CLIENT
The Coca-Cola Company
Ali Cascino, Sr. Marketing Manager - Shopper Brand IMC
Kelly Boatright, Director Shopper Marketing - Occasions
Laura Houghton, Director, Digital Shopper Marketing
Melissa Schwartz, Sr. Brand Manager
Jaime Sjoquist, Brand Manager
AGENCY
Kristin Yario, Account Director
Morgan Sonnier Sonnier, Sr. Account Executive
Howard Schultz, SVP, Retail Strategy Director
Laura Johnston, EVP, Creative Director
Jim Carlton, Chief Creative Officer
HelloWorld
SUMMARY
Diet Coke defied the odds stacked against them. The overall diet soda segment of the beverage category was on a steady decline and while the brand was loved by millions of loyalists, it lacked resonance with millennial refreshment seekers. Yet, The Coca-Cola Company believed in the brand’s potential.
With a complete brand recast, Diet Coke succeeded in garnering support across thousands of retailers nationwide, surpassed 2018 forecasts and is credited as a key contributor to Coca-Cola’s 2018 first-quarter business results, which reported growth for the first time in 8 years.