EMOJEW. THE FIRST JEWISH EMOJI APP
Title | EMOJEW. THE FIRST JEWISH EMOJI APP |
Brand | LATET CHARITY |
Product/Service | REDUCE POVERTY |
Category |
A09. USE OF OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN A MEDIA CAMPAIGN |
Entrant Company
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BAUMANN BER RIVNAY SAATCHI & SAATCHI Ramat Gan, ISRAEL
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Advertising Agency
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BAUMANN BER RIVNAY SAATCHI & SAATCHI Ramat Gan, ISRAEL
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Credits
Yossi Lubaton |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
C.e.o |
Nadav Pressman |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
V.p Creative Director |
Amir Ariely |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Creative Director |
Shushu E. Spanier/Tomer Gidron/Matan Yedidya |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Copywriter |
Aia Bechor Kujnitzky |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Art Director |
Maayan Tirangel |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
V.p Digital Director |
Oded Lavie |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Digital Creative Director |
Dorit Gvili |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
V.p Production/Content |
Maya Solomon |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Vp Group Account Head |
Hadas Grossman |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Vp Technologies |
Yogev Atoon |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Account Supervisor |
Shirly Gershon/Alina Yavsenko/Reni Bracha Landau/Shirel Vasilisky |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Account Executive |
Gali Starkman |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Creative Director |
Ido Hirshberg |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Illustrator |
Michael Shely |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Digital Art |
Roy Zoaretz |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Digital Developer |
Shai Nissenboim |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Vp Strategic Planning |
Sivan Ramati |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Strategic Planner |
Dan Deutsch |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
Video Editor |
Ariel Varber |
Baumann Ber Rivnay Saatchi/Saatchi |
App Designer |
Results and Effectiveness
Emojew became the #1 app in it's category (iphone app store Entertainment category)
Emojew became the #10 app in the overall iphone app store ranking
Emojew got dozens of mentions in blogs and on social media
Donations to Latet rose by 44% compared to last year
But more importantly it seems like the EMOJEW app could be a great donation platform for many years to come.
Creative Execution
We know that people conduct most of their daily communication on their smartphones, so it was
natural that we should look for a new way to raise money and increase donations through this
medium.
We analysed the most popular emoticons on the original emoji app, and created a parallel version containing 50 Jewish, New Year and Passover-specific symbols, such as gefilte fish, a smiley with a yarmulke, Pharoah and Moses in his basket.
The app could be downloaded for free, and within it you could write a text message using all these icons, and post it to all the usual places: sms, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
The app also doubled up as a fundraising platform. You could also click to donate meals to needy families via a secure platform from within the app.
Insights, Strategy and the Idea
In recent years, donations to Israeli charity 'Latet' were down for three reasons:
1. cellular operators were blocking text message donations;
2. emotional TV ads affected people less
3. we weren't approaching all our potential donors, since there are lots of Jews living outside of Israel.
So we needed to think of an innovative way to encourage people to start donating again.
Passover was coming up, and many needy families were hoping to have a meal sponsored by Latet.
Traditionally at this time of year, many Jewish people like to send greetings to their loved ones, and these days they often do this via text message.
We knew there had to be a way to connect these two things.
So Emojew was born. The first Jewish emoji app!