By A Correspondent

Automobile brand Skoda Auto India has extended its partnership with its creative Agency on Record (AoR) Publicis India by another three years. The agency was awarded the extension after a hotly contested multi-agency pitch and will continue to manage the business out of its Mumbai office.

As part of its mandate, it will handle all the sub-brands from Skoda including Rapid, Octavia, Superb, Kodiaq and the soon-to-be-launched Karoq.

Tarun Jha

Commenting on the partnership, Tarun Jha– Head of Marketing and Product, Skoda India said: “Skoda India is currently in a positive growth phase, and will be launching products across segments in the next few years. We were looking for a partner to help us achieve our goals and further strengthen Skoda’s equity in the Indian market. Publicis India showcased a thorough strategic and strong creative framework which was in alignment with the brand’s vision for the future. We are happy to be renewing our creative partnership with them and look forward to a great body of work in the coming years.”

Paritosh-Srivastava

Added Paritosh Srivastava, COO, Publicis Ambience: “We expected nothing less given the body of work created by us in the last three years, which has also been recognised by the global Skoda team. It was a long and tough pitch and we are thankful that the team at Skoda has entrusted us for another three years.”