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This integrated campaign from adidas in collaboration with Havas Middle East has received universal acclaim, including its most recent Outdoor Cannes Grand Prix win. Featuring the first-ever swimmable billboard, Liquid Billboard encouraged women to dive in and become ambassadors for adidas’ new inclusive swimwear collection, regardless of their shape, ethnicity or ability. It sparked a global conversation across 60 countries about making swimming more inclusive as a sport for women.

Created, produced and executed by French agency Havas Play on behalf of the child welfare association l’Enfant Bleu, Undercover Avatar was the world’s most awarded campaign in 2021 as measured by WARC in their annual ranking. The campaign helped children who were victims of abuse by harnessing the power of the video game Fortnite, highlighting the potential of video games to connect with at-risk youths during lockdown. 

Given that roughly a quarter of podcast listeners increase playback speed in order to consume more information, Havas Media US partnered with The Economist to launch this first-ever slowed-down podcast ad– recording a : 15-second message, stretching it to :30, and placing it in the middle of The ‘Money Talks’ podcast. When played at double speed, our ad stood out to ‘podfasters’ by sounding perfectly normal, positioning BNY Mellon as the financial services company that sees trends and insights others don’t. ​

We challenged the perceptions of what a faucet company can do with Moen’s “Beautiful Water” campaign. As water’s importance in our lives becomes ever more apparent, water needs a hero, and no other brand has more experience or authority than Moen.  

During lockdown in France, French rapper & PUMA brand ambassador Alonzo wanted to release his EP “Pack de 6” to his fans in a special way. ​Havas Play created a first-of-its-kind, COVID-safe live concert in the City of Los Santos within the famous videogame GTA V, engaging the gaming & music community for this event. ​This campaign earned more media coverage than any Puma campaign in France to date.