Challenge

Reignite interest in The Crowbar annual advertising and design awards. Aiming at schools, students and agencies, the task was to create an integrated call-for-entry campaign for entrants to submit their work and firmly re-establish the Crowbar Awards at the top of their minds.

Solution

We created the world’s first advertising child prodigy, Billy Lee and seeded out a mini documentary about this boy genius online. This was followed up with an official release declaring the winner of the Crowbar’s a foregone conclusion. Visitors to the site were directed to Billy’s homepage. On the site, students could join a fan club for industry creative directors to bribe him with gifts or even buy Billy’s rejected ideas on eBay.

For more information contact:
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Results

  • Highest ever participation in Crowbar’s history
  • 36% increase in entries over previous year
  • 52% increate in awards handed out
  • Won Gold Spike Award for digital