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EMOJEW. THE FIRST JEWISH EMOJI APP

TitleEMOJEW. THE FIRST JEWISH EMOJI APP
BrandLATET CHARITY
Product/ServiceREDUCE POVERTY
Category A09. USE OF OTHER DIGITAL PLATFORMS IN A MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Entrant Company BAUMANN BER RIVNAY SAATCHI & SAATCHI Ramat Gan, ISRAEL
Advertising Agency BAUMANN BER RIVNAY SAATCHI & SAATCHI Ramat Gan, ISRAEL
Credits
Name Company Position
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!