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Apart from its work, the agency has also consistently managed to
add new clients, which includes LG, Hindustan Times and empanelment
with four state tourism boards this year.
Reflecting on this year's performance, O&M executive director,
north India, Vibha Desai said: "We have had a good year as
lot of our campaigns have done well in the marketplace. To cite
examples, the pulse polio campaign featuring Amitabh Bachchan resulted
in 90 per cent of the people saying that they want to go out and
get their children pulse polio drops."
"Hutch campaign featuring a young boy and a dog has been a
run-way success, Perfetti's Center Shock new commercial was a huge
success and the brand became leader in the chewing gum segment,
American Express work was noticeable, Grasim from brand health point
of view is among top three in its segment
So, quite clearly,
O&M Delhi office has done very well this year," added Desai.
Desai refused to comment on figures but she mentioned that this
year the agency has managed "good growth" (in comparison
to the previous year).
The O&M Delhi office did spring a surprise earlier this year
when seven of 10 nominations at One Show came from this particular
office. This was followed by Gold at Cannes for Business World direct
mailer campaign and the US-based Communication Arts selecting Hope
campaign for its design annual in November issue.
On the new business acquisitions, Desai said, "Recently, we
have got large chunk of LG business and Hindustan Times account.
We have also consolidated on tourism accounts. Earlier we had the
Government of India tourism account. But this year we have been
empanelled with Delhi, UP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh tourism boards.
We have also got new business from existing clients such as Graviera
from Grasim, which was being earlier handled by Contract and from
Perfetti, we have got all the international work from Italy."
On the Incredible India campaign, created to promote tourism in
India, Desai said: "The Indian government has taken big initiatives
this year to promote India as a tourist destination internationally.
The advertisements have been placed in international media, going
to western countries such as the UK, the US, Germany, France and
other countries. And it also proves that if we focus single-mindedly
on this (tourism), it can yield results."
There was also a major change in the creative team in O&M Delhi
as N Ramesh replaced V Sunil, who quit after four years to set up
his own creative hot shop, as creative director. Sunil decided to
move on in the last quarter of the year.
"N Ramesh has joined us as the creative director from Lowe.
He has worked internationally and he worked with Ambience, Enterprise
Nexus and number of agencies. He is our creative head, leading 40-odd
members in creative," said Desai.
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