RABBIT RACE

TitleRABBIT RACE
BrandMEDIA MARKT
Product/ServiceMEDIA MARKT
Category I01. Integrated Multi-Platform Campaign
Entrant Company OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
Advertising Agency OGILVY GERMANY Frankfurt, GERMANY
Media Agency UM Frankfurt, GERMANY
Production Company ENDEMOL BEYOND Cologne, GERMANY
Production Company 2 TRO GMBH Duesseldorf, GERMANY
Production Company 3 MMC STUDIOS KOELN, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Dr. Stephan Vogel Ogilvy Germany Chief Creative Officer
Felix Fenz Ogilvy Germany Executive Creative Director
Nico Ammann/Sascha Dudic Ogilvy Germany Creative Director
Nico Ammann/Constantin Camesasca/Sebastian Kamp/Joschka Wolf/Hendrik Frey/Tobias Ogilvy Germany Art Director
Felix Fenz/Sascha Dudic/Bent Kroggel/Christian Urbanski/Thorsten Büsser/Tobias R Ogilvy Germany Copywriter
Yves Rosengart/David Wilfert/David Henkel/Marc Czymai Ogilvy Germany Account Management
Oliver Kraege Ogilvy Germany Agency Producer
Caroline Walczok Ogilvy Germany Art Buyer
Leo Dakik / Illustrator
Ralph Hargarten Ralph Hargarten Represented By Bransch Europe Photographer
Mark Achterberg/Andrea Achterberg Endemol Beyond Gmbh Director
Baris Zencirli (mazen)/Gunnar Ohlenschläger (tvc/Kino/Ooh)/Sebastian Berresheim Endemol Beyond Gmbh Editor
Sascha Rustmeier/Chris Müller Endemol Beyond Gmbh Film Producer
Frank Buschmann / Artist
Jens Steffen Ogilvy Germany Technical Director
Ralf Zimmermann/Robert Georgi Ogilvy Germany Application Engineer
Mathias Koehler Ogilvy Germany Avid

Creative Execution

Online banners teased and streamed the three 2-minute races live from the specificially built race arena, during prime time, with five minutes of enjoyable coverage prior to and after the race as a live stream on Youtube's homepage and several online banners on high-traffic websites as well as on the 9 biggest private TV stations (only the 2 minute race). The broadcast was hosted by a famous German sports commentator and included star portraits, press conferences and behind-the-scenes material of the bunnies. The live sports event and tons of additional content could be viewed throughout any tablet/smartphone device on the go.

21 Mio. live viewers. approx. 400.000 online viewers. + 250 Mio. overall campaign net reach. +18.2% customer increase +250% interaction and +40% more followers on facebook compared to first quarter of 2015. + 208% more followers on Twitter. - #OsterhasenRasen generated roundabout 6.3 mio. twitter impressions.

Media Markt is the biggest electronic retailer in Germany, famous for it's loud and humorous campaigns. The brief contained a rather dull 5% discount promotion that we raised to a content-driven live marketing event. The idea: A live sports event, where 10 bunnies were competing in a race. Customers, who shopped at Media Markt prior to the three races could win back 50% of their money, if the bunny's racing number matched the number on their receipt. The event served to draw attention, encourage customers to take part by shopping at Media Markt, watch the live race and in case of a win, return to the POS to receive a voucher, which creates another purchase activation. That's how a small sale promotion was turned into a marketing event, making Media Markt not just the biggest electronics retailer, but also the biggest entertainer in Germany.