This agency called on the experts (Russian intelligence) to work their magic at Cannes
Boulder's WorkInProgress look for aid for another long shot (themselves)
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Forget creativity. Forget honesty. Forget nationality, even. When you need world-changing results from a long-shot campaign, talk to the experts with a proven track record of success. You know, in Moscow.
That's what Boulder creative agency WorkInProgress has done. The two-year-old shop wants to win big at Cannes and has its heart set on Agency Network of the Year, despite being a single shop in a single country. But if anyone can put a thumb on the scales in favor of an undeserving candidate, its Russian intelligence.
To reach these admittedly hard-to-find characters, WIP is running billboard ads in Moscow's Erevan Plaza. It's a few miles from the Kremlin, but Putin has eyes everywhere. The ad reads, in Russian:
FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
WorkInProgress
Cannes Lions
PARTICIPANT IN NOMINATION
AGENCY NETWORK OF THE YEAR 2018
If you think this is a last-minute stunt, you're half right. WIP has been planning this for three months, running iterations of the copy past the Federal Antimonopoly Service of the Russian Federation, which is apparently very good at policing false statements. The ad, bought through the Russian Marketing and Advertising Services, runs once an hour for the first two weeks of June.
Of course, WIP might have some competition in its bid from Russia itself. Anonymous creatives entered Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign into Cannes this year, complete with a full case study video. But since when have online trolls cared about conflict of interest?
Credits
- Date
- Jun 06, 2018
- Partner Creative :
- Matt Talbot
- Partner Creative :
- Andrew Lincoln
- Partner Account Strategy :
- Evan Russack
- Partner Account Strategy :
- Alex Guerri
- Partner Business Legal :
- Pete Sheinbaum
- Partner Production :
- Stafford Bosak
- Partner Technology :
- Harold Jones
- Creative Director :
- Stephen Dalton
- Account Strategy Supervisor :
- Morgan Collins
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