McDonald's feels for Santa's hungry reindeer in U.K. holiday ad
The fast feeder has also rebranded its carrot sticks as 'Reindeer Treats'
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McDonald's U.K is really hammering home the message that it sells carrots sticks in its holiday ad this year.
The spot by Leo Burnett builds on last year's commercial, in which a little girl saves her McDonald's carrot sticks for the reindeer. This time, Santa is left to worry about his hungry transport team. While children from all over keep him stuffed with cookies, it seems the reindeer are forgotten. But St. Nick has a brilliant idea--under the Golden Arches, he stocks up on the orange vegetable (presumably no supermarkets on greengrocers were available).
To go with the ad, again directed by James Rouse via Outsider, McDonald's has rebranded its carrots as "Reindeer Treats" for the festive period It also created a digital experience on Snapchat for customers in its restaurants. The lens-based game transforms the player’s face into a reindeer and prompts them to catch as many falling carrots as possible, to be used as fuel for Father Christmas’ reindeer, determining how fast they fly through the sky.
Credits
- Date
- Nov 20, 2018
- Client :
- McDonald's-UK
- Agency :
- Leo Burnett-London
- Chief Creative Officer :
- Chaka Sobhani
- Creative Director :
- Pete Heyes
- Creative :
- Andrew Long
- Creative :
- James Millers
- Head of TV Production :
- Graeme Light
- Client Services Director :
- Layla Potter
- Board Account Director :
- Bethany Watts
- Account Director :
- Jassmine Wixon
- Senior Account Manager :
- Felicity Davies
- Account Manager :
- Robert Ellen
- Account Executive :
- Callum Matthews
- Account Executive :
- Thomas Schofield
- Head of Planning :
- Max Keane
- Planner :
- Catherine Owen
- Senior Digital Strategist :
- Carl Juresic
- Senior Project Manager :
- Emily Green
- Senior Social Media Manager :
- Rory O’Neill
- Head of Design :
- Phil Bosher
- Deputy Head of Design :
- Paul Reddington
- Designer :
- Kinda Savarino
- TVC Production Company :
- Outsider
- Director :
- James Rouse
- Producer :
- Benji Howell
- Editor :
- Art Jones
- VFX :
- Framestore
- VFX Supervisor :
- Ben Cronin
- CG Supervisor :
- Ahmed Gharraph
- CG Supervisor :
- Grant Walker
- 2D Supervisor :
- Suzanne Jandu
- Head of Animation :
- Ross Burgess
- Animation Lead :
- Gez Wright
- Lighting Lead :
- Mathias Cadyck
- Asset Leads :
- Joel Best
- Asset Leads :
- Gabriela Salmeron
- Asset Leads :
- Andrew Butler
- Colorist :
- Steffan Perry
- Senior Producer :
- Josh King
- Line Producer :
- Lucy Grist
- Production Coordinator :
- Emma Hughes
- Audio Company :
- Factory
- Sound Engineer :
- Anthony Moore
- Marketing Director for Brand Experience and Media :
- Ben Fox
- Senior Brand Manager :
- Hannah Pain
- Assistant Brand Manager :
- Sophie Williams
- Campaign Assistant :
- John McClure
- Head of Marketing, Food & Beverages :
- Michelle Graham-Clare
- Marketing Manager :
- Thomas O’Neill
- Brand Manager :
- Jodie White
- Campaign Assistant :
- Harry McLean
- Social Media Editor In Chief :
- William Bonaddio
- Social Media Manager :
- Ashleigh-Jayne O’Connell
- Executive Business Director :
- Jo Butler
- Business Director :
- Emma Carr
- Communications Planning Manager :
- Jamie Graham
- Strategy Director :
- Julia Smith
- Strategic Partnerships Director :
- Emma Parrett
- Connections Planning Associate Director :
- Jamie Callaghan
- Connections Planner :
- Joseph Easter
- Digital Connections Planning Associate Director :
- Tom Kirkham
- Digital Connections Planning Manager :
- Bea Spring
- Investment Director :
- Paul Milsom
- Investment Associate Director :
- Alex Neary
- Social Associate Director :
- Ediz Osman
- Creative Director :
- Andre Assalino
- Interactive Producer :
- Sinead Catney
- Animator :
- Jess Gaynor
- Animator :
- Paul Hunt
- Front End Developer :
- Joao Pescada
- Back End Developer :
- Jamie Whittle
- Designer :
- Adriano Esteves
- Designer :
- Bruno Amorim
- Senior Creative Strategist :
- Mark Carroll
- Project Manager :
- Charlotte Cauby
- Creative Specialist :
- Rob Waterman
- Business Solutions Lead :
- Camilla Schilbach
- Writer and Illustrator :
- Alex Latimer
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