McCain Foods celebrates the changing dynamic of Aussie families in new work via DDB Melbourne
McCain Foods ANZ has released a new campaign via DDB Melbourne that celebrates the changing dynamic of Australian families and the importance of coming together over a meal.
‘We are Family’ is the first masterbrand campaign for McCain in Australia highlighting the brand’s ethos while retaining the “Ah McCain, you’ve done it again” tagline.
It signals an exciting evolution for McCain with the brand moving from product-based marketing to emotional brand-building.
To better reflect modern Australia, the ad features real people, not actors, including a single mum who is making her way on her own, two dads who’ve adopted siblings from their home countries and a family of five with a stay-at-home mum.
Says Karen Marshall, marketing manager, McCain: “McCain has long supported families coming together, no matter what the budget or time restrictions, with products that make it easy to create a great tasting meal that the whole family will love.
“With the majority of Australians agreeing that brands need to do better to represent modern families in advertising, McCain is proud to reflect the changing dynamics of families in Australia.”
Says Anthony Moss, ECD, DDB Melbourne: “It’s an honour to play our part in creating the first masterbrand campaign in Australia, for a brand as iconic as McCain. While the meaning of family evolves, so too does the imagery used to portray a family need to evolve in our advertising. It’s a credit to McCain to have a desire to reflect these societal changes and we look forward to continuing McCain’s journey into emotional storytelling.”
The campaign localises a successful campaign of the same name that aired in the UK, created by London-based DDB sister agency, Adam&Eve.
It will run from 7 July across all major TV, cinema, social and online.
Marketing Director ANZ – Katrina Wilson
Marketing Manager – Karen Marshall
Marketing Manager – Karen Ramsay
Executive Creative Director – Anthony Moss
Client Service Director- Jess Hughes
Business Director – Katie Franklin
Senior Producer- Mel Herbert
Senior Art Director – Rebecca Morriss
Production Company – Revolver/Will O’Rourke
Director – Celeste Geer
2 Comments
What about Cummins & Partners?
Think it was one of those global pieces that gets mandated to be used everywhere…DDB are aligned with Adam & Eve the originators of the UK executions…copy and pasted..so Cummins was probably sidestepped for it.