Ambient advertisement created by FCB, Romania for Staropramen, within the category: Alcoholic Drinks.

Ambient advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Fundația Renașterea, within the category: Public Interest, NGO.

Ambient advertisement created by MSPS, Romania for Piraeus Bank, within the category: Finance.

The existence of filter bubbles and echo chambers on social media platforms presents a wide variety of challenges to brands and people interested in reaching a wide audience across political allegiances and cultural divisions. The nature of the web is to reinforce what we already know and like. Algorithms are designed to show us content that aligns with our own predispositions, and people’s historical behavior online tends to prevent them from seeing or accessing material from opposing viewpoints and perspectives. This leads to customized internet experiences for everyone that rarely stray into the unexpected. Telekom Romania wanted to turn this tendency on its head. As a brand built on sharing content, it worked with Leo Burnett Bucharest to devise an attention-getting stunt that would open up young people’s eyes to communities and perspectives far from their ordinary inclinations. The brand launched Vloggers’ Swap. Vloggers’ Swap was built on a deep analysis of the data of different Vlog channels on Youtube. LB/Bucharest identified Vlog channels whose audiences did not overlap at all. These groups of young viewers had very little in common, and their viewing habits led them to inhabit very rigid filter bubbles. For one day, Telekom Romania initiated a “swap” of these Vlogs with their polar opposite vlogger, helping to introduce each specific audience to a perspective and vlogger far out of their normal comfort zone. This stunt drew massive interest in Romania, and helped Vlog channels to broaden their appeal to audiences they normally wouldn’t reach. Launched to coincide with Telekom Romania’s offer of unlimited video, this work serves up a fantastic example of how brands are helping people to build wider audiences in spite of the algorithms that would limit their reach and appeal. By helping millennials to broaden their viewing diet, Telekom Romania is cultivating a younger audience of viewers who cannot be restricted by the constraints of filter bubbles or echo chambers. As Telekom Romania has championed for years, “life is for sharing.” Digital advertisement created by Leo Burnett, Romania for Telekom Romania, within the category: Electronics, Technology.

The Telekom Storytime app enables parents working abroad to tell their children bedtime stories remotely, with the technology of the app meaning parents don’t just tell the story, they become part of it. It’s a shocking fact that thousands of Romanian children are left in the care of relatives when their parents are forced by financial circumstances to seek work abroad. Digital advertisement created by Leo Burnett, Romania for Telekom Romania, within the category: Electronics, Technology.

Transhumance is the seasonal movement where shepherds transfer their livestock from the highest mountains to plaines. During their 30 days trip, shepherds walk hundreds of kilometers by foot. It’s an Eastern European tradition that dates back thousands of years, and even though it’s happening less and less all around the world, one Romanian shepherd still makes the journey twice every year. Ghiță, the social shepherd who decided to challenge the world by inviting everyone to join him during the transhumance journey. Digital advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Vodafone, within the category: Electronics, Technology.

Digital advertisement created by MSPS, Romania for Piraeus Bank, within the category: Finance.

How a tv ad turned into a live conversation platform in the #letseattogether integrated campaign. Ambient advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Coca-Cola, within the category: Non-Alcoholic Drinks.

Integrated advertisement created by McCann, Romania for MasterCard, within the category: Finance.

Film advertisement created by Handsome, Romania for Hartl Connect, within the category: Transport.

SOCIAL ME is an online series about a Romanian character inspired by the authentic online behaviors we all have in common: staging perfect moments, filters over filters, carefully-scripted captions and the addiction to the instant gratification that the flood of “likes” provides. The series follows a fictional influencer and her struggles to reach the daily quota of posts and likes. To achieve these goals, she looks at the people in her life purely as a source of content. Her boyfriend = a human selfie stick; her childhood friend = a pretext for an emotional caption; her dog = the best like magnet she could ever find.

The prompt Romanian response to the British "You won't like it here!" Campaign proposed by the British Government to keep away Romanian and Bulgarian immigrants. Mr. Keith Vaz, British MP the Head of the Home Affairs Committee analyzing the migration estimates, actually came to Bucharest and wore our T-Shirt proving that our message was a pretty convincing one even for the authorities. :) Digital advertisement created by GMP, Romania for Gandul, within the category: Media.

Christmas is about magic and larger-than-life stories. In this case a weird story serves as a white lie on christmas eve. A lumberjack who lives in the misty mountains takes center stage in a father’s phantasy. Alone with nature he grows his own kind of trees. In his tree nursery the trees are all slanted. Even his small hut is full of objects and furniture which is bent in the same way. Nevertheless his son hesitates to buy into the story his dad came up with. It rather seems to be a nice white lie to excuse his failure. Film advertisement created by Publicis, Romania for Carrefour, within the categories: Food, Retail Services.

Film advertisement created by Handsome, Romania for Siviero Maria, within the category: Confectionery, Snacks.

Ambient advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Untold, within the category: Recreation, Leisure.

Who says virtual assistants can't fall in love? On Valentine's Day, Samsung Romania supports impossible love stories and tells the story of Bixby, its own virtual assistant, who falls in love with another virtual assistant belonging to a different operating system. This Valentine's, no love story is impossible. Make yours happen. Digital advertisement created by Cheil, Romania for Samsung, within the category: Electronics, Technology.

Digital advertisement created by McCann, Romania for ROM, within the category: Confectionery, Snacks.

Experiential advertisement created by Handsome, Romania for Vox Technology Park, within the category: Professional Services.

Integrated advertisement created by McCann, Romania for Bihor Couture, within the category: Fashion.