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Brand Marketing Latin America

Marketer Interview: S. Duran-Carat “Almost 50% of Electronic Arts Budget Is for Digital”

Mexican agency Carat has just won the pan-regional account for Electronic Arts (EA). Santiago Duran Mejia, Regional Director of Digital for Carat Mexico, tells us how the account will be handled, what the digital strategies for one of the world’s largest distributors and producers of video games will be, and the synergies between EA’s pan-regional and U.S. marketing campaigns.

Marketer Interview: Julian Porras “There is a Trend to go “Glocal””

We spoke with Julian Porras, who started his new position as Chief Executive for Omnicom Media Group (OMG) Latin America on December 1 Porras provided interesting views on the new strategic direction of OMG in Latin America, the panregional advertisng and media business and his opinion about Miami´s role as a panregional center.

Marketer Interview: M. de Castro Schmidt, Media Director on AB- InBev’s Brazilian Strategy

Since 2007 Miriane de Castro Schmidt has been leading the media department of the Brazilian AB-InBev operation, which is the 3rd largest advertiser in the Brazilian market. She coordinates a group of 8 agencies running campaigns for 15 brands of beer and non alcoholic beverages. Anheuser–Busch InBev is the the leading global brewer and one of the top five consumer products companies in the world.

Marketer Interview: Unilever- E. Tron: “Ideas that are easily adapted to local markets”

Enrique Tron, Communication Channels Director at Unilever Mexico, has been part of the Latin American and panregional advertising scene for a long time. In the late nineties he worked in an agency in Miami and now he is the main marketing and advertising executive at Unilever in Mexico City. As such he has major responsibilities over the marketing and advertising at Unilever both panregionally in Latin America and in Mexico.

Best Practices: JWT / Ford Ka Monsters

In 1997, Ford Ka launched its new Ka brand, targeting young people by marketing the car’s versatility, compact size and inexpensive price for its market. In 2008, Ford Ka…

Best Practices: Pepsi, Refresh Everything Campaign

Pepsi will continue its grant-based Refresh Everything campaign into 2011, as well as extend it globally into markets across Europe, Latin America and Asia, based on the success it has received already in the U.S.

Best Practices: Skandia Colombia

In this installment of our “Best Practices” series, we focus on how Skandia Colombia tackles their marketing, with emphasis on its online magazine aimed at customers and prospective clients, and the magazine’s place in the company’s marketing strategy.