CLIENT
Unilever
Phillip Harousseau - VP, Brand Development, Skin
Aaron Calloway - Brand Manager, Brand Building
Anne Jensen - Mktg. Director, Skin Cleansing
Gilberto Piris - Sr. Brand Manager, Brand Development
Nicholas Soukas - Director Axe PW, Brand Development
AGENCY
Heidi Hackemer - Strategy Director
Pelle Sjonell - Executive Creative Director
John Randazzo - Creative Director
Armando Turco - Business Director
John Graham - Strategist
Mindshare
Edelman
SUMMARY
This is the story of how AXE shower gel took the most obvious category benefit and the most clichd advertising construct and used them to create the most talked about commercial in social media of 2010. But its also about how we made shower gel believers out of bar soap lovers. How we used an accessory to sell the main product. How we adopted a listen then react approach to creative development. And, ultimately, how we regained category leadership over Old Spice. All by having some balls