. His elevation comes at a time when clients are walking the tightrope between big data and big emotion and I’m sure he will make his idea revelations at this intersection the only (business) metric that will matter. A great quality of his is that he also cares about other people’s creative success as much as his own, maybe more. He’s an artist, explorer, storyteller all rolled into one and his taking charge as the Creative Head of Lowe Lintas India gives me the hope that the best years of big ideas from us are ahead.”

     

    Bhardwaj 24-odd years of industry experience, having won numerous accolades for his work, including the Grand Prix at Cannes Lions and Jay Chiat Awards, and the Black Pencil at D&AD. His notable campaigns include Sprite (Bujhaye only pyaas, baaki all bakwaas), Kinley (Boond boond mein vishwaas), Nescafe (stammering comedian), the launch of tech platform Kaam Wapasi during the pandemic, Vim Black (Vim’s satirical ad campaign), and the recent #TestedBySamsonite series. Prateek has also been a creative entrepreneur who founded and ran Eleven Brandworks out of Mumbai and Gurgaon.

     

  • Lowe Lintas creates campaign film 'Made of Pride'

    Alia Bhatt to be the new face of Blenders Pride

    By Our Staff

     

    Blenders Pride welcomed Alia Bhatt as the new face of the brand with a campaign film, ‘Made of Pride’. Conceptualised by Lowe Lintas, the TVC has been shot by the famous French filmmaker and visual artist Jean Claude Thibaut, known for his path-breaking work in Luxury Lifestyle.

     

    Commenting on the announcement, Kartik Mohindra, Chief Marketing Officer, Pernod Ricard India, said: “Alia Bhatt’s story of becoming today’s youth icon and one of the most talented stars in our film industry makes her unarguably the best choice for our new brand ambassador for Blenders Pride. Our new campaign celebrates the pride of being your authentic self, showcasing Alia’s strength of character and resilience.  In a world where making safe choices comes easy, the new campaign aims to nudge today’s confident consumers, and encourage them to let their pride be the catalyst in making authentic choices that take them further in life.”

     

    Added Prateek Bhardwaj, Chief Creative Officer – Lowe Lintas: “The campaign reframes the relationship between pride and success. For Blenders Pride, true pride isn’t a result of success. Instead, it’s a prerequisite to handle success. With Alia Bhatt staring down the limelight in a never-seen-before avatar, the brand boldly challenges older notions of pride, and encourages us to unabashedly own our choices.”

     

  • Paves the way for a new perspective to see women beyond traditional roles

    Lowe creates campaign for Vim dishwash

    By Our Staff

     

    Vim dishwash brand has launched a TVC as a tribute to successful women. With a tagline ‘Nazariya Badlo, Dekho Bartano Se Aage’, the campaign is a nudge to society to see women beyond archaic roles.

     

    Commenting on the launch of the campaign, Prabha Narasimhan, Executive Director & VP – Home Care, South Asia at HUL said: “Vim is the market leader in Dishwash by far and has helped make the dishwashing process easier and hassle-free over the ages. We are inspired by the successful women around us who excel in whatever they do, being homemakers and decision-makers. They are already way more than chores, but sometimes get limited by society’s definition of chores being a woman’s primary responsibility. If we offload them from these societal stereotypes and the stress caused by them, there is so much more they can and will be. At Vim, that is precisely going to be our endeavour with ‘Nazariya Badlo, Dekho Bartano Se Aage’.

     

    Speaking about the same, Prateek Bhardwaj, Chief Creative Officer – Lowe added: “This campaign speaks to the mindset that when a man does the dishes, he’s ‘helping’ the woman of the house. An act for which society applauds him, when in fact it’s something that he should be doing as a member of the household. Nudging the society to realize this double standard that exists was at the heart of this campaign.”

     

  • To strengthen creative leadership team

    Vasudha Misra appointed Regional Creative Officer, Lowe Lintas

    By Our Staff

     

    Vasudha Misra

    Lowe Lintas has recently announced Vasudha Misra as its Regional Creative Officer, strengthening the creative leadership at their Delhi office. Vasudha joins Lowe Lintas from BBH India where she worked as ECD on brands such as Tinder, Vivo, FabHotels, Havells RO Water Purifiers, Havells Lights, OkCupid, Heinz India and Indonesia.

     

    Prateek Bhardwaj
    Prateek Bhardwaj

    Speaking about the appointment, Prateek Bhardwaj, CCO, Lowe Lintas said: “Vasudha and Lowe Lintas were simply meant to be. Over the years, she has built a body of work that would sit perfectly in a Lowe Lintas greatest hits reel – strategically powerful, creatively brilliant. With a cool, new-age edge. Borrowing a line from one of her campaigns, I’d say this really feels like the start of something epic.”

     

    Commenting on her new role, Misra added: “I am very excited to be a part of Lowe Lintas. Over the years, I have watched several iconic campaigns that Lowe that has done, with great admiration. And I look forward to helping Prateek take this incredible legacy forward.”

     

  • Also gets an honourable mention for its work on Lifebuoy and Wheel

    MullenLowe aces at Jay Chiat 2021

    By Our Staff

     

    MullenLowe Lintas Group picked up two Golds and an honourable mention for its work on Lifebuoy and Wheel, respectively at 4A’s Jay Chiat Awards,. It is the only agency from India to win at 4A’s Jay Chiat Awards this year held as a virtual event on September 13, 2021.

     

    Virat Tandon
    Virat Tandon

    Said Virat Tandon, Group CEO, MullenLowe Lintas Group said: “4A’s Jay Chiat finds global acclaim and is possibly the toughest strategy award to win. It is a privilege for MullenLowe Lintas Group, India to have won it six times, something very few agencies in the world can boast of. The twin Gold wins for Lifebuoy this year is a great endorsement for the purpose-led work we believe in driving for our brands. A big thank you to our clients at Unilever for wholeheartedly partnering us in our vision for the brand. Kudos also to our colleagues at MullenLowe Singapore, MullenLowe Salt and Weber Shandwick for supporting the ‘H is for Handwashing’ campaign. An honourable mention for another of our strong purpose-led work, the “Ghar se career” project for Wheel is also very encouraging and spurs us to do better.”

     

    Added Sagar Kapoor and Prateek Bhardwaj, CCOs, Lowe Lintas added: “As Lintas, we have always been a passionate practitioner of purpose-led brand-building. While one campaign is of a global scale and the other focuses on the local insights, both have an element of purpose at their core, that has resulted in success for the brands in the marketplace as well as with the audience. Both these brands are super active in their ‘brand do’ and shall continue to do so regardless of awards and rewards.”

     

  • To build awareness, Lowe Lintas launched a national campaign leading with television, on channels of Zee Network last week

    Lowe Lintas launches new awareness campaign to promote tech platform Kaam Wapasi

    By A Correspondent

     

    Addressing the nationwide clarion call to reintegrate the displaced migrant workers with the economy, Lowe Lintas has announced the launch of Kaam Wapasi, a unique tech platform. It helps migrant workers return to work and simultaneously assists employers with access to a pool of skilled and unskilled blue-collared manpower. To build awareness, Lowe Lintas launched a national campaign leading with television, on channels of Zee Network last week.

     

    Commenting on the initiative, Prateek Bhardwaj, CCO at Lowe Lintas, said: “What does a job in hand mean to a migrant worker returning to the city? It means being able to return with dignity, self-respect and a sense of control over one’s destiny. That’s what Kaamwapasi is about. That’s what our campaign is about. Working around the simple idea of ‘Kaam hai to jahaan hai’, we’re urging migrants to return with clarity and confidence.”

     

     

  • It’s a tech platform to reconnect migrant workers with urban jobs, supported by top corporates

    Lowe Lintas launches Kaam Wapasi

    By A Correspondent

     

    Lowe Lintas has announced the launch of Kaam Wapasi, a tech platform built to help migrant workers get back to work and at the same time assist employers with access to a pool of readily available workers. Companies like Zee Network, Bharti Airtel, Axis Bank, Radiocity and Razorpod have put their weight behind the initiative, that complements the government’s initiative to fuel the Indian economy.

     

    Prateek Bhardwaj

    Commenting on the idea, Prateek Bhardwaj, CCO at Lowe Lintas, said: “After all that they’ve been through, migrant workers aren’t ready to return to cities without a sense of clarity and control. They need active projects to return to. Unfinished projects, on the other hand, need workers to restart. Kaam Wapasi is a creative tech intervention to help resolve this stalemate. By connecting migrant blue-collar workers with projects in various cities, we hope to accelerate the unlocking of the Indian economy”.

     

    Virat Tandon

    Talking about bringing the idea to life, Virat Tandon, Group CEO at MullenLowe Lintas Group, added: “Creating the technology is just one part of the puzzle for us. We also intend to activate it at scale, and it’s heartening to see so many big brands collaborating with us to deliver that scale. Kaam Wapasi will be accessible to workers across the spectrum and as it grows, we hope that more companies join us in this endeavour”.

     

     

  • These appointments mark the completion of the transition that started with the recent exit of Arun Iyer

    Lowe Lintas names Sagar Kapoor and Prateek Bhardwaj as CCOs

    By A Correspondent

     

    Sagar Kapoor
    Prateek Bhardwaj

    MullenLowe Lintas Group has announced the new creative leadership of its agency, Lowe Lintas. The agency has named Sagar Kapoor and Prateek Bhardwaj as its Chief Creative Officers (CCOs). These appointments mark the completion of the transition that started with the recent exit of Arun Iyer.  While Kapoor has been elevated from within the agency where he was Executive Director, based in Mumbai. Bharadwaj  moves from McCann Worldgroup where he was National Creative Director.

     

    In the new structure, Kapoor would oversee a part of the Mumbai office of Lowe Lintas, and all its offices in the South. Bharadwaj’s portfolio would include a part of the Mumbai office, and the agency’s offices in the North.

     

    Amer Jaleel

    According to a communique, Amer Jaleel, Chairman and CCO – MullenLowe Lintas Group, has handpicked the creative duo for these roles, in consultation with Arun Iyer. Speaking of the appointments, Jaleel said: “The task of choosing and appointing the creative leadership of Lowe Lintas is an incredibly enviable and unenviable position to be in! Taking over from the likes of Balki and Arun Iyer for one. And taking charge of the legacy and for the future of Lowe Lintas during these challenging and exciting times, too. But we have found the two most gifted and ideal individuals possible, what a great relief and what a sense of pride at this announcement!”

     

    Commenting on the new CCOs, Jaleel added: “We’ve seen the two CCO model work well in the past for the agency. The new generation of leaders taking over is the start of Lowe Lintas evolving its creative product, while being true to the Lintas soul.”

     

    The new appointments will be effective January 1, 2019. Both the new CCOs will operate out of the Mumbai offices of Lowe Lintas, reporting to Jaleel.

     

     

  • 360-degree marketing campaign showcasing incredible picture and sound quality of Sony’s new range of Bravia TVs

    Sony rolls out Bravia marketing campaign

    By A Correspondent

     

    Sony India has launched its new festive campaign titled “Respect every colour”.

     

    Said Yuichi Hasegawa, Head of Marketing, Sony India: “The Sony Bravia range of televisions has always stood for breath-taking details, vivid colours, striking contrast and exceptional sound quality. Through this commercial, we have endeavoured to showcase BRAVIA’s Bravia’s tradition of celebrating colours.“We are very happy with the translation of the brief done by our creative agency, McCann India for this project.”

     

    Added Prateek Bhardwaj, National Creative Director, McCann Worldgroup: “Colours carry deep meaning in Indian traditions and festivities. Our message was that if the role colours play in our culture is so important, they deserve a Bravia to be viewed on.”

     

  • AT has worked in agencies like FCB Ulka, Ogilvy & Mather, Leo Burnett, McCann & TBWA

    Abhinav Tripathi joins McCann as Executive Creative Director

    By A Correspondent

     

    Abhinav Tripathi

    Abhinav Tripathi has joined McCann Mumbai as Executive Creative Director.

     

    He has worked in agencies like FCB Ulka, Ogilvy & Mather, Leo Burnett, McCann and most recently with TBWA.

     

    Announcing the appointment, Prasoon Joshi Chairman APAC and CEO & Chief Creative Officer McCann Worldgroup India said: “I am delighted to welcome Abhinav back to the McCann family. Abhinav represents the breed of fine creative people who also have sharp understanding of strategy and brands. He has grown with McCann and has been an integral part of our creative journey, am sure his second innings with us will be even more valuable.”

     

    Commenting on the appointment, Pradyumna Chauhan-Joint NCD McCann World group added: “I have worked with Abhinav in the past. He is a great collaborator. Much awarded and with an eye on popular culture and emerging communication trends, I am sure he is going to help drive creative excellence.” Said Prateek Bhardwaj – Joint NCD McCann Worldgroup: “Delighted to have Abhinav back in the team. He is a unique talent, one who combines an innate advertising wisdom with a truly modern, techie sensibility. With Abhinav on board, I look forward to even more exciting times ahead for McCann.”

     

  • Hindi news broadcaster India TV has awarded its creative mandate to Eleven Brandworks. The win came after a multi-round & multi-agency pitch process.

    India TV awards creative duties to Eleven Brandworks

    By A Correspondent

     

    Hindi news broadcaster India TV has awarded its creative mandate to Eleven Brandworks. The win came after a multi-round & multi-agency pitch process initiated in April. Eleven’s bouquet of clients includes Eristoff (Bacardi), Times Brand Capital, Archies, NDTV Good Times, Onjus and Nokia maps.

     

    Prateek Bhardwaj, Founder Director, Eleven Brandworks, said, “It is truly exciting to partner one of the most influential media brands in this country. We share the vision the management has for the brand, and our mandate is to enhance India TV’s stature within its viewers as well as non-viewers.”

     

    Ritu Dhawan

    India TV MD & CEO Ritu Dhawan said, “Political reporting is gaining momentum in run up to the elections. In the coming days India TV will present most engaging and interactive news content. Team India TV led by Rajat Sharma is ready to comment, analyze and decode political mysteries. In line with the intent of refreshing the brand, Eleven has been successful in pitching with a few really reassuring ideas. We welcome Eleven & look forward to working with them.”