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Tempest Advertising bags three Big Bang Awards, lights up Mumbai debut
Agency wins silver for Dave & Buster’s launch, plus two for Syngenta
MUMBAI: Tempest Advertising has marked the start of its Mumbai innings with a podium finish, picking up three honours at the Big Bang Awards 2025 organised by the Ad Club.
The agency won a silver Big Bang Award for creative excellence in the consumer services category for the launch campaign of Dave & Buster’s in Mumbai. It also secured a silver and a bronze for two Syngenta campaigns, underlining its ability to move seamlessly from lifestyle brands to the heart of Indian agriculture.
For the Dave & Buster’s launch, the team leaned into the brand’s American roots while tuning the message to Mumbai’s high-energy pulse. Built around the line “Eat, Drink, Play & Watch,” the campaign used neon-lit visuals and dynamic storytelling across key outdoor sites in Andheri West, quickly catching the attention of both locals and the advertising fraternity.
In the agriculture category, Tempest’s work for Syngenta NK’s 25-year milestone campaign, “25 साल से सफल, NK फसल,” earned a silver. The brand film celebrated the company’s long-standing relationship with Indian farmers and was well received across its India teams.
The agency also took home a bronze for “Har Kisaan Ka Samadhan,” a product film for Syngenta’s tomato hybrid range. The campaign positioned the brand as a dependable, science-led solutions partner for farmers across the country.
Together, the wins highlight Tempest’s broad creative range, spanning entertainment, consumer services and agricultural brands. Over the years, the agency has collected accolades across platforms such as Pepper, IAA, IMA, AAAI, e4m, Big Bang and Maddys.
With established offices in Hyderabad, Pune and Bengaluru, Tempest continues to expand its footprint while managing a diverse mix of clients across sectors.
Tempest Advertising managing director Turab Lakdawala, said the wins reflect both creative momentum and the agency’s ambitions in the country’s most competitive market. He added that the focus ahead would remain on crafting tailored communication that delivers relevance, impact and long-term value for clients.
As Tempest steps into Mumbai with fresh momentum and a shelf of new silverware, the agency signals that its growth story is not just about geography, but about sharper insights and bigger ideas. If the Big Bang Awards are any indication, this is only the opening act.
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Publicis Brazil’s creative chief Mauro Ramalho lands the jury chair at Abby Awards 2026
Mauro Ramalho brings 25 years of global advertising firepower to the new creative commerce, use of data and B2B category at Goafest
GOA: The Abby Awards 2026, powered by The One Club and The One Show, has appointed Mauro Ramalho, chief creative officer of Publicis Brazil, as jury chair for its newly launched creative commerce, use of data and B2B category. The announcement, made on 18 March, signals the awards’ intent to bring serious international muscle to a category that sits squarely at the intersection of creativity and commercial performance.
Ramalho is not a name that needs much introduction in global advertising circles. Over 25 years spanning three countries, he has worked at some of the industry’s most creatively restless addresses. At AKQA in San Francisco, he worked across McDonald’s, Nike, Fox, Target, Kraft Foods and GAP, and helped lead “The Lost Ring” for McDonald’s, one of the first alternate reality campaigns and among the most awarded projects of its era. He later moved to Organic in Toronto, bridging the Detroit and Toronto offices on Dodge, Jeep and Chrysler, before spending over a decade building CUBOCC into one of Brazil’s most iconic and innovative independent agencies, which subsequently joined the IPG network.
A stint at FCB followed, where Ramalho led integrated work bridging online and offline, before he joined R/GA São Paulo as vice-president and executive creative director, stitching together the São Paulo office with New York, London, Portland and California on global clients including Verizon, Google, Meta, Samsung, American Express and Heineken. He now heads Publicis Brazil as its chief creative officer.
His trophy cabinet includes Clios, Effies, TikTok awards and MMA Smarties, and he has served on juries at the Andys, TikTok and the Lisbon Awards.
The Abby Awards 2026 is scheduled to take place at Goafest 2026 on 20, 21 and 22 May in Goa.
For Indian advertising, landing a jury chair of Ramalho’s calibre for a category built around data-driven creativity and commerce is a statement of ambition. Goafest just raised its own bar.
