The Warc Awards released the shortlist for the Effective Use of Brand Purpose category - a search for marketing initiatives that have successfully embraced a brand purpose and achieved commercial success as well as a benefit for a wider community...
Claudia Willvonseder, chair of the Brand Purpose category and chief marketing officer, Ikea.
The panel of 17 brand purpose judges chaired by Claudia Willvonseder, chief marketing officer, Ikea, has selected for the shortlist three global, three US and three Indian campaigns as well as campaigns from Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, Irish Republic and United Kingdom.
The shortlisted entries are:
- Girls Do(n't) Fight · Reebok · McCann Worldgroup India · India
- Helping India cope with the death of cash · Paytm · One97 Communications · McCann Worldgroup India · India
- Rescue Rashie · Westpac · Westpac Banking Corporation Australia · Saatchi & Saatchi · Australia
- The Vaseline Healing Project · Vaseline · Unilever · BBH New York · United States
- Sea Hero Quest · Deutsche Telekom · Saatchi & Saatchi London · Global
- Beautiful Lengths · Pantene · Procter & Gamble · MediaCom Connections Israel · Israel
- #MakeWhatsNext in Stem · Microsoft · m:united//McCann · Global
- The doll that chose to drive · Audi Spain · Volkswagen Group España Distribución · Proximity Barcelona · Spain
- Lifehackers · Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología (UTEC) · Copiloto · Peru
- An ocean of good · Aquaguard · Eureka Forbes · Triton Communications · India
- A beacon of light in the dark · Guinness · Diageo · AMVBBDO · Irish Republic, United Kingdom
- This is what happens when pimps and whores become marketers · Libresse/Bodyform · Essity · AMVBBDO · Global
- Doritos Mystery: Challenging a generation · Doritos · PepsiCo · AlmapBBDO · Brazil
- Real People Make a Real Difference · eBay · Interfuse Communications · United Kingdom, United States
- Cook with Her · Puck · Arla Foods · FP7/DXB · Saudi Arabia
- People with Determination · Emirates NBD · FP7/DXB · United Arab Emirates
- Touch · Johnson's Baby · Johnson & Johnson Indonesia · BBDO Indonesia · Indonesia
- The El Paso Story · Prudential Financial · United States
- Gender Violence · Tecate · Heineken · Nómades · Mexico
To see the shortlisted case studies in the Effective Use of Brand Purpose, please view here.
With judging ongoing, the shortlisted papers in the Effective Innovation category are already released. The Effective Content Strategy and Effective Social Strategy shortlists will be announced shortly.
