Targeting at risk 18-24-year-olds.
The normally invisible yet real threat of UV radiation is the focus of a Cancer Institute NSW campaign, created and executed by 303 MullenLowe Sydney.
Targeting at risk 18-24-year-olds who are less likely to protect their skin from the sun than the general population, the new ‘If you could see UV’ campaign goes live this week across OOH, audio, digital display, social media, and in cinema in December with the launch of Avatar: Way of the Water.
The campaign visualises UV as radiant, ultra-violet arrows, to make a powerful point that if young people could see the scale and danger of UV descending on them from above, they’d protect their skin.
303 MullenLowe executive creative director Bart Pawlak said: “It’s a sobering fact: skin cancer is one of the biggest killers of young people in Australia. It’s also human nature for things that are out of sight to be out of mind, which is what makes UV radiation so dangerous. This truth became the inspiration for our creative approach.
"If we can help young Australians see the ubiquitous nature of UV and the damage it was doing to them in a way that captures their imaginations, perhaps we can compel them to take the necessary precautions before they next venture out."
Cancer Institute NSW’s head of marketing, Matt Clarke, said: “Young Australians in particular seem less concerned and have less knowledge about UV radiation and skin cancer, so this campaign was needed to encourage young people to make life-saving behaviours part of their daily routine.
"Fortunately, primary prevention behaviours – including Slip, Slop, Slap, Seek and Slide – are still the most highly effective ways to reduce the risk of developing skin cancer.
"That’s what makes this campaign so powerful; it not only makes the seriousness of sun exposure more tangible to a young audience, but hopefully the preventative steps required more memorable as they go about their daily lives.”
The campaign will run throughout both regional and metro NSW initially through to March, with the creative concept expected to be used on an ongoing basis.
Credits:
Cancer Institute NSW
Matt Clarke: Head of Marketing, Social Marketing & Campaigns
Alexis Le Clerc: Team Leader, Social Marketing and Campaigns
Cam Sugden: Portfolio Manager, Social Marketing and Campaigns, Skin
Heather Tupper: Project Officer, Social Marketing and Campaigns, Skin
303 MullenLowe:
Managing Director: Joanna Gray
Executive Creative Director: Bart Pawlak
Creative Director: Adam Whitehead
Head of Planning: Remi Couzelas
Head of Production: Skye Lanser
Snr Art Director: Zac Goldberg
Snr Copywriter: Craig Merrett
Snr Designer: David Kennedy
Group Business Director: Jonathon Bates
Client Service Director: Jennifer Gledhill
Head of TVC: Honae MacNeil
OMD:
Head of Group (NSW Government): Philippa Moig
Head of Behaviour Change: Peita Pacey
Senior Account Manager: Emily Young
Account Executive: Remika Sakchiraphong
Activation Manager: Greice Gimenez
Motion:
Production Company: Finch
Director: Derin Seale
Director of Photography: Tyson Perkins
Producer: Claire Thompson
Offline Edit: Drew Thompson + Arc Edit
VFX: Platige
Music Composition & Sound Design: Sonar Music + Tim Bridge
Stills:
Production Company: Louis&Co
Photographer: Steven Popovich
Executive Producer: Louis Molines
Producer: Camilla Carey
Retouching: Steven Popovich
