Inherited Legacy from Hakuhodo Japan

Back in 1895, when the sparks of the first Cuban War of Independence were flying, J.P. Morgan was bailing out the US Government Treasury with $65 million worth of gold reserves. During that same time period, a small company was being set up in Tokyo as an advertising space broker and wholesale distributor for educational magazines.

That company slowly and surely grew into an advertising giant in 125 years by taking on other agencies, venturing into radio advertising and becoming a TV group.

When you take off the glasses of biases and nationalities, you will see people much like yourself who joined a company with a vision to make it big, provide employment and develop a nation.

The philosophy that powers Hakuhodo is ‘sei-katsu-sha’. This is what it means in their own words:
“The heart of Hakuhodo’s approach to marketing and communications is seeing the whole person (or, as we call them, sei-katsu-sha) as opposed to a one-dimensional consumer.”

Here’s a glimpse of how beautifully ‘sei-katsu-sha’ is woven into a big creative idea. click here

The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders integrates Dementia patients as part of
society with this wonderful concept.

To learn more about Hakuhodo and its presence worldwide, Click Here.

Now when you go out in the world, proudly own that you are part of AGL which, in turn, is a proud member of this 125 years young legacy.

Sayantani Dutta Vice President

People Who Joined AGL in the Month of August

We will come across a lot of new faces when we are back. Here is a list that will help you get acquainted with their names as of now:

Aritra Basu Hyperlocal

Arpita Biswas Content

Ashu Singh Development

Disha Rajesh CMU

Gaurav Kumar SEO

Gopal Prasad Technical Support Analyst

Heena Tomar Graphic Designer

Jyoti Yadav Executive - SEM

Kanika Gupta Snr. Executive - Client Servicing

Manvi Bansal HTML Developer

Maviya Khan Intern-Digital Marketing

Nikhil Yadav MERN Stack Developer

Pushpendra Singh Chauhan Quality Analyst

Rajdev Singh Account Manager

Riya Bansal Management Trainee

Ruchi Khandelwal Quality Assurance

Shikha Saxena Digital Marketing Executive

Surbhi Sharma Senior SEO Executive

Swati Awasthi Dot Net Developer

Swati Ponnala Acct. Mngr.-Business & Strategy

Brand

Canon

Message:

Via this Post Canon portrayed how a photographer has beautifully captured a couple. Canon without much effort showcases the camera quality they offer.

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Canon

Message:

- Canon portrayed how powerful their cameras are. This picture showcases the beauty of this bird, so clearly.

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Yamaha

Communication:

Customize FZX is a challenge by Yamaha, wherein people can customize FZX bikes digitally, in their own unique ways.

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Yamaha

Message:

Customize FZX is a challenge by Yamaha, wherein people can customize FZX bikes digitally, in their own unique ways.

Brand

Yamaha

Message:

This ad was to showcases all the features, classic design, comfort, and connectivity that Yamaha FZX, which is their new bike, gives to the person riding it.

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Mini

Message:

Through this post MINI showed a Mini in a sustainable design with a twist, this design was in collaboration with Paul Smith.

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Mini

Message:

Through this post MINI showed a Mini in a sustainable design with a twist, this design was in collaboration with Paul Smith.

Brand

Mini

Message:

Through this post MINI showed a Mini in a sustainable design with a twist, this design was in collaboration with Paul Smith.

The Star Performers for the month of July are:

Additti Gulati Social-Strategy

Raj Sharma eBuX

Hina Rastogi eBuX

Vivek sharma Development

Surbhi Mishra Content

Shubham Jangid DOIT

Hina Taj DOIT

Lakshya Chopra CMU

Ajay Sherawat Development

Hakuhodo in News

Hakuhodo India invents Sound of NEXA Blue in a digital campaign for NEXA

The idea for #NEXABlue came from the age-old premise of the color blue having been the inspiration for innovation be it art, science or culture. For instance, take the gemstone lapis lazuli, that lead to innovation of transporting it centuries ago to Egypt from present day Afghanistan; or how denim, the innovative fabric revolutionized the textile industry; architectural/photographic blueprints, or the blue rose, all discoveries in blue #BlueisInnovative!

#NEXABlue #HakuhodoHighlight #India

Hakuhodo wins Network of the Year at ADFEST 2021

A special award, Network of the Year is awarded to the creative network that garners the most points from finalist and winning entries. Hakuhodo Group companies won 1 Grand Prix, 2 Gold, 6 Silver and 12 Bronze, a total of 21 awards.

#AdFest2021 #HakuhodoHighlight #Global

Hakuhodo Network Indonesia wins big at Agency of the Year Awards

The parent company of six advertising agencies, including Hybrid: H, Lotus H and H: Three, won eight awards at the first Indonesian Agency of the Year Awards.

#HakuhodoHighlight #AgencyOfTheYear #Indonesia

Hakuhodo Group's Medialand Wins Grand Effie at 2020 Effie Awards Greater China

The Effie Awards Greater China honor excellence in marketing effectiveness across mainland China,Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Since 1968, the Effies have been recognized around the world as a symbol of achievement.

#HakuhodoHighlight #EffieAwards2020 #China

TBWAHAKUHODO’s ‘Pride Jersey’ for AIG Japan wins Grand Prix at the Clio Awards

The campaign was a colorful call to arms to build a society in which diversity is fully accepted, and in which everyone can be an equal active member. The Pride Jersey is a powerful, evocative symbol against discrimination and was conceived and designed by TBWA\HAKUHODO

#Gujarat #EvFastlane

Hakuhodo Indonesia wins country’s first ever d&ad graphite pencil for clever cash campaign

The Graphite Pencil was awarded in Experiential category to their work Clever Cash, for the organisation Save Street Child Sidoarjo. The objective of the campaign is to feed poor children and educate them at the same time.

#HakuhodoHighlight #GraphitePencil #Indonesia

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Ajay Kumar

Amit Kumar

Akanksha Awadhiya

Anjali Gosain

Alkesh Acharya

Arun Kumar Jha

Arjuna Rajendran

Jaydeep Bhardwaj

Amit Kumar

Amit Pal

Ashish-Vishal

Asutosh Khadanga

Deepak Agarwal

Devendra Singh Khati

Janki Thapa

Jatin Ahuja

Javed Khan

Justin Joe

Kanavena Sunil Kumar

Meenu Tiwari

Mohit Pachouri

Nalini Gujarati

Nasim Ansari

Nikhil Bansal

Nilesh Mani Tripathi

Nitin Sharma

Parveen Kayasth

Prabhat Kumar

Pratigya Bansal

Pushpendra Singh1

RadhaKrishnan Unnikrishnan

Rajib Debnath

Rakhi Sharma

Richa Mehra

Sachin Kamble

Sarvesh Kumar

Saurabh Batra

Shivali Kapoor

Shivank Agarwal

Shubhangi Pant

Soniya Chandlani

Vaibhav Arora

Vaibhav Thakur

Vijay-Lal

Vikas Kumar

Vipul Jain

Vishvendra Singh

Vivek Kumar Awasthi

AGL Cornerstone

Ankur Sen Gupta Senior Media Director

Integration’ as a term is widely used in today’s Marketing parlance. Most Clients seek integrated solutions to their business challenges while they come to terms with highly siloed internal functioning in a dynamic and increasingly digitized environment.

Agencies too are grappling with the challenge of managing teams with different specialization, operating processes, methodologies/tools and channelling their collective intelligence to deliver upon seamless solutions leading to greater ROI.

While most agency groups are still figuring out the right balance and ingredients to achieve integration, AGL-Hakuhodo has been delivering truly integrated solutions at scale for some of the leading brands in India since the last 12 months.

One such example is the IPL 2020 Sponsorship activity on Hotstar executed on behalf of Maruti Suzuki India. Unlike most agencies which would have either focussed on the media planning & commercial negotiation aspect or the creative communication part, AGL-Hakuhodo delivered a seamless activation addressing aspects like accurate understanding of audience trends, decoding relevance of IPL for Maruti, identifying the relevant set of product brands; To, ensuring efficiency in commercial negotiations, a thought-through phasing approach backed by a highly contextualized and innovative creative strategy.

This initiative was powered by an integrated team consisting of specialists across functions like account planning, media planning, account management, creative solutions AND through this incredible convergence, we were able to deliver a highly impactful and engaging campaign on the biggest live media event in India. Our success was further validated by phenomenal lifts on key brand parameters and an independent study by Nielsen pointing towards increased consideration for Maurti Suzuki products amongst the IPL 2020 audiences.

or the creative communication part, AGL-Hakuhodo delivered a seamless activation addressing aspects like accurate understanding of audience trends, decoding relevance of IPL for Maruti, identifying the relevant set of product brands; To, ensuring efficiency in commercial negotiations, a thought-through phasing approach backed by a highly contextualized and innovative creative strategy.

Never have I ever ...

dined and dashed.

My famous Crush...

Gal Gadot

Last I was Reading...

Shoe Dog

Talk to me Endlessly about...

celestial bodies & football

Only when Drunk I ...

start lifting people on my shoulder.

Stuck on an Island I would like to ...

check if Varun is still there.

I would name my Wi-Fi ...

MadMax

My favourite Speech/Dialogue is ...

First deserve, then desire.

If I could Live anywhere (any era) I would be ...

a Peaky Blinder in 1900s

If Sun was a Bun or a Pun..

A bun because it is so light.

One thing about my boss that few people know is ...

He missed out on a lot of fun stuff during his college time, so we have to introduce fun things to him from time to time. Last was "after party".. there will be more in future.

For next month's Inessential Interrogation, I wish to nominate ...

Sushant Vashisht