Samsung confirms the appointment of FCB NZ as creative agency partner following a six-way pitch
Samsung has confirmed the appointment of FCB as its new creative partner.
FCB has won the account following a six-way pitch over a three-month time frame. Samsung initiated the pitch process with a view of consolidating a range of their marketing services into one agency and ultimately improving the efficiency and effectiveness of their communications.
Their ultimate aim was to find a strategic and creative partner who could help them build greater brand affinity with New Zealanders.
The agency, who began working with the electronics company in May, are providing key services such as creative advertising, production, social media and experiential across all of Samsung’s product portfolio.
Says Bryan Crawford, global vice chairman, FCB: “We’re thrilled to be working with such a highly innovative business. We look forward to helping Samsung build stronger connections with Kiwi consumers.”
Launched in August, the agency’s first major piece of work for Samsung was the roll out of the
new Note9 across the New Zealand market. The hugely successful campaign has seen sales outperform the previous model.
Says WJ Song of Samsung: “After a very intensive pitch process, we are delighted to be working with FCB. We have high goals, and trust FCB to be the agency partner to take Samsung’s brand equity to new heights with Kiwis.”
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This happened months ago. This PR release is a desperate ploy by fcb to have some good news in the market, given the string of losses under a now departed CEO.
Their S9 ‘launch’ looked like a terrible re-hashing of global assets with a dash of ‘shit-we-need-to-localise-so-lets-add-shaun-jonstons-face’.
Nice tease campaign guys…
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/08/03/samsungs-galaxy-note-9-video-leaks-details.html?fbclid=IwAR1JwdOKUkNzQTwAstpVAJftuzKv52QzsHAFpPraY0sDu-OfXMTNK67c1kg