Cannes Lions

We can do it here!

HILL+KNOWLTON STRATEGIES, London / NESCAFE / 2016

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Description

To create an engaging program for the young generation that will allow young Greeks to dream again and take their future in their hands. A program that brings back hope makes an actual impact on society and becomes a social intervention.

The communication campaign focused on informing, educating, empowering and engaging the graduate/unemployed students in Greece while keeping Nescafe’s Creating Shared Value (CSV) goals top of mind with the target audience, enhancing Nescafe’s image as a social brand. All in support of Nestle's CSV values.

Execution

We created and planned a multi-channelled, integrated campaign under the central narrative “Boroume-edo” - “We can do it here”.

Using this call to action we partnered with the Federation of Greek Enterprises and their educational specialists to develop innovative training programs allowing young people in Greece to be trained on professions that are most wanted in the Greek job market. These programs are fully funded by Nescafe and offer certification for each course. They started in April 2015 and continue into March 2016 across five locations across Greece.

We created a digital platform for the campaign using a web-site and application - and a fully integrated array of TV and radio spots, articles, advertorials, digital banners, and Nescafe-brand social media.

Exactly two weeks after approval of the projects, we launched the campaign with a press conference and then followed up with full media and PR support throughout the country.

Outcome

In the first month after the launch of our campaign, training programs began in Athens and out of more than 4,000 applicants in phase one, 200 young men and women have completed their first courses and are already starting to find work – in Greece. The programme's second phase was applications rise to 8,000 and an addition 200 people complete courses in locations across Greece.

Coverage results include:

21 TV references amassing almost an hour of airtime with 3.8million impressions.

198 radio references with almost three hours of airtime with 1.5million impressions.

11 Print articles, 171k impressions.

38 Online articles, 41.6million impressions.

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