Amazon Ads triggers creatives in new spot about bad media placements
Too much work, too little payoff is the takeaway from this campaign
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Warning: A new spot from Amazon Ads may hit too close to home for some creatives.
The spot details the grueling development of a campaign for a fictional drink brand called “Cheri,” including all the frustration and excitement behind the process, only for the resulting ad to receive a terrible billboard placement, obscured by a tree alongside a freeway.
“All that, for this?” the 30-second spot concludes.
While triggering to creatives, the effort is meant to spotlight Amazon Ads’ own offerings, mainly its media placements across numerous platforms. The e-commerce giant has invested heavily in its ads business over the last several years, which has led to sizable growth in revenue.
Poor media placement is one of the most visible inefficiencies in the advertising industry, and a particularly frustrating one for creatives who often spend countless hours working on their campaigns. This explains why new platforms, such as streaming offerings, often lean into their audience numbers and other metrics proving high numbers of eyeballs in order to court advertisers.
But just because a platform caters to many people does not mean it will be effective for all brands. In three, 15-second ads that accompany its main spot, Amazon Ads highlights this problem. One ad shows an agency researching audience insights, only for its ad to run in front of an entirely different demographic. Another demonstrates the importance of having integrated media channels, while the final ad emphasizes the value of measurement.
The campaign, dubbed “Ads That Work as Hard as You Do,” was created with Anomaly. It will run on online video, social media, digital display and digital audio in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, the U.K. and Canada.
Credits
- Date
- Jul 17, 2023
- Client :
- Amazon Ads
- Client :
- Amazon
- Agency :
- Anomaly
- Director Brand Marketing :
- Carly Zipp
- Head of Brand Strategy :
- Dipal Shah
- Senior Brand Strategist :
- Colin Kikcio
- Brand Manager :
- Alex Andreadis
- Senior Creative Director :
- Marcellus Neel
- Partner Chief Innovation Officer :
- Natasha Jakubowski
- Managing Partner Head of Media & New Engagement Models :
- William de Lannoy
- Innovation Strategy Director :
- Justin Alsop
- Managing Partner :
- Seth Jacobs
- ECD :
- Seth Jacobs
- Creative Director :
- Dan Shapiro
- Creative Director :
- Diego Fonseca
- Creative Director :
- Giles Clayton
- Art Director :
- Jessica Leonard
- Copywriter :
- Kat Worrall
- Art Director :
- Yianni Tzizifas
- Design Director :
- Nate Blowers
- Designer :
- Nani Harakawa
- Head of Account Management :
- Elektra O'Malley
- Business Director :
- Rachel Wintle
- Account Supervisor :
- Hannah Goehri
- Account Executive :
- Claudia Giblin
- Executive Producer :
- Bronwen Lonsdale
- Senior Producer :
- Mateus DeFaria
- Producer :
- Lily McCann
- Producer :
- Victoria McMachan
- Media :
- Rufus
- Global Managing Partner :
- Anna Prendergast
- Head of EU Expansion :
- Simon Smith
- Global Director Communications Design :
- Diego Lopez-Vega
- Associate Director Client Advise and Management :
- Priya Jain
- Global Manager Client Advise and Management :
- Bianca Burkhardt
- Head of Consumer :
- Harry Moss
- Director Client Advise Management & Planning :
- Philip Kreuzer
- Director Communications Design :
- Debbie Medeiros
- Business Partner :
- Claire Sipos
- Client Services Director :
- Ruth Gutierrez
- Managing Partner :
- Beatrice Tisot
- Production Company :
- ProdCo
- Director :
- Jara Moravec
- Consultant Director :
- Ian Pons Jewell
- Executive Producer :
- Zico Judge
- Executive Producer :
- Maddi Carlton
- Head of Production :
- Matt Sanders
- Producer :
- Shirley O'Connor
- Production Manager :
- Kelly Brown
- DOP :
- Mauro Chiarello
- Editorial :
- The Den
- Editor :
- Tobias Suhm
- Assistant Editor :
- Evan Carp
- Senior Post Producer :
- Kortney Rubottom
- Post Production :
- Electric Theater Collective
- Executive Producer :
- Antonia Vlasto
- Producer :
- Samia Ahmed Turner
- Post Production :
- Framestore
- Executive Producer :
- Nick Fraser
- Producer :
- Catherine May
- Sound Design :
- Gregory Caron
- Mix :
- Wave Studios
- Partner/Mixer :
- Aaron Reynolds
- Executive Producer :
- Vicky Ferraro
- Color Grade :
- Electric Theater Collective
- Colorist :
- Luke Morrison
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