THE MATRIARCHS

TitleTHE MATRIARCHS
BrandCAREFREE
Product / ServiceCAREFREE PANTYLINERS
CategoryE03. Innovative Use of Social or Community
EntrantDDB SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
Idea Creation DDB SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

Credits

Name Company Position
Ben Welsh DDB Sydney Chief Creative Officer
Tara Ford DDB Sydney Executive Creative Director
Michael Barnfield DDB Sydney Creative Partner
Jared Wicker DDB Sydney Copywriter
Anne Lau DDB Sydney Copywriter
Hannah King DDB Sydney Art Director
Kate Sheppard DDB Sydney Managing Partner
Claire Hynes DDB Sydney Business Director
Penny Lipsham Mango Sydney Head of Social
Dom Hickey DDB Sydney Planning Partner
Sevda Cemo DDB Sydney Head of Integrated Content
Alyce Guy DDB Sydney Producer
Danny Grifoni DDB Sydney Sound Design
Aleks Manou DDB Sydney Online Editor
Richard Maxton DDB Sydney 2nd Unit DOP/Director
Belinda Driscoll J&J Marketing Director
Amy Luitingh J&J Brand Manager
Jonathon Reid J&J Marketing Manager
Louisa Thraves J&J Head of Media

Creative Execution

Experienced owners-operators of vaginas share wit and wisdom on periods, confidence, sex, dating and beyond. Carefree presents the Matriarchs – four women who may not get periods anymore, but do have a lot of advice to share with a younger generation. We simply asked them questions, and they did the rest. Unfiltered and unscripted, we relied on their own experience, wit and sassy attitudes. A hero film was used to introduce our Matriarchs on YouTube and Facebook. We linked back to the film on Instagram with short teaser videos. We also made eighteen eye-catching short-form videos. Each one tied into a product or piece of advice, but also linked back to the hero film. Together, our videos created an always-on tapestry of content that runs across multiple social and digital channels for a full year.

More reach than any previous Carefree campaign. Brand engagement at an all-time high, with 82% positive interactions. 42% above average completion rate. 1.8 million engagements and counting.

We designed a campaign whole-heartedly built for the social platforms our target audience (women aged 18 to 29) love. Primarily, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. We put our efforts into casting, instead of writing any script – because we wanted an engaging honesty that can take people by surprise. We designed the videos to be visually stunning in a simple way that would stand out in a social media feed. Plus, old ladies talking about their vaginas is inherently pretty thumb-stopping. These platforms allowed us to target exactly who we wanted with multiple videos, letting our story unfold on the platform they felt most comfortable on. It also let us work across platforms to tell a richer story for women who wanted to hear more from our vaginal veterans.

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