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OMG launches Transact in Asia-Pacific
NEW DELHI: With a clear commitment to helping clients bolster their sales across digital markets and marketplaces, Omnicom Media Group (OMG) has announced the official launch of Transact, an end-to-end commerce practice, in Asia-Pacific.
Headquartered in Singapore, Transact is designed to help brands pivot their business by improving their digital availability as well as focusing on new retail opportunities and e-commerce channels.
With audience understanding at the heart of Transact, the specialist practice combines people, processes, and technology to power OMG brands for a seamless commerce business solution. By leveraging Omni, OMG’s people-based precision marketing and insights platform, Transact is wired to integrate commerce throughout end-to-end consumer journeys and accelerate e-commerce performance at scale for brands.
Backed by e-commerce consultants and omni-channel retail specialists in 25 markets, Transact is supported by dedicated teams in Asia-Pacific who are based in Singapore, China, Australia, New Zealand, Philippines, India, Malaysia, and Indonesia, and offers consultative support and capabilities spanning commerce strategy, media, marketplace investment as well as store management (Lazada, Amazon, TMALL, JD.com & Shoppee, D2C, and eRetail) that includes content and merchandising.
“With Asia-Pacific leading the global e-commerce growth charge, we have a proven blueprint in Transact to help brands grow their online sales by maximising reach, exposure and profitability across all online models and channels,” said Omnicom Media Group, APAC CEO Tony Harradine. "Given that e-commerce is accelerating as a result of Covid2019, it is imperative for brands to stand out on the digital shelf, and with Transact, we are able to isolate elements within the eCommerce value chain to deliver incremental growth for clients,” he added.
PHD, an award-winning agency under OMG, has successfully integrated Transact into its existing commerce offering in Asia-Pacific, developing and honing tools and capabilities in partnership with with eCommerce retailers that are part of its proprietary platform, Omni Studio. This comes at the back of its recent global and regional wins such as Diageo, Spotlight Group and LG.
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Collective Artists Network reshuffles talent leadership
Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee take expanded roles in core division.
MUMBAI: Collective Artists Network just handed the talent baton to its homegrown stars because when your agents have been building careers this long, it’s time to let them run the show. Collective Artists Network has announced the next phase of leadership for its talent management business, elevating senior agents Fiona D’Souza, Jinal Jhaveri and Arjun Banerjee to expanded roles within the division. The move strengthens the company’s foundational talent arm while it continues to grow into content creation and production-led ventures.
Each of the three has played a significant part in shaping artist careers across films, digital platforms and brand partnerships. Together they now represent the next generation of leadership for Collective’s talent operations, with a continued focus on long-term career building, strong partnerships and adapting representation to a fast-changing media landscape.
Collective Artists Network founder and Group CEO Vijay Subramaniam remains actively involved in guiding artist strategy and key relationships. He said, “Talent management has been the foundation on which Collective was built, and that philosophy continues to guide how we grow the company. As we enter this next phase, it’s important that the people leading this business have both deep context and long-term convictions.”
Collective Artists Network partner and head of talent Janahavi Rawal added, “Collective’s talent business has always been built on trust, long-term thinking, and a deep understanding of where artists want to go next. Fiona, Jinal, and Arjun have each played an important role in shaping the careers of the artists we represent, and this phase is about empowering our senior agents further while building the right support systems around them.”
The leadership evolution reflects Collective’s belief in promoting from within and creating clear ownership across verticals. In a talent world where yesterday’s agent is tomorrow’s partner, Collective isn’t just reshuffling chairs, it’s handing the spotlight to the people who’ve been quietly directing the show all along.
