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I help brands - and personal brands - cut through the noise | Award-Winning Art Director | Tedx Speaker | Cannes Future Lions Judge

POV: You create a wonky billboard stunt so believable than someone alerts the council and a safety fence is installed Waitrose and Saatchi & Saatchi UK created this wonky billboard to demonstrate their recent price drops. A concerned member of the public notified the council over fears of public safety. As a result, the OOH campaign has earned a tonne of media online. I’ve seen a few of these billboard stunts from brands like Specsavers and McDonalds lately, but I like the value add here: ✔️ Simple message (price drops) ✔️ Community participation (calling the council) ✔️ Talkability (press coverage) What do you think?

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Louis Sandford

F*CK boring B2B marketing. Stop being ignored & start getting meetings with your top prospects

4mo

I wonder if the concerned member of the public happens to also work for Saatchi & Saatchi…

Rachael Higgins

Founder of Because of Marketing

4mo

This is brilliant 😂 the safety fence absolutely makes it!

Lauren Leibman

Chief of Staff | Programme Manager | Strategy, Operations, Culture, Communication

4mo

At the risk of being a kill-joy… I’m surprised that no one is mentioning the waste of council resources and the now inaccessible pavement.

Alex Lacey

Account Manager, Marketeer and Photographer

4mo

This is on my road. I saw it being put up, understood the concept straight away, and yet I still feel it misses the mark for some reason. Just me? (Even though I saw it being put up, I'll still be walking on the other side of the street..!)

Sam Berry

Head of Creative Solutions @ Global Street Art

4mo

Wandsworth council should get an award sent to their office if this campaign wins one 😂

Phil Mc Mahon

Retail Specialist @ Really Good Culture | Retail insights, Sales growth

4mo

I’m not buying that. 😂 The local authority would have to be notified in advance if a billboard was moved/installed like that.

Vivian Townsend (née Praxoulis)

Marketing and Business Development Consultant (ITSMA Certified)

4mo

Love this! Reminds me of the time I created a poster for the school elections (I was running for President), I placed it slanted on the wall to attract attention. My idea worked. A teacher ripped my poster in half in front of other pupils for not putting it on the wall straight (my school was a bit strict). Everyone was talking about it and every time someone spoke to me about it, I said it didn’t really matter and instead focused on why I would make a great class president. I was only in Year 4 but destined to work in marketing! I won! I’m still a lover of fresh thinking - such as this campaign.

Mason Brownlow

Freelance CD / Sr Art Director / Sr. Graphic Designer Working in Sport // Art // Culture // Fashion

4mo

i love Saatchi i feel like they're an institution (so this isn't shade) and i hate to be the person on linkedin talking about someone elses work but i have mixed feelings about this campaign. This is a PR stunt, a good one (we're talking about it). I just wonder if they ran out of steam in the creative process given the subject matter and brand, the creative is pretty boring, i like the arrow but what is it point at? the road name? apart from the fact that it's 'falling' off the wall, i don't get what is so clever about it. Maybe it's me.

Basil Genimahaliotis

Retail Design Manager - Westfield Hornsby / Penrith

3mo

Nice idea but it feels a little too sophisticated for a simple messaging. I thought Lidmore Road was the ‘good’ thing referred to ( where the arrows pointing ). The only way I know this relates to lower prices is the small word ‘lower’ . Otherwise I read it as “it’s good the waitrose is associated with Lidmore road”. Also who is to know the barriers on the road whereby there before ? For a message like ‘ Waitrose now has lower prices , I would have associated it with brands that actually do have lower prices .. ie a waitrose ad done in the style of a ASDA at or Tescos ad. That would court controversy and a second look by passers by - as well as convey the message that Waitrose are associated with lower pricing like who it’s ad is mimicking . Just my two cents :).

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