Cannes Lions
PARTIZAN, Los Angeles / LOEWE / 2024
Overview
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Credits
Background
Situation: The brand have had historical issues with the way people pronounce LOEWE. Director Ally Pankiw collaborated directly with LOEWE and writer Dan Levy to create a comedic, scripted series focused on solving LOEWE’s ongoing issue around the correct pronunciation (and spelling) of their brand name.
Brief: Clear up the long standing misunderstanding around the pronunciation of the brand name LOEWE
Objectives: Improve brand name recognition.
Idea
We join Aubrey Plaza and Dan Levy for a one-of-a-kind spelling bee where wigs, buzzers, iconic fashion, and wrong answers are the stars of the show.
The contemporary, humorous tone and strong visual look of the films successfully connected with hard to reach opinion formers and fashion influencers across the globe in an authentic, yet humorous way.
Strategy
Audience insights
The campaign was aimed a LOEWE customer, their social audience & online taste makers. It rolled out globally across social media and was designed to appeal to a young, global audience. The spot coalesces around numerous cultural references starting a viral conversation around the correct way to pronounce the name LOEWE. This was achieved through the use of humor, transformational art direction and clever dialog driven storytelling.
Community building and management approach
Social media was used as the primary driver for positive engagement, along with a supplemental PR campaign
Execution
We join Aubrey Plaza and Dan Levy for a one-of-a-kind spelling bee where wigs, buzzers, iconic fashion, and wrong answers are the stars of the show.
Outcome
• Impact
Helping global literacy.
• Reach
48m views across all platforms
• Engagement
52% engagement on key platforms.
• Change in Behaviour
People are now able to pronounce the brand name LOEWE correctly.
• Brand perception
The campaign enhanced perception among LOEWE's audience & customers, as well as online fashion influencers.
• Achievement against objectives
The objective was successfully achieved.
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