LEO'S CIDER

TitleLEO'S CIDER
BrandLEO BURNETT SYDNEY
Product / ServiceLEO'S CIDER
CategoryC01. Integrated Campaign Led by Direct
EntrantLEO BURNETT SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Entrant Company LEO BURNETT SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Advertising Agency LEO BURNETT SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Justine Dooner Leo Burnett Sydney Finished Artist
Michael Luland/Ash Derari Leo Burnett Sydney Retoucher
Dieu Tan Freelance Photographer
Song Zu Song Zu Music
Toby Pederson Freelance Animator
Bryan Wilmot Leo Burnett Sydney Social Media
Eddy Milfort Leo Burnett Sydney Digital Designer
Keong Seet/Kevin Brown Leo Burnett Sydney Developer
Kayleigh Chapman Leo Burnett Sydney Account Manager
Tanya Vragalis Leo Burnett Sydney Snr Account Director
Gemma Heyes Leo Burnett Sydney Digital Producer
Michelle Browne Leo Burnett Sydney Print Producer
Jeremy Devilliers Leo Burnett Sydney Executive Print Producer
Ayla Norris-Smith Leo Burnett Sydney Copywriter
John Henry-Pajak Leo Burnett Sydney Illustrator/Animator
Stuart Tobin Leo Burnett Sydney Designer
Stuart Tobin Leo Burnett Sydney Art Director
Vince Lagana Leo Burnett Sydney Creative Director
Grant Mcaloon Leo Burnett Sydney Creative Director
Andy Dilallo Leo Burnett Sydney Chief Creative Officer

The Brief

We wanted to create a campaign celebrating the values of our agency, an office of the Leo Burnett group. The aim was to tell the world more about ourselves to our existing clients, potential clients, the creative community and the public at large. But we needed to do it in an unexpected and arresting way - something that engaged people in a new way, made them do something and reinforced our commitment to building brands and ideas while remaining creative, generous and human-focused.

Creative Execution

Leo’s Cider is a totally new way for an agency to talk about itself. It uses something that inherent to the brand to reach out to other brands that want to tell their own stories in unexpected ways. And it’s engaging a new group of business people, compelling them to step forward so that they can change their business. By heroing those businesses rather than just ourselves, the campaign is reinforcing the human values that inform the heart of our creative work. It’s also doing something no other advertising self-promotion has managed: by prompting other brands to step forward and let tell their stories, we get to tell our own.

Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.

We started with a part of our DNA. Leo Burnett opened his business in middle of the Depression. Defiant, he left a bowl of free apples in reception. Today, you’ll find a bowl of apples in every Leo Burnett office. We’ve decided to use ours to give a little back: Leo’s Cider – the first ever cider dedicated to the little guys: new businesses out to make it in tough times just like Leo did 78 years ago. The cider will give one of them $100,000 of our best thinking. By promoting them and the cider we are promoting ourselves.

Results

So far the site has had 2,922 visits and 64 entries. Youtube hits: 50,000+. Social activity reach: 444, 797. More than 14 articles. 49 pieces of Leo’s content earned 295 interactions and reached 42,743 people. It inspired 225 others to create content, which in turn reached a further 402, 054 people. Over $100,000 in free media has been gained, including a minute feature on Sky News Business.