A young mother sits at her kitchen table among photographs and cards. The photographs are of her young daughter and her toddler son. She is describing how she is going to incorporate the photos into her Christmas cards. On the picture of her son she says she will put the inscription of his grave marker. The American Red Cross symbol and the words ” heart disease it the number two killer of children” appears as she reads the inscription.
Agency: Campbell Ewald, Warren, Michigan Bill Ludwig, chief creative officer; Jon Stewart, creative director; Michelle Potter, Rob Dey, art directors; Jason Danielewicz, copywriter; Matt Duggan, producer Production Company: Anonymous Content Chris Riess and Amy Hill (aka Riess/Hill), directors; Dave Morrison, executive producer; Steve Fredriksz, producer; Chris Riess, DP Editorial: STS Editorial Terry King, Michele Ballard, editors Postproduction: GTN Richard Newton, online editor; Rick Unger, colorist Audio: GTN Jeremy Schemm, audio engineer
The Docter Twins Direct Part 2 Of FactSets’ “Not Just The Facts” Comedy Campaign From VSA Partners
FactSet, a global financial digital platform and enterprise solutions provider, has partnered with Chicago-based creative agency VSA Partners to unveil a second round of spots in its โNot Just the Factsโ campaign. The campaign originally launched back in April.
The campaign was built on a core strategic insight: While quality data is critical for financial professionals, facts in isolation provide little value. FactSetโs personalization, data connectivity, open and flexible technology, and dedicated service and support provide the context necessary for the investment community to turn facts into valuable insights--and make the most of them.
The new creative picks up where the previous left off. This time it focuses on a particularly boorish office worker, drolly played by character actor Wyndham Maxwell, who ticks off an encyclopedic list of facts and non sequiturs during business meetings and to the bemusement of his colleagues.
The tongue-in-cheek campaign, which plays more like a perfect-pitch comedy series than a typical B2B commercial effort, is a major departure from financial services industry norm--both in its use of humor and in its humanistic approach. Starting this week, FactSet will roll out 16 unique spotsโa combination of :30s, :15s, :06s and nine โshortsโโacross multiple channels including digital, streaming and CTV.
This :30, โDinos,โ has an office workerโs relevant reference to dinosaurs spark our boorish colleague who proceeds to utter one irrelevant fact after another about the prehistoric creatures.
The Los Angelesโbased Docter Twins (Matthew and Jason Docter) directed the original campaign and this new humorous work through their production company, Thinking Machine. The identical twin... Read More