2011 Winners & Shortlists

THIS IS EGYPT

BrandMICROSOFT
Product/ServiceMSN EGYPT
EntrantWUNDERMAN Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CategoryInteractive Tools & Applications, including mobile advertising
Entrant Company:WUNDERMAN Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advertising/Web Design Agency:WUNDERMAN Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Brief Explanation

Microsoft wanted to improve its consumer base in Egypt across all the products it offered and make their brand more relatable to Egyptian people. So we started by localising Egyptian conversations on MSN chat, all through a pack of 10 emoticons that looked, talked and behaved just like them. Egyptians could now express themselves through over-emotive gestures, digitally. This pack of 10 emoticons was named ‘Ana Masri’ or ‘I Am Egyptian’. Results: 119,296 pack downloads 13,894 Internet Explorer 8 downloads Bing set as homepage 59,682 times Windows Live Essentials downloaded 24,617 times.

Credits

Name Company Role
Pooja Chandani Wunderman Creative Director
Rasha El Saadi Wunderman Art Director
Jessy Shoucair Wunderman Graphic Designer
Shweta S. Tariq Wunderman Senior Copywriter
Adrian Otto Wunderman Business Director
Jean-Baptiste Saulnier Wunderman Senior Account Manager
Babu Nair Wunderman Senior Artworker
Dhaval Desai Tattoo 360 Technical Director
Sajith Radhakrishnan Tattoo 360 Web Developer
Jameer Mohammed Tattoo 360 Flash Designer
Manoj Nellary Animator