And while U.S. shops Alma and We Believers last year were named the second and third most-awarded shops at the Wave Festival in Brazil, U.S. agencies didn’t hit the top five in 2018.
While hardware wasn’t as abundant in 2018, the compelling creative ideas were aplenty, whether they leveraged the strength and increasingly broader influence of Latino culture, spoke to a general audience or played off big events–namely, last year’s World Cup.
Toyota, “Tundra Power World Cup Coffee”
Agency: Conill
There was plenty of marketing around the World Cup last year. While Dieste’s Sarmiento observed that much of the work still featured typical images of “happy families with faces painted in national flag colors, people with soccer balls and everyone using the word ‘passion,'” the event was an opportunity for some to flex their creative muscles.
Since the big tournament was in Russia, many U.S. and Latin American fans were forced to enjoy their games over breakfast, not beer. Agencies played off the time difference with some bright ideas.
This one, from Publicis-owned Conill, was meant to be literally eye-opening. The agency created its own extra-strong coffee designed to help wake viewers up (while promoting Toyota’s Tundra pickup).
The shop sourced the brew from Mexico and created a video showing the Tundra traveling through the Chiapas to pick up the beans. The effort also included a Tundra Mobile Coffee Shop that parked near venues broadcasting the tournament.
Coca-Cola, “Share a Coke”
Agency: Casanova//McCann
Last year’s Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity, U.S. Hispanic shops earned a total of eight Lions distributed among three agencies: Interpublic Group of Cos.’ Casanova//McCann, We Believers and Omnicom’s Alma.
Casanova wins for the Coca-Cola “Share a Coke” campaign that yielded more than 1,000 personalized tunes featuring different names. While the idea was conceived out of sibling shop Fitzco, Casanova was behind the Spanish-language executions in the campaign.
Cheers to all the hispanic agencies that constantly reinvent themselves and create world class digital and visual content. We’ve seen agency after agency fumble around in effort to balance being creative while being culturally sensitive and relevant. The work takes a level of skill and the right creative chemistry and diversity. We, as a MULTICULTURAL ADVERTISING AGENCY support all Hispanic advertising agencies that have managed to pull it off.
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