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  • The fifth edition of Kyoorius Creative Awards and the fouth edition of Zee Melt have on boarded Moe’s Art

    Moe’s Art is PR partner for Zee Melt

    By A Correspondent

     

    The fifth edition of Kyoorius Creative Awards and the fouth edition of Zee Melt have on boarded Moe’s Art as its ‘PR Communications Partner’.

     

    Commenting on the association, Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO, Kyoorius, said: “We at Kyoorius have successfully established long-standing properties that provide excellent value to the members of the media and entertainment industry. With Kyoorius Creative Awards and Zee Melt, we were seeking a perfect communications partner to assist us in our endeavour of reaching out to the right audience. Moe’s Art depicted a thorough understanding of our needs, requirements and our vision at large; we are happy to have them onboard.”

     

    Speaking about the association, Vishaal Shah, Co-Founder, Moe’s Art added: “Kyoorius is a reputed brand within the industry and it consistently reinvents itself to deliver more to its TG/audience. It is certainly exciting to be partnering for such prestigious platforms and bring in that innovation as the properties expand their reach.”

     

     

  • The entries for advertising, digital and media will be judged across 20 categories comprising 280 sub categories

    Kyoorius Creative Awards announces jury for Media category

    By A Correspondent

     

    The 5th edition of the Kyoorius Creative Awards has announced it jury for Media. The award show honouring creative and innovative work across advertising, digital, and media is inviting entries until the extended deadline of 2nd May.

     

    The media jury comprises Torie Henderson (Jury Foreman) – CEO, South East Asia & India, Omnicom Media Group; Nandini Dias – Chief Executive Officer, Lodestar UM; Tarun Katial – Chief Executive Officer, BIG FM (Reliance Broadcast Network Limited); Haruna McWilliams – VP, Strategy, APAC, Essence; Deepika Sabharwal Tewari -  AVP – Tanishq Marketing, Titan Company Ltd; Paritosh Joshi – Principal, Provocateur Advisory and Amin Lakhani – President, Client Leadership, Mindshare.

     

    Rajesh Kejriwal

    Speaking about the awards and the jury, Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO, Kyoorius said: “Like every year, we have a skilled jury with each bringing along decades of experience and an in-depth understanding of the industry.”

     

     

  • Entries open from March 21, 2018 across 20 categories

    Kyoorius Awards names its jury for fifth edition

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Kyoorius Creative Awards is back in its fifth edition and entries will be open from March 21 to April 23, 2018 across 20 main categories and 280 sub-categories. The Kyoorius Creative Awards night will be held on June 1, 2018 in Mumbai. The entries will be judged by four juries; two for advertising and one each for digital and media from 14th May – 16th May in Mumbai.

     

    The jury chairpersons are as follows:

    ArunIyer- Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Lowe Lintas – Advertising

    Santosh Padhi- Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder, Taproot Denstu– Advertising

    Torie Henderson – CEO, South East Asia & India, Omnicom Media Group Asia Pacific – Media

    KunalJeswani- Chief Executive Officer, Ogilvy & Mather– Digital

     

    The other confirmed jurors include: Bobby Pawar – Chief Creative Officer and Managing Director – South Asia, Publicis Worldwide, India, Deepa Geethakrishnan – National Creative Director (HUL), Lowe Lintas, JuhiKalia – Head of Creative Shop India & Global Brands APAC, Facebook, KainazKarmakar- Chief Creative Officer – Ogilvy Mumbai, Ogilvy & Mather, KartikIyer – CEO, Happy McGarryBowen, Kyoko Yonezawa – Creative Technologist, Dentsu Inc., Neil Cooper – Group Creative Director, Publicis.Sapient, Pradyumna Chauhan –Creative Consultant, PreethiMariappan – VP, Executive Creative Director Emerging Experiences, Publicis Sapient, Satbir Singh – Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Thinkstr, Sidharth Rao – CEO and Co-Founder, DentsuWebchutney, Sumanto Chattopadhyay – Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, Soho Square, Ogilvy Group, India, Swati Bhattacharya – Chief Creative Officer, FCB Ulka and Tista Sen – National Creative Director & Senior Vice President, J. Walter Thompson India.

     

    Speaking about the jury and the fifth edition of the awards, Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO, Kyoorius said: “The jurors at The Kyoorius Creative Awards, with their innate knowledge and experience, will contribute to this vision of acknowledging the finest original and innovative work. We look forward to hosting an insightful and rewarding event that honours the best in advertising.”

     

     

  • The two-day festival will be held at NSCI, Mumbai and features leading industry persons and speakers

    Kyoorius announces keynotes for fourth edition of Melt

    By A Correspondent

     

    Zee Melt has announced the fourth edition of the event that will take place on May 30 and 31, 2018. The two-day festival will be held at NSCI, Mumbai and feature leading industry persons.

     

    The speakers include:

    :: Chuck Porter: Co-Founder & Chairman, CP&B and author

    :: Fernando Machado: Head of Brand Marketing, Burger King.

    :: Tom Fishburne: Veteran marketer and cartoonist

    :: Tom Goodwin: Executive Vice President and head of innovation, Zenith Media

    :: AnindyaGhose:  Leonard N. Stern School of Business

    :: Mark Shayler: Author, Trainer

    :: Matthew Quint - Director, Center on Global Brand Leadership – Columbia Business School

     

    Speaking about Zee Melt 2018, Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO, Kyoorius, said: “Zee Melt continues to march forward with its focus on bringing the biggest and the creative minds together on one platform and change the way marketing is perceived. Year after year, we look forward to unfold a highly-energized and knowledge driven convention. Having such notable speakers on-board for the sessions fortifies this objective and we are certain this edition will add immense value to all the attendees.”

     

     

  • Under the agreement, The One Club will also contribute to the composition of the jury for all future editions of Kyoorius Creative Awards

    Kyoorius announces partnership with The One Club

    By A Correspondent

     

    Kyoorius Group announced it has formed a partnership with The One Club for Creativity, a leading global non-profit organisation behind The One Show, ADC Annual Awards and other programming, to serve as the club’s official representative in India. It may be recalled that Kyoorius had tied up with D&AD,  a relationship it phased out from last year.

     

    Under the agreement, The One Club will also contribute to the composition of the jury for future editions of Kyoorius Creative Awards, as well as provide the club’s judging process and proprietary back-end voting technology platform.

     

    In this new partnership, Kyoorius will work closely with agencies, media and the creative community in India to support and promote the club’s awards programmes including The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Creative Week, Young Guns, Young Ones student awards, One Screen Short Film Festival, Creative Hall of Fame and others.

     

    In addition to these awards and recognition initiatives, The One Club for Creativity also gives back to the creative community through nearly 20 programmes throughout the year representing its four pillars: Education, Inclusion & Diversity, Professional Development and Gender Equality.  Programming includes Creative Boot Camps and Portfolio Nights for young creatives, Creative Leaders Retreats for senior creatives, Executive Creative Summits for agency founders/CCO/managing partners and more. Kyoorius will work with agencies throughout India to sponsor local versions of these and other One Club programming starting in 2018.

     

    “India is a very important market for the global advertising industry, and for The One Club in particular,” said Kevin Swanepoel, CEO, The One Club for Creativity. “There is tremendous work coming from agencies here, and we look forward to working with the Kyoorius team to help recognize and promote the country’s creative community.”

     

    “Since 2006, Kyoorius has been at the forefront of connecting the creative community in India through programmes that inform, inspire and stimulate,” added Rajesh Kejriwal, founder and CEO, Kyoorius Group. “We are very excited to serve as the official representative of The One Club for Creativity in India because their recognition, education and professional development programmes are the perfect fit for our mission to support and promote creatives in India.”

     

     

  • Kyoorius Designyatra is the biggest annual conference on design and innovation

    Kyoorius Designyatra is back in Goa

     

     

    Kyoorius Designyatra will return to Goa with its 12th edition this year, with the theme: “Optimism”. The event will be held over a period of three days – October 12 to October 14, 2017 (note: the Ad Club’s Envies Awards are scheduled for October 13 in Mumbai).

     

    This year the line-up of speakers includes: Andy Chen, Partner, Isometric Studio; Cheryl Heller, Chair, MFA Design for Social Innovation at SVA; Graham Fink, Chief Creative Officer, Ogilvy & Mather, China; Stephen Burks, Principal, Stephen Burks Man Made; Waqas Jawaid, Partner, Isometric Studio; Lord Christopher Laverty,, Author, Clothes on Film; Leeroy New, Artist and Designer, Lab New; Jackson Tan, Creative Director and Co-Founder, BLACK and PHUNK; Prasanna Sankhé, Founder & Creative Head, HYPHEN; Lizzie Mary Cullen, Pen and ink Illustrator and Writer, Lizzie Mary Cullen; Jon Noorlander, Executive Creative Director, Method Studios; Madhav Raman, Partner, Anagram Architects; Morag Myerscough, Founder & Designer, Studio Myerscough; Thomas Widdhershoven, Director and Designer, Thonik; Noriaki Onoe, Creative Director, Dentsu Inc.

     

    Said Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder CEO of Kyoorius in a statement: “The 12th edition of Kyoorius Designyatra is aimed at reflecting the hope people have imbibed in today’s gloomy environment. It is acting as a platform where creativity and design will signify new hope and a better tomorrow. As a platform, Designyatra allows the participants to not only discuss the latest trends in creativity, brand, design and digital but also creates a unique pool of varied creative minds from across the world. The stimulating lectures and workshops encourage the participants to not only think innovatively but also not to be bound by the barriers of age, experience and backgrounds.”

     

     

  • Karen Welman will be the foreman of the jury

    Kyoorius unveils jury for 2017 Design Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    Kyoorius has announced its jury for the fifth edition of the Kyoorius Design Awards. The jury sessions will take place on September 15 and 16, 2017 at the Ecole Intuit Lab in Mumbai. All design work commercially released between January 1, 2016 and March 31, 2017 are eligible to be entered.

     

    The jury will be chaired by award winning graphic designer and founding creative partner at Pearlfisher (London), Karen Welman along with some of the leading names in the advertising and design space: Leanne Kitchen, Designer – Johnson Banks; Darshan Gandhi, Head Design – Godrej Consumer Products Limited; Scott Lambert, Design Director – The Partners | Founder – The Typefaces; Ambrish Arora, Founding Principal – Studio Lotus; Jay Dutta, SVP of UX Design – MMYT | Advisor – SAIF Partners; Neha Tulsia, Founder & Creative Director – NH1 Design.

     

    Said Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO of Kyoorius: “These awards are an initiative to acknowledge and reward the true talent in the field of creativity, innovation and design. It’s an honour to have such highly acclaimed jury on board this year. Our jury members represent the best talent in the industry, across a range of creative disciplines to recognize exceptional work in the design industry.”

     

    The Kyoorius Design Awards night will be the culmination of Kyoorius Designyatra and will be held on October 14, 2017 in Goa.

     

  • As many as five Black Elephants and 96 Blue Elephants were awarded this year

    Ogilvy maxes Kyoorius Creative Awards yet again

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Kyoorius Creative Awards 2017 were presented in Mumbai on Saturday in the fourth edition of the event. A total of five black elephants and 96 blue elephants were awarded across Advertising, Digital and Media categories in an event that was presented with style, as the awards night has been over all its four editions.

     

    While Ogivly won the maxium number of blue elephants, the five black elephants winners were:

    1.Ogilvy & Mather for Savlon Healthy Hands Chalk Sticks

    2. Early Man Films Pvt. Ltd. for The Hindu

    3. Kinetic Worldwide for Mukhota – The life saving mask

    4. FCB Interface for World’s 1st Streets Named after Street Kids

    5. Response India for Fat Feed Fashion | Instagram to Insta-fashion

     

    Said Kunal Jeswani, CEO, Ogilvy India: “What a great night for Ogilvy India at the Kyoorius Awards. Nothing makes me happier than to see such a fantastic width of Ogilvy talent creating so much great work across so many of our clients. There is no shortcut to great work. You need the best talent in the house. You need them to push their own limits, constantly reinvent themselves and play as a team. And you need great clients who trust you and partner you. Today, I am thankful that we have all three.”

     

    Added Prasanth Kumar, CEO, Mindshare South Asia on his agency winning six Blue Elephants: “It’s very encouraging to witness a greater number of elephants being won across clients. Being a platform that celebrates creativity, it is a great recognition for all the disruptive work done across wins. These wins certainly motivates us to do better in the coming years.”

     

    Commenting on the awards, Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder & CEO, Kyoorius said: “This year again has been a successful year for Kyoorius Creative Awards. I am happy with the response that we have got for having a transparent open jury process and we shall continue to do so.”

     

    A total of 1823 entries were received from 304 entrants. The total number of in-book winners were 307, with a total of 88 blue elephants awarded and five black elephants. There were eight Colors awards presented. The winner of the Times of India Power of Print award was JWT with the runners-up being FCB Interface and Havas Worldwide.

     

     

  • The Kyoorius Creative Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, June 2nd 2017 at the Dome, NSCI in Mumbai

    Kyoorius announces digital jury

    By A Correspondent

     

    As the fourth edition of the Kyoorius Creative Awards draws closer, the jury panel for the digital category has been made public. The panel will be led by Tim Malbon (Founding Partner, Made by Many) and comprises: Eric Cruz (Executive Creative Director, AKQA Shanghai), Lyndon Hale (Executive Creative Director, DigitasLBi APAC), Preethi Mariappan (VP Executive Creative Director, Emerging Experiences EMEA, Sapient Razorfish), George Kovoor (Senior Creative Director, OgilvyOne Worldwide), RoopakSaluja (Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The 120 Media Collective and Sooperfly) and PrashanthChallapalli (Chief Integration Officer, Leo Burnett South Asia).

     

    Said Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO of Kyoorius: “Over the last five years, the advertising and media industry as we know it, has seen dramatic and evolutionary transformations. The advent and growth of digital together with technology, has led to changes in the way we think, act and communicate with the modern day consumer. In this sea of change, the concept and execution of creative communications too has evolved leaps and bounds. And it is this outstanding creative excellence and innovation that Kyoorius aims to recognize and honour.”

     

    While entries for awards will close on April 19, 2017, April 26 will be the last day to submit physical entries.The Kyoorius Creative Awards ceremony will be held on Friday, June 2, 2017 in Mumbai.

     

  • Entries for these awards close on April 19 with April 26 being the last day for physical submission of entries

    Kyoorius announces dates for 2017 edition of Creative Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    The Kyoorius Creative Awards has opened doors for its fourth edition with awards on offer across 17 main categories and 156 sub-categories. The awards is scheduled to happen on Friday, June 2 in Mumbai. The backend of the awards and the judging process is being done by D&AD.

     

    Entries for these awards close on April 19 with April 26 being the last day for physical submission of the entries.

     

    Said Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder and CEO of Kyoorius: “The advent and growth of digital together with technology has led to changes in the way we think, act and communicate with the modern-day consumer. It is this outstanding creative excellence and innovation that Kyoorius aims to recognise and honour.”

     

  • Mumbai-based Kahani Designworks and Ek Type were the Black Elephant winners for their campaigns for The State of Architecture and Baloo respectively

    Kahani Designworks and Ek Type win Black Elephant at Kyoorius Design Awards

    By A Correspondent

     

    Two Black Elephants and 22 Blue Elephants were awarded for outstanding work in design and visual communication at the Kyoorius Design Awards on Saturday in Jaipur. Mumbai-based Kahani Designworks and Ek Type were the Black Elephant winners for their campaigns for The State of Architecture and Baloo respectively. Kyoorius also awarded some of the future creative stars with the Kyoorius Young Blood Awards encourages young Indian talent in the visual communication space.

     

    Black Elephants are reserved for the work that is the best amongst the best, work that involves high risk and high dedication and that has a long time impact on the industry. Kyoorius received a total of 468 entries this year for the Kyoorius Design Awards out of which 43 were the In-Book winners.

     

    The Kyoorius Young Blood Awards received a total of 353 entries with 14 Red Elephants being rewarded and 27 In-Book winners.

     

    The awards were a culmination of the three-day event on creativity and design that sparked fresh and new ideas among the attendees.  The final day of Kyoorius Designyatra 2016 had an incredible speaker line-up that included Jon Marshall, Co-Founder & Creative Director, MAP, Singgih Kartono, Founder & Designer, Magno Design, Alex Daly, Founder, Vann Alexandra, Ronald van Schaik, Founder, Kaliber Interactive, Ayappa KM, Co-Founder, Early Man Film, Tap Kruavanichkit, Creative Director, Farmgroup, Ruchita Madhok, Principal, Kahani Designworks, Sameer Kulavoor, Founder, Bombay Duck Design and Sarang Kulkarni, Founder WhiteCrow. The speaker sessions ended with an interactive discussion with the legendary Michael Wolff, Founder, Michael Wolff & Co.

     

    Said Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder CEO of Kyoorius: “This year at Kyoorius Designyatra we aimed to bring together a group of divergent thinkers to encourage interactions and creativity. We hope people will go back inspired and with a new passion and vigour towards why they are a part of this ever-growing industry”.

     

    Speaking about the awards he added, “The Kyoorius Design Awards have fast become something of an aspiration for a lot of people within the industry and we see first-hand proof in the kind of entries we have received. The young talent within the industry has also become more innovative in terms of their campaigns, creativity and innovation and some of the ideas surpass even our expectations.”

  • This year, over 1200 delegates are expected to be present over the three days

    Kyoorius Designyatra 2016 moves to Jaipur

    By A Correspondent

     

    The eleventh edition of premier design conference Kyoorius Designyatra moves to Jaipur this year, with the theme: “Why am I here?” The event will be held at the Pink City’s Fairmont Hotel and spread over a period of three days – September 29 to October 1. The theme will explore facets of creativity – whether we are chasing our passions or just doing mundane work; be it in designing, writing, shooting or exploring multiple avenues for creativity.

     

    This year, over 1200 delegates are expected to be present over the three days participating in various workshops, discussion sessions and portfolio reviews  The event will culminate with the presentation of the D&AD-backed Kyoorius Design Awards.

     

    Rajesh Kejriwal

    Said Rajesh Kejriwal, Founder CEO of Kyoorius: “The team and all its supporting partners have worked hard to ensure that Designyatra is different but grander than ever and we look forward to seeing everyone from students, young professionals and seniors, come together at this annual celebration of creativity at Jaipur.”

     

    Kay Khoo, Co-founder & Creative Director at Kyoorius explains, “With the latest edition of Designyatra, as much as we want this to continue to be the coolest design conference in the world, we also want to reflect on why we are here. We want every participant to ponder and be pushed to do more relevant and meaningful things for India, and be inspired. To celebrate design as a whole.”