Squarespace's first U.K. ad stars gossipy neighbors
Raine Allen-Miller directs spot that aims to resonate with British culture
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Squarespace's first TV ad produced specifically for the U.K. market is full of local flavor.
It features scenes of family members and neighbors gossiping about the online businesses each has set up using a Squarespace website.
A young man calls out his granny for making "naughty vids"; in fact, she's filming suggestive knitting videos making woolly eggplants and peaches. Meanwhile, she's gossiping about another neighbor, who's offering his services as a "nude model"—for artists, that is. Another neighbor, who's "shaved it all off," is actually offering hairdressing services, while another is "into foot stuff"—on a members-only website offering sneaker reviews.
The spot was created in-house and helmed by Somesuch director Raine Allen-Miller, whose previous work has included hilarious U.K. Christmas ads for Tesco and TK Maxx.
Designed to resonate with British culture, the ad was purposefully shot in Manchester, where Allen-Miller grew up.
"Most U.K. advertising is shot in London and we were all excited by the opportunity to show a different side of the country on screen," said Squarespace Creative Director Mat Zarbatany. "Manchester is incredibly vibrant and diverse, with textures you don’t often see.”
Previously, Squarespace has run global ads in the U.K. According to a brand spokesperson: "Our global campaign ‘Everything to Sell Anything’ captures the goals of Squarespace, which is to inspire creators to turn their business ideas into reality, and our U.K.-specific campaign further allows Squarespace to resonate with and tap into the ways of the British culture of being 'nosy neighbors.'"
Credits
- Date
- Aug 09, 2022
- Client :
- Squarespace
- Director :
- Raine Allen-Miller
- Production Company :
- Somesuch
- Chief Creative Officer :
- David Lee
- VP of Creative :
- Ben Hughes
- Senior Director Creative Production & Operations :
- Erica Kung
- Senior Creative Producer :
- Wes Falik
- Creative Director :
- Mat Zarbatany
- Senior Art Director :
- Alex Thompson
- Creative Writer :
- Pepe Hernandez
- Senior Visual Designer :
- Ryan Carrel
- Photographer :
- Craig Reynolds
- Senior Retoucher :
- Derek Kalisher
- Senior Retoucher :
- Sara Barr
- Business Affairs Manager :
- Kiersten Bergstrom
- Director International Marketing & GTM :
- Jacqueline Gonzales
- Associate Director International Marketing :
- Danielle Chadha
- Senior Project Manager :
- Kate Newman
- Production Company :
- Somesuch Productions
- Director :
- Raine Allen-Miller
- DOP :
- Olan Collardy
- Production Designer :
- Anna Rhodes
- Executive Producer :
- Molly Griffin
- Managing Director :
- Seth Wilson
- HoP :
- Roger Zorovich
- Line Producer :
- Salli Zilles
- Editorial Company :
- Cut + Run
- Editor :
- Ben Campbell
- Managing Partner :
- Lauren Hertzberg
- Executive Producer :
- Ellese Shell
- Asst Editor :
- Evan Bahnsen
- VFX & Finishing :
- Jogger Studios
- Flame Artist :
- Joseph Grosso
- Producer :
- Evan Sanyour
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