Brand | STANDARD CHARTERED BANK |
Product/Service | AUTO INSURANCE |
Entrant | TBWA\RAAD Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
Category | Direct Response Digital Media |
Entrant Company: | TBWA\RAAD Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
DM/Advertising Agency: | TBWA\RAAD Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES |
The Brief
Standard Chartered Bank wanted to compete in a cluttered media landscape – the car insurance category. It was a space where press ads and outdoor reigned supreme. So we did something different. We traded messaging for meaning. We shifted our focus from impressions to engagement. And we turned consumers into an audience – giving people a ride they had never experienced before.
Creative Execution
The Random Road is the first driving game ever to be controlled by messages from the Twittersphere. When someone tweets about Zombies, a Zombie crosses your path, becoming a spontaneous obstacle. Random Road takes everything from pop culture trends (like our obsession with cats) to rants about taxi drivers, and instantly transforms these tweets into challenging obstacles for your ride. Rather than a twist on convention, Random Road does a complete u-turn, creating genuine engagement and captive audiences.
Describe the creative solution to the brief/objective.
The Random Road seamlessly weaves car insurance benefits into gameplay, showing how random things can happen on the road at the speed of a tweet. It reminds players, in a fun way, that drivers need to be ready for anything – with the right vehicle cover. Social listening helped reach gamers across the region, and get them into the game. They even added to the frenzy of obstacles along Random Road through their tweets… creating buzz about the game along the way.
Results
In just over a month, over 17,200 players registered took on The Random Road. Engagement levels exceeded 4 minutes per visit, with the majority of players playing more than once. Loads of people shared the game on their social networks. And the application form submissions for Standard Chartered Auto Insurance exceeded the average by close to 26.7%.
Credits
Preethi Mariappan |
TBWA\Raad |
Head Of Digital |
Rafael Guida |
TBWA\Raad |
Sr. Interactive Art Director |
Melanie Clancy |
TBWA\Raad |
Sr. Content Strategist |
Sarabjeet Singh |
TBWA\Raad |
Sr. Flash Developer |
Juan Behrens |
TBWA\Raad |
Graphics/Motion Designer |
Balazs Szabo |
TBWA\Raad |
3D Graphics Designer |
Navin Chauhan |
TBWA\Raad |
Technical Lead |
Ian Carvalho |
TBWA\Raad |
Sr. Account Director |
Sharmeely Brito |
TBWA\Raad |
Account Director |