H.E.R x Nationwide

Role: Creative Direction
Agency: Ogilvy
ECD: Edu Herran & Steve Lundberg
GCD: Tony Whiteside
Copywriter: Mike Bortoff
Art Director: Christo Cunha

H.E.R. x Nationwide

Role: Creative Direction
Agency: Ogilvy
ECD: Edu Herran & Steve Lundberg
GCD: Tony Whiteside
Copywriter: Mike Bortoff
Art Director: Christo Cunha

We partnered with Grammy winning, R&B artist, H.E.R. to bring a fresh new take to the 50-year-old Nationwide Jingle. Through unconventional life moments, we are able feature all of Nationwides product offerings like insurance and retirement planning. Aside from our traditional TVC we also created small bits of content for Tiktok and a beautiful behind the scenes film.

Featured on Adage

In the revolution of body inclusivity, Venus was falling behind. They were trying to market themselves to every woman by just showing different versions of the same blonde, tall, skinny model. 

So from this campaign on, there was a new way to make Venus ads. We made sure women were represented in a way that felt genuine, and our first time trans-women was the truest proof of our approach.

We not only changed the surface appearance of the brand (logo, art direction, casting, no-retouching rules), but also the narrative the characters in our TVC were given. They weren't just frolicking on the beach in a white robe, but doing something for their community, or running a business. After this DNA brand evolution we landed at:

My skin. My way.

We partnered with Grammy winning, R&B artist, H.E.R. to bring a fresh new take to the 50-year-old Nationwide Jingle. Through unconventional life moments, we are able feature all of Nationwides product offerings like insurance and retirement planning. Aside from our traditional TVC we also created small bits of content for Tiktok and a beautiful behind the scenes film.

Featured on Adage

We partnered with Grammy winning, R&B artist, H.E.R. to bring a fresh new take to the 50-year-old Nationwide Jingle. Through unconventional life moments, we are able feature all of Nationwides product offerings like insurance and retirement planning. Aside from our traditional TVC we also created small bits of content for Tiktok and a beautiful behind the scenes film.

Featured on Adage

We partnered with Grammy winning, R&B artist, H.E.R. to bring a fresh new take to the 50-year-old Nationwide Jingle. Through unconventional life moments, we are able feature all of Nationwides product offerings like insurance and retirement planning. Aside from our traditional TVC we also created small bits of content for Tiktok and a beautiful behind the scenes film.

Featured on Adage

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