India Starts To Flex Its Creative Side
from the the-creative-class dept
When companies move part of their operations to India, it’s usually for something like back office support or software development. Creative work is typically not the first thing that companies would think to move there. But Chinese computer maker Lenovo has announced that India will be the home of its advertising operations, and that the unit will be tasked with designing advertising campaigns for a global audience. It may be too early to call it a trend, but this should be worrisome to the advertising industry’s New York-based stalwarts. One advantage that Indian advertisers have is that they’re used to building campaigns that play well in multiple languages, simply due to the various languages within India itself. For them, advertising to a global audience is a natural next step. And, of course, there are cost advantages. It’s sill much cheaper to hire advertising professionals in India than it is in New York. While incumbent advertising agencies are likely to stick around for some time, it wouldn’t be a surprise to see them move more of their own operations to the country, a la other services firms, like IBM.
Filed Under: advertising, india
Companies: lenovo
