WARC Awards 2018 Announces Effective Use of Brand Purpose Shortlist
Campaigns for Audi, Deutsche Telekom, eBay, Guinness, Microsoft, Pantene and Reebok, are among the 19 campaigns from around the world that have been shortlisted for the WARC Awards' 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.
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.
The annual WARC Awards scheme is a global search for next-generation marketing effectiveness. It is free to enter and there is a $40,000 prize fund for the winning papers spread across the four categ
