Levande breaks retirement living stereotypes in new brand launch via 303 MullenLowe, Sydney

In a bold move to challenge retirement living stereotypes, Levande has launched an irreverent new brand platform, identity system and integrated national campaign developed by 303 MullenLowe.

Titled ‘Everyday Exceptional’ and live this week, the campaign is underpinned by strategic research from consultancy Wingmaven.

Showcasing more than just the beautiful shared spaces and lifestyle opportunities offered at Levande’s properties, it also delves into the chance to build communities, experience daily contentment, and ultimately a springboard to a better life.

It will be seen across TV, online, social, radio and on a new website levande.com.au, launching this week with the first of three TVCs.  Two other TVCs that are part of the ongoing platform will go live in the coming months. The work has been launched in partnership with Havas Media.

303 MullenLowe Sydney Chief Creative Officer Bart Pawlak said the primary aim of ‘Everyday Exceptional’, was to “close the gap between the often-negative perceptions of the category and the high satisfaction that residents experience at Levande”.

“As the saying goes – how we spend our days is how we spend our lives. And it’s Levande’s promise of helping elevate every day spent in retirement that inspired our brand platform of ‘Everyday Exceptional’, as well as the charming little moments of daily contentment depicted in our stories. Moments that, importantly, avoid the usual representations littering the retirement category. And that instead, successfully capture the allure of this new class of retirement residence in an engagingly irreverent way,” says Pawlak.

Levande’s Chief Sales & Marketing Officer, Nik Scotcher continues: “303 MullenLowe has given us a big platform idea to grow into. ‘Everyday Exceptional’ works so well because it’s not just a spirit that is authentically and playfully captured in our ads and brand design, but a mantra that the whole brand experience can build and continue to live up to. This platform is a true reflection of who we are and what our residents experience daily. It’s grounded in insight, elevated through creativity, and designed to grow with us.”

303 MullenLowe Sydney’s Chief Strategy Officer, Jody Elston said a cultural fear of ageing and its association with restriction and winding down was a strategic challenge identified early in the planning process, and ultimately addressed in the campaign: “It was important to reframe this next stage of life to be focused on the benefits of adaptation, and an acceptance that there is still good to come.

“For nearly half of all Australians over the age of 70, the happiest times of their life came after 50. And it’s actually the ordinary experiences that make us happier as we get older and develop a greater appreciation for living in the moment. So, we wanted to represent happiness not as an end-state, but a decision you make every day to be present and appreciate the little things.”

A Swedish word that means ‘vivid’ and ‘full of life’, Levande embodies the positivity inherent in its name, with more than 9,000 residents residing in 59 communities.  ‘Everyday Exceptional’ is the first work executed by 303 MullenLowe for the Leading national retirement operator since being appointed earlier this year as a result of a competitive pitch.

Agency – 303 MullenLowe
Joanna Gray – Chief Executive Officer
Bart Pawlak – Chief Creative Officer
Jody Elston – Chief Strategy Officer
Jonathon Bates – Group Head
Simon Cox – Art Director
Tiara Lowndes – Copywriter
Dean Hamilton – Copywriter
Skye Lanser – Head of Production
Jacqueline Archer – Executive Producer
Matt Morgan – Brand Specialist
Alby Furfaro – Head of Design
Levande Retirement Living
Nik Scotcher: Chief Sales & Marketing Officer
Lucy Frizell: Head of Marketing
Kayla Hiscox: Marketing Manager

Wingmaven
Jenn ten Seldam: Co-Founder and Director
Laura Wilson: Co-Founder and Director

Production Company: Scoundrel
Director: Jamie Lawrence
Executive Producer: Kate Gooden/Adrian Shapiro 
Producers: Tessa Simpson/Charlie Taylor
Post House: The Editors
Editor: Grace O’Connell
Colourist: Matt Fezz
Online Artist: Stu Cadzow
Post Producer: Isabella Vitelli

Sound House: MassiveMusic
Sound Designer: Abby Sie
Producer: Alexa Tonkin
 Casting Director: Joseph Wijangco
Casting: i4Casting 
 Photographer: Dick Sweeney 
Production: Louis & Co
Producer: Vanessa Levis 

Havas Media:
Nell Corbett – Group Business Director
Ashlee Casalini – Account Director
Michelle Lee – Director of Partnerships 
Christopher Couper – Senior Activation Specialist

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