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DSP BlackRock bets high on outdoor
MUMBAI: DSP BlackRock mutual fund for its scheme ‘India TIGER’ recently created a pan-India, high intensity outdoor campaign. The 15 days outdoor campaign was executed by Milestone Brandcom.
The campaign’s tagline ‘The tiger is ready to roar’ encapsulates the essence of this aggressive sectoral fund that invests in companies that benefit from infrastructure growth and economic reforms. The outdoor campaign had a total of 500 touch points in cities such as Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Pune, Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot and Baroda; spreading awareness about this product amongst the investing population.
DSP BlackRock head of marketing Aditi Kothari said, “We have been working with Milestone since a number of years and they have never fallen short of delivering upon our expectations. When we spoke to them about an outdoor campaign for our product, they worked tirelessly to help us launch our campaign. This campaign really helped us showcase this product and our brand in the market and the feedback has been very encouraging. I feel that this has been one of our strongest and most appreciated campaigns till date and business results are now showing.”
The campaign brief was to reach out to both existing investors as well as potential ones, who believe in the idea of development and growth, and highlight this 10 year old offering from DSP BlackRock.
“Creating visibility for the TIGER Fund was very challenging as there are many mutual fund companies in the market with multiple products. We had to create a niche for DSP BlackRock Mutual Fund as it is one of the premier financial brands in the country to leave a lasting impression on the target audience. We were able to create and deliver upon a comprehensive high intensity campaign across 8 cities while breaking away from the clutter and retaining brand essence for the product and so far the results have been very positive,” added, Milestone Brandcom founding member & managing partner Imtiyaz Vilatra.
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Omnicom Advertising Asia assembles new regional leadership team
The group is betting that a blend of creative talent, cultural intelligence and AI-driven data can help brands stay relevant in the world’s most complex marketing region.
Asia has long been the market that humbles the overconfident. Omnicom Advertising Asia is determined not to be among them.
The group announced on Monday the formation of a new regional leadership team of six senior executives, reporting to Sean Donovan, president of OA Asia. The structure is designed to help brands navigate a fragmented, fast-moving consumer landscape and build what Donovan calls “long-term cultural relevance” — the kind that survives a news cycle, a platform shift and an algorithm update.
The team
The six appointments span creativity, innovation, strategy, intelligence, business development and marketing, covering the full arc from brand idea to commercial outcome.
Peter Khoury takes on the role of chief creative officer for OA Asia, Melissa Daniels becomes chief innovation officer, and Emmanuel Sabbagh steps up as chief strategy officer. All three take on expanded regional responsibilities while retaining their leadership positions at TBWA\Singapore.
Andreas Krasser broadens his remit to chief client partner for OA Asia, continuing simultaneously as chief executive of OA Hong Kong. Ellie Brocklehurst joins as chief growth and marketing officer, drawing on her previous stint as chief marketing officer for Asia at TBWA. Rounding out the team is S. Subramanyeswar, known in the industry as Subbu, who was appointed chief knowledge officer for OA Asia alongside his role as chief strategy officer of OA India, a position that followed the close of Omnicom’s acquisition of IPG.The pitch
The team will work in close collaboration with leadership across TBWA, McCann and BBDO throughout the OA Asia network, with a brief to cut through the noise of today’s consumer landscape and deliver creative solutions that, in the group’s framing, prove short-term performance while building long-term brand health.
Underpinning the new structure is OMNI, Omnicom’s AI-driven marketing intelligence platform. The platform draws cultural intelligence from across the group’s agency brands, with the stated aim of ensuring that data is not merely accurate but grounded in context — reflecting how people actually think, feel and behave, rather than how a spreadsheet might prefer them to.
Donovan frames the proposition in straightforward terms. “Asia is one of the most complex regions for marketers, but the opportunity here is immense,” he says. “We’ve built a team that simplifies the landscape, combining top talent with an Asia-first, future-focused mindset, and unprecedented access to resources.” The model, he adds, is designed to be plug-and-play, responding to client needs in collaboration with agencies and markets across the region. “More than expertise, it’s about giving clients the perspective, ambition and access to think beyond the next campaign.”
The new structure also strengthens connections across the broader Omnicom family, including its media, production and PR operations — a post-acquisition suite of capabilities that the group is evidently keen to deploy as a single, coherent offering.
In a region where consumer attention is fractured across dozens of platforms, languages and cultures, the real test will not be the org chart. It will be whether six smart people with the right tools can actually make brands matter. Omnicom is putting its money on yes.
