Title | ANZ #HOLDTIGHT |
Brand | ANZ |
Product / Service | ANZ BANK |
Category | D01. Social Video |
Entrant | TBWA\MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
Idea Creation | TBWA\MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA |
Media Placement | PHD Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
PR | ELEVEN Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
PR 2 | ELEVEN Auckland, NEW ZEALAND |
Production | LEVEL TWO MUSIC Melbourne, AUSTRALIA |
Production 2 | THE GLUE SOCIETY Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
Production 3 | REVOLVER/WILL O'ROURKE Sydney, AUSTRALIA |
Additional Company | DIGITAL ARTS NETWORK Auckland, NEW ZEALAND |
Name | Company | Position |
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Paul Reardon | TBWA\Melbourne | Chief Creative Officer |
Tara Ford | TBWA\Melbourne | Creative Director |
Tim Woolford | TBWA\Melbourne | Creative |
Scott Canning | TBWA\Melbourne | Creative |
Margot Ger | TBWA\Melbourne | Head of Broadcast |
Dave Keating | TBWA\Melbourne | Head of Integrated Production |
Harrison Webster | TBWA\Melbourne | Content Director |
Stephanie Leddin | TBWA\Melbourne | Content Producer |
Jesse Richards | TBWA\Melbourne | Content Creator/Editor |
Michael Edwards | Level Two Music | Composer |
Pete Baker | The Glue Society | Director |
Michael Ritchie | Revolver/Will O'Rourke | Manager Director/Executive Producer |
Josh Mullens | Revolver/Will O'Rourke | Executive Producer/Head of Projects |
Jasmin Helliar | Revolver/Will O'Rourke | Producer |
Geoffrey Simpson | Revolver/Will O'Rourke | DOP |
Ricci Meldrum | TBWA\Melbourne | Regional Group Head |
Claire Tenzer | TBWA\Melbourne | Group Business Director |
Amelia Van Veenendaal | TBWA\Melbourne | Project Director |
Todd McClerie | TBWA\Melbourne | Project Manager |
Paul Arena | TBWA\Melbourne | Digital Planner |
Fee Townshend | Eleven | Managing Director Melbourne |
Angelina Farry | Eleven | Managing Director Auckland |
Louise Cargo | Eleven | Senior Account Director |
Jade Glashoff | Eleven | Account Director |
Christy Peacock | TBWA\Auckland | Executive Creative Director |
Karen Maurice O'Leary | TBWA\Auckland | Creative Director |
Robyn Budd | TBWA\Auckland | Head of Client Service |
Maike Blackman | TBWA\Auckland | Group Acount Director |
Ruby Soole | TBWA\Auckland | Account Manager |
For many in the community even if you're ‘out’ and completely comfortable with your sexuality, holding hands with a partner in public can still feel awkward, tense or even scary – sometimes making it easier to just let go. So we encouraged people to #HOLDTIGHT instead. We wanted to celebrate the simple act of LGBTI couples holding hands. We made it a mainstream conversation, spreading ANZ’s message to the community to ‘stay strong, be resilient, equality is coming.’
We created an online film showing a situation all-too-real for so many LGBTI people when holding hands in public - the moment where they let go. The implication being that they do so because of fear, uncertainty or simply habit. The film featured real couples, and appeared via every ANZ owned social channel across both Australia and New Zealand. It was the first time ANZ had conducted a collaborative sponsorship event at this scale. The #HOLDTIGHT film launched online around Valentine's day, in the lead up to Sydney Mardi Gras and Auckland Pride festivals. And in collaboration with Twitter, a custom emoji was developed to appear when people used the hashtag #HOLDTIGHT when sharing the video or sharing their reaction to it.
The #HOLDTIGHT film was viewed over 12 million times and its message shared more than 150,000 times. There were more than 300,000 reactions to the film on social and sentiment ranked at 98% positive. Official brand tracking data put ANZ as the only one of the big four banks in Australia to achieve nett positive sentiment on social media during this time. The hashtag #HOLDTIGHT was used in more than 100 countries during the campaign, even being adapted into its portuguese translation #segurefirme Engagement on Twitter exceeded industry benchmarks by 60% and view rates by 75%
The primary target audience were members of the LGBTI community. #HOLDTIGHT also targeted non-LGBTI, as it gave this loving gesture new perspective and brought to their attention something that they take for granted every day. ANZ commissioned research across Australia and New Zealand, surveying people about the simple act of holding hands. This research wholeheartedly validated the insight, and found LGBTI couples struggle to feel comfortable with basic displays of affection in public such as holding hands. It also supported the idea that when they do hold hands, large numbers of the community feel pressured to let go of one another. ANZ used social media for the idea primarily because it was one of the few places where many LGBTI people felt like they could share and engage openly with ideas supporting equality and diversity. This platform also meant our message could be spread far and wide across the world.
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