2020/2021 Winners & Shortlists

HUNGER INSURANCE

BrandSNICKERS
Product/ServiceCHOCOLATE
EntrantIMPACT BBDO Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
CategoryFiction & Non-Fiction Films up to 5 minutes
Idea Creation IMPACT BBDO Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Media Placement OMD Beirut, LEBANON
Media Placement 2 ANGHAMI Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
PR IMPACT PORTER NOVELLI Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Production IMPACT BBDO Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Production 2 SOUNDS GREAT STUDIOS Dubai, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Why is this work relevant for Entertainment?

The campaign included a series of films shot in the same style as your typical insurance ad but with a bit of a satirical twist. Since Snickers wanted to act like an insurer but at the same time be outside of the category, we created our own films that mimicked and parodied the insurance category.

Background

Snickers has been warning people about the consequences of hunger for many years. It's been constantly telling people, ‘you’re not you when you’re hungry’ and to grab a Snickers to prevent hunger blunders. But what can we do when people have already made mistakes due to hunger? We decided to evolve the global campaign from preventing hungry mistakes to actually doing something to solve them.

Describe the creative idea

Snickers Hunger Insurance is the only insurance that covers you for the mistakes you make when you’re hungry. It’s the first insurance of its kind to cover the things that typical insurance does not, paying out in Snickers bars to prevent hunger blunders from happening again. Whether it’s something small like losing your keys or a bit more severe like forgetting an anniversary, as long as you can prove you were hungry at the time, you’ll receive a payout of free chocolate minus a small excess fee (equivalent to the price of one 50g SNICKERS® bar). Anyone who thought they made a blunder when they were hungry could come and make a claim. As long as it’s due to hunger, Snickers will cover it.

Describe the strategy

Snickers played the role of a semi-real insurance company that covers you for hunger blunders and pays you out in chocolate. We acted not like a chocolate brand but an insurance company, whilst being outside the category. The aim was to cover people for mistakes that warrant sympathy but weren’t serious enough to need ‘real’ insurance coverage. The gap identified in the market: Trivial Everyday Blunders. Since ‘blunders’ was a broad category, we focused on pillars that were most relevant to our audience: tech, social, school & work, grooming, and home-related blunders. With our key audience being the broad 16 to 30 year old demographic, we identified several key opportunities: * They are less likely to have insurance, but also more likely to make a blunder. * The claims mechanism resonates with their media behaviours * They are our source of growth from a sales POV

Describe the execution

Just like any insurance, we kicked things off with an infomercial-style video, which asked people to make a claim for their hunger blunders. Testimonial films, social, audio ads and outdoor also drove our noble cause. To make a claim, people had to visit the website, speak to a chatbot, provide a few details of their hunger blunder, and receive a coupon for a payout of SNICKERS® bars redeemable at Circle K stores. We worked with underwriters to develop an algorithm to assess claims –factoring in things like time of day, mood, location, frequency and severity of the blunder. This data was fed into a bespoke AI chatbot which analyzed thousands of keywords linked to hundreds of hunger-related incidents. All factors added up to a unique payout amount for each individual claim. The bigger the blunder, the bigger the chocolate payout. From 2X all the way up to 50X SNICKERS.

Describe the outcome

The promo had a very direct and positive result not only for SNICKERS sales figures but also for brand health. SNICKERS also built a strong collaborative relationship with a key retail partner that would usually be uninterested in executing such equity building activities. 21% increase in foot traffic at retail outlets 18% increase in weekly sales during the campaign period 30% increase in brand association with hunger

Credits

Name Company Role
Dani Richa Impact BBDO CEO
Paul Shearer Impact BBDO Chief Creative Officer
Talal Sheikh Elard Impact BBDO Chief Commercial Officer
Samantha Stuart-Palmer Impact BBDO Managing Director
Jamie Kennaway Impact BBDO Creative Director
Ali Rez Impact BBDO Executive Creative Director
Jamie Kennaway Impact BBDO Copywriter
Hyun Seo Yoo Impact BBDO Art Director
Hyun Seo Yoo Impact BBDO Designer
Jason Velasquez Burayag Impact BBDO Copywriter
Joris Bosdriesz Impact BBDO Director
Varun Dhanak Impact BBDO Developer / Data Analyst
Richard Gandiongco Impact BBDO Art Support
Salma Shahin Impact BBDO Senior Account Manager
Emma Jane Randall Impact BBDO Account Executive
Frances McCabe Impact BBDO Regional Account Director
Tennyson Torcato Impact BBDO Creative Services Director
Sajan Abraham Impact BBDO Production Manager
Marvin Burayag Freelancer Producer
Ann Geleen Amparado Impact BBDO Producer
Rebecca Ooi Impact BBDO Producer
Abdulsalam Painthoth Impact BBDO Production Assistant
George Kanj Impact BBDO Retoucher
Karim Sherif Impact BBDO Creative
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