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Endorphins Entertainment bags PR Mandate for ZStack International in India
Mumbai: Endorphins Entertainment, an integrated communications agency headquartered in New Delhi, on Wednesday announced that it has won the PR mandate for ZStack International. It is a cloud computing technology vendor specialising in the research and development of cloud computing software and hardware. The mandate was won following a multi-agency pitch.
Endorphins Entertainment will closely work with ZStack International to deliver a media outreach programme in India. The brief includes providing a comprehensive communications strategy to help ZStack International with brand image building and accelerating the go-to-market strategy.
ZStack International executive managing director Keith Poon said, “We are excited to offer our cloud solution services and the values they bring to help leverage the market potential for our technology, as well as accelerate our India go-to-market strategies. For the arrangement of PR activities, we decided to work with Endorphins Entertainment, a digital marketing and creative solutions-based company specialising in providing solutions to meet corporate as well as social needs. They provide result-oriented services, skillfully crafted by a global team of experts. I strongly believe that they would help ZStack discover unique and engaging ways to capture the attention of the audience. The multi-billion dollar cloud services market in India is expected to grow further stronger, with a significant part of the enterprise workload finding its way to the cloud. ZStack International is ready to proactively deliver our cloud solution services to empower every enterprise to have its own cloud in India.”
“We are elated to be trusted by ZStack International for a critically important role of helping them to build their business in India through strategic public relations. With our expertise, we will be able to position the brand as the industry leader in providing cloud solutions services to enterprises at a competitive price. We will also help the brand to regularly engage with the key audiences in the country,” said Endorphins Entertainment CEO and creative head Manish Bhatia.
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Ogilvy appoints Carol Reed as Global Chief Innovation Officer
Advertising veteran joins to drive human-first innovation in an AI-powered world.
MUMBAI: Carol Reed has found a new creative canvas and this time, she’s bringing her innovation brush to one of advertising’s most iconic names. Ogilvy Group has appointed Carol Reed as its new global chief innovation officer. Reed, who previously served as Chief Innovation Officer at WPP Open X, brings deep expertise at the intersection of creativity, technology, media, and commerce.
In a note announcing her move, Reed said she was drawn to Ogilvy because of its unmatched legacy. “The most powerful thing AI can do is make human creativity more extraordinary not replace it,” she stated. “This is an agency with something no algorithm can replicate, a 78-year legacy of ideas that change culture and drive real business results.”
Reed will focus on building new products, platforms, and partnerships to amplify Ogilvy’s creative heritage for clients and its global talent network. She will work closely with Global CEO Laurent Ezekiel and global chief creative officer Liz Taylor.
Her career began at Publicis Groupe’s Digitas as an associate media planner. She later moved to Omnicom Media Group and rose to senior vice president and programmatic lead at Digitas, where she built an in-house programmatic team of over 40 members. Most recently, at WPP, she served as executive vice president for data and product marketing.
With her appointment, Ogilvy strengthens its innovation leadership as the industry navigates rapid advancements in AI and technology.
From building programmatic teams to championing human creativity in an AI era, Carol Reed has consistently stayed ahead of the curve. Her arrival at Ogilvy signals a fresh push to blend cutting-edge innovation with the agency’s legendary creative spirit.
