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Cannes Lions 2014: 6 Indian entries make it to Cyber Lions finals
MUMBAI: Finally, Indian agencies have made it to the finals of Cyber Lions this year. While no India entries qualified to the shortlist of this category last year, this time six Indian entries have been shortlisted.
O&M India’s campaign, ‘Google Reunion’ under the subcategory- storytelling and ‘Barter’ in the subcategory- charities, public health and safety, public awareness messages has made it to the shortlist in this category too. JWT India’s work for Nike called ‘Make Every Yard Count’ got shortlisted under three subcategories: use of co-creation & user generated content; clothing, footwear & accessories and use/curation of image/s.
Interestingly, 22 Feet Tribal Worldwide’s ‘Push the Pin’ campaign for Tata Global Beverages has qualified for the final round as well. This entry was submitted under the sub category co-creation & user generated content.
Launched in 1998, Cyber Lions honours excellence in online digital communications and gives key players in this industry an annual meeting point.
It can be noted that no Indian work has made it to the shortlist of Product Design category.
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Hardik Jhaveri named senior director marketing at Colgate-Palmolive Asean hub
Former Hill’s Pet Nutrition general manager returns to the company to steer marketing for South Asean from Kuala Lumpur
KUALA LUMPUR: Hardik Jhaveri has been appointed senior director marketing for the South Asean hub at Colgate-Palmolive, marking a return to the consumer goods major after a three year stint with Hill’s Pet Nutrition. He will be based in Kuala Lumpur and will lead marketing strategy for the region.
Jhaveri joins the role after serving as general manager at Hill’s Pet Nutrition in Taipei, where he led a cross functional team and oversaw the business with full profit and loss responsibility. The role placed him at the helm of operations in Taiwan, managing growth in what he described as a start-up style environment within a global multinational.
Before that, Jhaveri spent over a decade with Colgate-Palmolive across several marketing and innovation roles in Asia. As associate director innovation for Apac excluding China, based in Hong Kong, he led new product development and launches across multiple markets.
His portfolio ranged from developing specialised oral care products such as a diabetes focused toothpaste for the Indian market to launching premium oral care experiences under the Colgate Total brand in Australia. Alongside innovation, he also worked on launch planning, brand strategy and communications for the company’s oral care portfolio.
Earlier in his Colgate-Palmolive journey, Jhaveri held roles including marketing manager innovation, senior brand manager and brand manager. His work spanned urban and rural markets in Mumbai and customer development responsibilities in the Greater Kolkata Area.
Prior to his long association with Colgate-Palmolive, Jhaveri worked as brand officer home care at Unilever, where he helped drive marketing initiatives for the Rin detergent brand, including nationwide relaunch and on ground activation campaigns.
He began his career in advertising with Bates David Enterprise, working on brands such as IDBI Bank, The Leela Hotels and The Times of India.
Jhaveri holds a post graduate programme in management from the Indian School of Business and has also completed a level 4 diploma in wine from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.
Announcing the move, Jhaveri said he is excited to begin his new chapter at Colgate-Palmolive’s South Asean hub and thanked colleagues and mentors who supported his journey at Hill’s Pet Nutrition.
