DiMassimo Goldstein Debuts First Work for Bronx Zoo

Last month, the Bronx Zoo appointed DiMassimo Goldstein as its agency of record, following a review which pitted the independent New York agency against five other agencies.

Now, DiMassimo Goldstein has launched its first campaign for the largest metropolitan zoo in the country, promoting its Boo at the Zoo event occurring weekends in October through the 29th. A series of social videos, digital outdoor and radio ads star Flamingo Girl, who has one question for New York: What are you gonna be for Boo at the Zoo? (She’s a flamingo.)

The campaign will also include a print component featuring cut-out masks readers can turn to for a quick costume. Metro paper representatives will hand out newspapers featuring the ad in costume as an added campaign element.

“We wanted people to imagine themselves at Boo at The Zoo,”DiMassimo Goldstein chief creative officer Tom Christmann said in a statement. “We wanted them to plan ahead. We noticed that Halloween costume shops open earlier and earlier every year. The campaign forces people to consider our event before they even know they’re considering it.”

“We wanted everything we did to be an action, not an ad,” he added. “Our art director, Katie Renfroe, even made the flamingo outfit herself. I may have her make one for me. But it will have to be much bigger.”

Tuesday Odds and Ends

-Mentos is still kind of the Freshmaker in this new, long spot from BBH London.

-Free the Bid appears to be working: Twitter, Levi’s and LinkedIn are now on board along with a bunch of new agencies.

-Chicago consumer experience agency Rightpoint hired four new executives: group creative director Michael Tiedemann; senior director of cloud and enterprise applications Rich Wood; senior director and commerce practice lead Thomas John; and VP of digital experience solutions practice Brian Browning.

-Event design company Samantha Sackler Productions rebranded as THE FIRM and hired longtime TBWAChiatDay executive director of marketing Karin Schaer as its first CMO.

-Former copywriter and documentary filmmaker Eric Proulx launched a new production company called Fighting Monk.

-OOH agency Rogue Media hired former Kinetic global CEO Steve Ridley as chief partnership officer.

-Content studio BODEGA (no, not that one) added Canadian animators IAMSTATIC to its roster. Check out their reel here.

Persen: Banner Made To Irritate

Our task was to create a banner delivering a message “Persen helps fighting with stress.” TA was women, 25-40, living an active life and experiencing stress.

We came up with the following idea and solution. What is special about people in stress? It’s their irritability. A person in stress can be irritated by mere nothing. And what can irritate those people in the Internet? Tons of things. Our banners, for example. But if irritation is unavoidable – why not capitalize on it?

So we made an interactive banner that irritates you even more than usual. In this banner we asked women questions about things that irritate them. A lot of questions. A whole lot of annoying questions. Sooner or later a viewer would lose her temper – and in this moment we would propose her a medicine for irritability and stress. And those who stayed totally calm while answering our questions we asked again and again until they gave up. Because even the best stress handlers need preventive measures.

Banner Made To Irritate for Persen: Case Study – ENG

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McDonald's: Drive-Thru Car Free Day

McDonald’s – Drive-Thru Car Free Day

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McDonald's: My Movie Taste, 1

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McDonald's: My Movie Taste, 3

Acerbis: Balls of Steel

Samsung: Do Bigger Things

Samsung Galaxy Note8 | A Song for the City. #DoBiggerThings

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Guiding Light: Matthew

Extra Credit Projects (ECP) and Guiding Light of Grand Rapids are name dropping all around town with a mission to get men off the streets and back to work. The advertisements highlight the positive impact Guiding Light has on the community in their mission to help recover and re-engage local men through the “guiding light of God.” The campaign—which includes billboards, digital display, print ads, kiosks, TV and more—features real stories of real men and their journey to recovery.

Guiding Light: Mark

Extra Credit Projects (ECP) and Guiding Light of Grand Rapids are name dropping all around town with a mission to get men off the streets and back to work. The advertisements highlight the positive impact Guiding Light has on the community in their mission to help recover and re-engage local men through the “guiding light of God.” The campaign—which includes billboards, digital display, print ads, kiosks, TV and more—features real stories of real men and their journey to recovery.

Guiding Light: John

Extra Credit Projects (ECP) and Guiding Light of Grand Rapids are name dropping all around town with a mission to get men off the streets and back to work. The advertisements highlight the positive impact Guiding Light has on the community in their mission to help recover and re-engage local men through the “guiding light of God.” The campaign—which includes billboards, digital display, print ads, kiosks, TV and more—features real stories of real men and their journey to recovery.

Guiding Light: Isaiah

Extra Credit Projects (ECP) and Guiding Light of Grand Rapids are name dropping all around town with a mission to get men off the streets and back to work. The advertisements highlight the positive impact Guiding Light has on the community in their mission to help recover and re-engage local men through the “guiding light of God.” The campaign—which includes billboards, digital display, print ads, kiosks, TV and more—features real stories of real men and their journey to recovery.

O2: O2 Home Internet, 1

A print campaign that uses the all too familiar Google Chrome dinosaur to promote O2 home internet.

O2: O2 Home Internet, 2

A print campaign that uses the all too familiar Google Chrome dinosaur to promote O2 home internet.

O2: O2 Home Internet, 3

A print campaign that uses the all too familiar Google Chrome dinosaur to promote O2 home internet.

Elisa: Stay Connected

Elisa: Stay Connected

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Nos Audiovisuais: Respect for the Man

Portugal’s premiere of Tupac’s biopic “All Eyez On Me” was the starting point for the new Social Animals campaign for NOS Audiovisuais.

Tupac is a legend for the older target, yet it is a complete unknown for the younger generations that fill the theaters. That’s why we challenged Rui Unas, one of the greatest portuguese influencers, to tell the story of the Rap God through a music video homage with the sound and the visual of the 90’s.

Once again, the social media agency created, directed and produced the entire campaign internally, including the music production.

Respect for the man – Social Animals + NOS Audiovisuais (Videocase)

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Autosphere: The Doorbell

Autosphère, ça démarre chez vous ! Acte 2

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Carlsberg: Happy New Year

Carlsberg- Happy new year

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