Welcome to The Drum's US Creative Works in partnership with Workfront.
As always, this section is dedicated to showing the best creative work in North & South America and gives you, the reader, the chance to decide which work we feature as our US 'Creative Work of the Week.’
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FRED & FARID New York: HP Inc 'Dads & Daughters'
HP has been making great strides in its push towards a diverse and equal workforce. Its ongoing campaign to bring awareness to unconscious bias makes the tech company a champion for diversity.
In its latest video in the 'Reinvent Mindsets' series, HP tackles gender bias through a powerful video pairing fathers and daughters talking about the tough process of job interviews. ‘Dads & Daughters’ pairs fathers and daughters having one-on-one discussions. The dads were asked to read generic interview tips for women that had been found online and talk about them with their daughters. As the dads read they spark a discussion about bias, strength and individuality.
The video hits home about the gender biases still rampant in hiring, especially in the tech industry, something HP is overcoming by its efforts.
Creative Director: Laurent Leccia
Brand supervisors: Antonio Lucio, Karen Kahn, Lesley Slaton Brown, Tom Suiter
Agency Supervisors: Fred & Farid, Francois Grouiller, Lisa Rosario, Amanda Hellman
The Martin Agency: Geico 'Side Effects'
The new 30-second TV spot’s premise, “If you’re Boyz II Men, you make anything sound good” has the actual Boyz in a pharmacy to sugar-coat one customer’s impending side effects from her medication. They sing in perfect three-part harmony about side effects like "dizzyness, nausea...and chronic flatulence".
In addition, Geico will be hosting a Facebook Live event where Boyz II Men will sing your custom “Bad Newz” message right from the FB comments section, all in real time the day of the event on June 25 at 4pm ET.
Y&R New York: Dell 'Digital Transformation'
So Dell Technologies created a new social campaign with Y&R New York that humorously proves the point. In each scenario, a powerful, magical being (or beings) has been hired by a business to make digital transformation happen. Unfortunately, in each case, their formidable powers prove thoroughly ineffective at getting the job done.
Chief Marketing Officer - Jeremy Burton
SVP Global Brand and Creative - Liz Matthews
Director Brand Strategy and Advertising - Rachael Henke
Brand Strategy and Advertising – Tamara Hernandez
Y&R
Global Executive Creative Director - Christian Carl
Global Creative Director - Thomas Shim
Copywriter, Creative Director - Justin Ebert
Executive Producer - Bobby Jacques
Content Producer - Nicole Lederman
Sr Business Manager- Maggie Diaz
President, Global Technology & Business Practice - Joe Rivas
Group Account Director - Rachel Krouse
Account Director- Heather Hosey
Account Executive- George Rainaldi
Strategic Planning Director - Jenna Rounds
MediaCom
Managing Partner, Global Account Director - Sue Davidson
Global Group Strategy Director - Guilhem Tamisier
Partner, Media Director - LaShena Huddleston
Production Company - Tool of North America
Director - Shawn Z
Managing Partner, live action - Oliver Fuselier
Executive Producer - Robert Helphand
Line Producer - Dennis Beier
Edit House - Cosmo Street
Editor - Lawrence Young
Producer - Vietan Nguyen
Producer - Anne Lai
gyro: Grant Thornton International 'Status Go'
Accounting firm Grant Thornton recently hired Gyro as its agency of record to help it effectively communicate its worldview and more strongly position the brand as one that isn’t afraid to challenge the status quo.
Because of this, Grant Thornton also chose to focus its efforts on branding itself as a sort of “antagonist of the status quo.”
Last month, the brand unveiled a video called ‘Status Go’ that is currently being used internally to rally employees around its future ambitions. This has expanded to a print campaign.
Executive Creative Director: Doug Kamp
Creative Director: Ted Wahlberg / Andy Mamott
Art Director: Stuart Confer / Matt Olson
Copywriter: Justin Horrigan
President: Mike Hensley
Account Director: Barb McDonald
Account Supervisor: Stephanie Ragonese
Project Manager: Tom Sanpakit
Head of Strategy: Mark Witthoefft
Integrated Brand Strategy Director: Adrienne Houghton
Director of Content + Community: Lindsay Baish
Media Director: Diane VorKeller
Director of Digital Delivery: Vic Emond
Production Director: Natalie Snyder
La Comunidad: LALCEC (Liga Argentina de Lucha Contra el Cáncer or the Argentinian League Against Cancer 'Prejudices'
"They're cruel, they're capable of the worst. They're a threat that knows no boundaries," says the voiceover in the Muslim spot.
Meanwhile the Latino execution says: "They arrive without permission and take everything you have."
"Their color, their appearance... There are plenty of reasons to be suspicious," says the spot featuring a young black man in a hoodie.
However, as the camera zooms in closer, we see that it's actually focusing in on a mole – and we realize that the language is being used to describe skin cancer.
“Nowadays, there are more prejudices in the world than ever before; prejudices that harm our society. But with the Argentinian League Against Cancer, we found the only prejudice that can actually save our lives: prejudice against moles,” said Jose Molla, founder and chief creative officer at the community. “While the campaign seems deeply provocative, and we're sure it could offend some, we wanted to make sure people don't ignore the symptoms of skin cancer.”
Agency: La Comunidad
Executive Creative Directors: Ramiro Raposo, Fernando Sosa
Creative Directors: Rodrigo Greco,Mariano Gamba
Creative Team: Augusto Callegar, Pedro Mezzini
Group Account Director: Sebastián Díaz
Account Executive: Catalina Gay
Director of Production: Ramiro Capisto
Production Assistant: Sebastián García
Production Company: Austria
Director: Sebastían Sanchez
Executive Producer: Juan Manuel Menvielle
Director of Photography: Juan Costamagna
Wardrobe: Lucia Beruti, Delfina de Forteza
Post Producción: Ignacio Parodis
Sound: Porta Estudio
Editor: Ignacio Parodis
Music: Happy Together
Client: Lalcec
Executive Director: Diego Paonessa
Hill Holliday: Bank of America 'MLB #MemoryBank'
Wieden+Kennedy: Nike 'Debate This'
Stept Studios: Oakley 'One Obsession #CantStop'
The latest release from Oakley, premiering during the week of the 2017 US Open Championship, highlights Watson’s unique personality, showing how he lives his obsession on and off the course.
The multi-channel brand campaign includes broadcast, digital, social, advertising, retail and an enhanced experience on oakley.com/one-obsession. Watson’s One Obsession 30-second television spot will debut Saturday, June 17 on FOX during round three of the 2017 US Open Championship.
The campaign showcases how the golfer keeps his creativity fresh.
Lead Creative Agency: Stept Studios
Oakley Lead: Chasen Marshall, Global Product Content Manager
Filming Location: Pensacola, Florida
Athlete: Bubba Watson
Mercado McCann: Philco 'Euthanasia'
Riley Hayes: Dunwoody College of Technology 'Support Group for the Suddenly Successful'
Agency: Riley Hayes
Production Company: THREEVOLTS
The RLVNT Group: La Boliviana Ciacruz Seguros 'PROTECTED'
CMO: Carmen Sánchez
Advertising Agency: The RLVNT Group
Creative Chairman & Founder: Henry Medina
Executive Copywriter: Aldo Gutiérrez
Art Director: Huascar Espinar
Graphic Designer: Gerson Chávez
Production Company: Makina Films
Executive Producer: Pedro Pablo Escobar
Director: Who
Executive Production Team: Carla Montaño – Liz Moscoso
Photography Director: Sebastián Fernandez
Production Coordinator: Paola Peñarrieta
Production Chief: Verito Galvis
Direction Assistant: Miguel Angel Ortega
Art Director: Valeria Garcia
Casting: Germán Jáuregui
Production Runner: Gabriel Villagomez
Makeup: Gustavo Díaz
Camera Assistant: Efrain Apaz
Second Camera Assistant: Rolando Rodríguez
Consume Designer: Viviana Aparicio
Electrical team: Javier Soliz – Franco Nogales – Silverio Alvis – Leonardo Rodríguez
Edition: Javier Cabrera
Animation: Marco Calabi – Jordan Gantier
Color: Javier Cabrera
Sound Design: Scapa Studio
Rental (camera): Cineartelapaz Bolivia
Rental (lights): Cineartelapaz Bolivia
Catering: Matias Soruco
Transport 1: Ladislao Alanes
Transporte 2: Ervin Cruz
Photo: Erick Fresco
The Richards Group: A&W 'Caught On Snap'
Producer: JR Dixon
Art Director: Andrew Harper
Writer: Lynn Bossange
Directors: Cary Murnion & Jonathan Milott
Editor: Logan Hefflefinger
Assistant Editor: Juan Vargas
EP: Jessica Berry
Color: Neil Anderson
Finish: Tim Nagel
Audio Mix: Scottie Richardson