2017 Winners & Shortlists

#POSTWISELY

BrandDU (EMIRATES INTEGRATED TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMPANY)
Product/ServiceTELECOMMUNICATION
EntrantLEO BURNETT DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CategoryUse of Social Platforms
Idea Creation LEO BURNETT DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Media Placement STARCOM Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
PR MSL GROUP Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Production STINK London, UNITED KINGDOM

The Campaign

Post Wisely: It’s your life, until you share it. Everything is yours, until you share it. The second you share something you lose control over it and it is now public knowledge. From there on, the person can use that information against you. From valuable purchases, to your loved ones, everything can be an arsenal to the right criminal.

Creative Execution

The content was created to have the look and feel that looks like a movie, it feels like a trailer. It was done this way to make sure people consume the content the same way they would a movie or a TV show. The film reveals someone thinking out loud. They are talking to themselves, or at least so it seems. It’s a one-sided conversation with all answers and responses growing in intensity. It is only once we are close enough we reveal that they are scrolling through someone’s social media feed.

Results

Total website Traffic over 2 months – 223K Ad Tracker Diagnostics The campaign surpassed benchmarks across relevance, differentiation, believability and stirring emotions YouTube Brand Lift Study Youtube Views – 4.6 M 19.7% lift in Ad Recall (Best in Class) 7.9% lift in Brand Awareness (Best in Class) 52.2% lift in Brand Interest Overall Performance Overall Video Completion Rate – 2x the average benchmark YouTube View Rate – 1.5x the average benchmark Facebook Engagement Rate – 2.2x the average benchmark Instagram Engagement Rate – 1.3 x the average benchmark Twitter Engagement Rate – 6.8 x the average benchmark Snapchat Views – 63K, Uses – 913, Conversion rate – 1.4% ( One of the 1st few brands to launch Snapchat in the region) 59.7 Million Impression 14.4 Million devices reached 2.5 Million AED earned PR value (Estimated 51% of UAE’s Population reached) Government personalities and 32 influencers activists lend their voices to #postwisely 44% of Surveyed people changed their Behavior.

Oversharing is a much-discussed topic today, but the consequences relating the resultant criminal activity is unspoken and ignored. Entertainment seems to be the only communications avenue left to ram this message home. With the use of cinematography and story-telling, we recreated real events in a way which appeared to be films.

We never truly know who we are talking to online. We needed to make sure that people are also seeing our content where and when they are most likely to overshare. By strategic targeting and social listening, we made sure our films and content are constantly visible.

Credits

Name Company Role
Bechara Mouzannar Leo Burnett Chief Creative Officer
André Nassar Leo Burnett Dubai Regional Executive Creative Director
Rafael Augusto / John Smeddle Leo Burnett Dubai Creative Director
André Nassar / Rafael Augusto Leo Burnett Dubai Art Director
John Smeddle Leo Burnett Dubai Copywriter
Haytham Dayeh Leo Burnett Dubai Communication Servicing Director
Amir M. Zeitouni Leo Burnett Dubai Senior Account Manager
Mahmoud Jaber Leo Burnett Dubai Account Executive
Amir M. Zeitouni Leo Burnett Dubai Planner
Shereen Mostafa Leo Burnett Dubai Head of Production
Zeina Daoud / Elham Abi Rached Leo Burnett Dubai Producers
Dan Newton / Ralph Matar Leo Burnett Dubai Post Producers
Tom Green Stink UK Director
Stink UK Stink UK Production House
Debbie Ninnis Stink UK Producer
Ula Pontikos Stink UK DOP
Sam Dawking Stink UK Assistant Director
David Smith Stink UK Gaffer
Ninteen Twenty London & Lixard Cairo Ninteen Twenty London & Lixard Cairo Post Production house
Factory Factory Sound
Raed Bou Hamdan Starcom Associate Director
Nivritti Ashok Starcom Senior Media Executive
Feras Hamtini Starcom Performance Manager
Humaida Alkhalsan du (Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company) Director Corporate Communications Projects & Sustainability Commercial
Hala Badri Du (Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company) Executive VP Brand and Communications
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