Heinz Beanz Australia launches new can sizes + heart-warming animated short film via Y&R NZ
CB Exclusive – In a bold move, Kraft Heinz Australia removes iconic Heinz Beanz branding for charming new labels, launching four new can sizes. The nationwide integrated campaign has been created by Y&R New Zealand and Assembly Ltd, with music composed by Franklin Road.
The heartwarming campaign, led by an animated short film, follows ‘Geoff’ – the head of innovation at Heinz Beanz. It tells the story of how, across the years, Geoff’s circumstances change, prompting him to create a new can size for every life stage.
Says Josh Moore, CEO/CCO, Y&R ANZ: “Heinz Beanz is one of those classically iconic global products that only Don Draper and advertising school students get to work on. It’s not the kind of brief that falls in your lap in the real world. But it did and so the Y&R and Assembly teams came together and delivered Geoff, a truly beautiful piece of work that’s going to sell a hell of a lot of beans.”
The campaign consists of a 3-minute film for online and cinema, individual product spots for TV, digital, and point of sale. And for the first time, it also acts as the sole catalyst for re-naming the Heinz Beanz product range across Australia.
Says Tom Paine, ECD, Y&R NZ: “Launching an animated campaign which directly influences the real-world, on-shelf product is a unique, gratifying process. Hopefully the Australian public enjoy it as much as we’ve enjoyed making it.”
Says Damon Duncan, Director at Assembly: “It was a pleasure working with the team from Y&R to create this piece. We loved bringing these characters to life and telling Geoff’s story. The opportunity to tell a life story on this scale was a fun challenge and one the Assembly team relished.”
Client: KraftHeinz Australia
Chief Marketing Officer AMEA: Rodrigo Wickbold
Chief Marketing Officer: Shalabh Atray
Category Marketing Manager – Quick Serve Meals: Arjun Tomar
Marketing Director: Mughees Abid
Brand Manager: Olivia Plymin
Agency: Y&R New Zealand
CCO and CEO: Josh Moore
Managing Director / Head of Planning: Jono Key
ECD: Tom Paine
Copywriter / Art Director: Ellen Fromm
Senior Account Director: Katie Loverich
Senior Account Manager: Heike Middleton
Head of Design: James Wendelborn
Head of TV / Producer: Sacha Moore, Liz Rosby
Production Company: Assembly Ltd.
Director: Damon Duncan
Technical Director: Rhys Dippie
Executive Producer: Amanda Chambers
Lead Designer / Character Design: Josh Fourt-Wells
3D Artists: Geoff Kirk Smith, Katie Naeher, Craig Speakman, Craig Baxter, Alex McLeod, Damon Duncan, Rhys Dippie, Josh Fourt-Wells, Marcos Godoy, Anastasia Fileva, Andrii Kryvuila, Gustavo Soares, Alex Scollay, Patrick Blades
Environmental Design: Scotty Wilson
Compositing: Rhys Dippie
Grade: Pete Ritchie
Sound: Franklin Road
Music Composed By: Mahuia Bridgeman Cooper
Sound Design: Shane Tapari
Executive Music & Sound Producer; Jonathan Mihaljevich
Media Agency: Spark Foundry
Investor: Keily Brown
Digital Director: Taylor Svarc
Account Manager: Marissa Taylor
Account Coordinator: Chelsea Caddey
15 Comments
Victory. Well done.
Who’d have thought a million pack shots could be so charming. Nice work
Nodded off about an hour in
Guys, you can’t just copy a famous animation style and give it a dull product story!
They want their animation style back.
This is lovely work. Hats off to all involved.
nice.
Where’s the engaging storyline??
so many agencies forget that the purpose of advertising is still the clients product. This will work a treat. Also nice to see another kiwi agency doing big international work.
it’s just everyone else that find clients telling stories about the history of their product remedial and dull, no matter how much animation is tipped over it.
I didnt get that it was the history of the product, I thought it was all the new cans.
But maybe I’m stupid?
f’ing nice work Y&r and assembly – killing it
This is all over my newsfeed. Nice work assembly. best thing out of NZ this year.
Engaging and emotional about cans. That right there is true skill. Not for nothing is it all over everyone’s newsfeed.
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