Samaniego ha trabajado con todo tipo de clientes, incluso, con entes gubernamentales. A partir de eso, explica que uno de los retos creativos a la hora de trabajar con campañas en el ámbito político, es que “el concepto debe partir de una estrategia fuerte, después tener una gran idea”. En el caso ecuatoriano, las campañas de este tipo, debían llegar a toda la población, la cual estaba acostumbrada a la publicidad de productos de consumo masivo como Coca-Cola o Nestlé, etc. Lo anterior, representa también un desafío para la industria publicitaria independiente a nivel mundial.
Este creativo también resalta la importancia de la industria publicitaria independiente, que en un inicio vio como oportunidad de negocio el área digital. Muchas de las agencias independientes ecuatorianas empezaron a incursionar en ello, lo que representó una ventaja ante su competencia. Tal como mencionó Samaniego “las transnacionales, empezaron a tercerizar ese servicio, porque no lo veían tan grande como volumen de negocio”, ahora esa oportunidad fue aprovechada y se convirtió en una ventaja que los independientes deben mantener y fortalecer.
Entendiendo la lógica del mercado independiente publicitario, Samaniego destaca a WINA como un festival que da visibilidad a las agencias, así mismo, les brinda la oportunidad de adquirir posicionamiento. El festival también permite a las agencias, ser juzgadas de manera imparcial, sin “…un aparataje de jurados que estén atrás nuestro tratando de favorecernos para influenciar a toda la red”, tal como explicó Esteban. Para este profesional, ser jurado en WINA Festival, no solo se trata de juzgar, sino que es una oportunidad para aprender de los mejores creativos del mercado, en sus palabras, “más allá de juzgar, creo que es más lo que se recibe”.
Autores: Ángela Maria Muñoz Gutiérrez y Karen T. Ledezma Aguirre.[:en]In times where being an elite sportsman is more profitable than being famous, the Sport category becomes even more relevant in advertising festivals. Esteban, WINA jury, assures it from his experience in MCV Advertising. This Ecuadorian agency has more than 30 years of experience. They have kept up with being pioneers in using sports marketing as a business unit. As Esteban says, it is a thought in which, “the main thing is to go ahead of the big fish, the size of the agency does not matter, what matters is how fast you move”.
Samaniego has worked with all types of clients, including governamental entities. From that, he explains that one of the creative challenges when working with campaigns in the political area, is that “the concept must start from a strong strategy, then have a great idea”. In the Ecuadorian case, this kind of campaigns had to reach the entire population, which was used to mass consumer products advertising such as Coca-Cola or Nestlé, etc.
This also represents a challenge for the independent advertising industry worldwide.
This creative also highlights the importance of the independent advertising industry, which at first saw the digital area as a business opportunity. Many of the independent Ecuadorian agencies began to venture into it, which represented an advantage over their competitors. As Samaniego mentioned, “transnational companies began to outsource this service because they did not see it as big as business volume”. The opportunity was taken by independent agencies and it became an advantage that they now need to maintain and strengthen.
Understanding the logic of the independent advertising market, Samaniego highlights WINA as a festival that gives visibility to the agencies, while giving them the opportunity to acquire positioning. The festival also allows the agencies to be judged impartially, without “… a jurors machinery behind us, trying to favor us to influence the entire network”, as explained Esteban. For this professional, being a jury at WINA Festival, is not only a matter of judging, it is an opportunity to learn from the best creative in the market, in his words, “beyond judging, I think it’s more than what is received”.
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