Ad of the Week: The Comfortable Zone – DDFH&B
Credits: Title of Commercial: The Comfortable Zone Advertiser: Irish Life Client executives: Karl Symes, Siobhan Kelly, Susan Egan Agency: DDFH&B Agency executives: Michael Craig, Vanessa Carswell, Mary Saunders Creative: Roisin Keown, Peter Snodden Agency producer: Jenni O’Reilly Production company: Red Rage Director: Brian Durnin Producer: Paul Holmes Lighting cameraman: Ivan McCullough Editor: Jake Walsh, Hubert Montag Recording studio: Mutiny The Lowdown: Irish Life wanted to encourage consumers to venture from their comfort zone (deposit...
Ad of the Week: The 4 Cs: Tv ad – Cross Contamination – McCannBlue
Credits: Agency: McCannBlue Client: safefood Lowdown: This week saw the launch of safefood's latest campaign with McCannBlue, this time for Food Safety. The suite of ads highlight the everyday risks posed by the 4 C's - Cook, Clean, Chill, Cross-Contamination - and how simple mistakes or lapses of concentration can be costly to health. This first phase of the campaign targets the over 65's,...
Ad of the Week: Bedtime Stories – Rothco
The Lowdown: After the enormous success of the Wild Atlantic Way, Fáilte Ireland were looking at the possibility of a difficult second album. So when it came to launching Ireland’s Ancient East, they asked Rothco to help them to create a completely unique campaign to launch their new brand. The challenge with Ireland’s Ancient East is that people believe they already...
Ad of the Week: Make It Yours – Havas Worldwide Dublin
Credits: Advertiser: Valeo Foods Brand: Jacobs Biscuits Activity: Broadcast Commercial Agency: Havas Worldwide Dublin Client Team: Michelle Rynne, Lisa Fitzpatrick Agency Executives: Tony Caravousanos, Aoife Surgeon Agency Planning: Viv Chambers Creative Team: Gary Boylan, Katy Egan Havas Broadcast: Suzanne Heneghan Production Company: Antidote Producer: Tess Bunworth Director: Lee Cronin Music: Assembly Post Production: Windmill Lane Havas Digital lead: Mary Reynolds The Lowdown: Whether you're a nibbler, a muncher or a cruncher, a dipper or a dunker,...
Ad of the Week: Tech Life Ireland – Atomic
The Lowdown: Tech/Life Ireland is a new national initiative to brand Ireland as a top destination to pursue a career in technology, funded by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation it is being delivered in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the tech industry to help attract up to 3,000 top tech professionals to Ireland each year. Atomic, the...
Ad of the Week: Meteor Christmas Unlimited – Rothco
Christmas 2015 sees the return of Meteor's festive CEO to Irish TV Screens. Nicholas St Wenceslas, misanthropist, holiday magnate and CEO of Christmas LTD - the company responsible for commercialising the holidays - is back. The 2015 campaign, created by Rothco, has launched this weekend with a 30" and two 20" TVCs. Wolf-of-Wall-Street-come-Miracle-on-34th-Street's Nicholas is now living in the tax-neutral...
Ad of the Week: Vanguard for Dunnes Stores – Thinkhouse
Credits: Agency - Thinkhouse Advertiser - Dunnes Stores Title - Vanguard for Dunnes Stores, a new collection by Paul Galvin Creative Directors: Paul Galvin + Jane McDaid Director: Jamie Brennan Art Direction: Kevin Goss Ross/Michael Roulstone Account team: Ashley Reddin/Anne Nuding Recording Studio: Moynihan Russell The Lowdown: Paul Galvin launched his debut menswear collection, VANGUARD, in collaboration with Dunnes Stores. Thinkhouse produced a 90 second video ad and seeded...
Ad of the Week: Tiger – Havas Worldwide Dublin [video]
Heineken Credits: Advertiser: Heineken Brand: Tiger Activity: Tiger Grand Canal Dock Street Artist: Dan Leo Agency: Havas Worldwide Dublin Client Executives: Emma Jane McKeown Agency Executives: Aoife Surgeon Creative Directors: Peter O'Dwyer, Gary Boylan Production Company: Havas Video Director/ Producer: Ciaran Dooley The Lowdown: Central to Tiger's sponsorship of Tiger Dublin Fringe was this incredible installation created by sculptor Dan Leo. Initially appearing to consist of beautiful but random shapes placed in the water at Grand Canal...
Big Can Be Good – Rothco
The Lowdown: Tesco Ireland and Rothco launch the humble ‘Big Can Be Good' campaign to address negative perceptions of the large supermarket chain. Led by a 60" TVC, the ‘Big Can Be Good' campaign sees Tesco open its heart to Ireland with an honest brand manifesto. ‘Big Can Be Good' takes the very thing that is often seen as a negative about...
Dublin Bus – The Mad Dash Home – Rothco
The Lowdown: Creative Agency Rothco and Dublin Bus have teamed up with mother–son duo, Baz and Nancy from hit Sky TV show ‘50 Ways To Kill Your Mammy’, in a new campaign to give customers a behind-the-scenes look at the people in Dublin Bus’s Central Control Centre. In the online film, ‘The Mad Dash’, which launches today, mischievously likeable son Baz...
