WATCH OUT! – THE MOBILE INITIATIVE TO KEEP KIDS SAFE IN TRAFFIC.

TitleWATCH OUT! – THE MOBILE INITIATIVE TO KEEP KIDS SAFE IN TRAFFIC.
BrandO2
Product/ServiceWATCH OUT!
Category A01. Activation by Location or Proximity
Entrant Company SERVICEPLAN Munich, GERMANY
Advertising Agency SERVICEPLAN Munich, GERMANY
Advertising Agency 2 PLAN.NET Munich, GERMANY
Credits
Name Company Position
Alexander Schill Serviceplan Chief Creative Officer
Cornelia Blasy-steiner Plan.net Executive Creative Director
Markus Maczey Plan.net Executive Creative Director
Axel Thomsen Plan.net Executive Creative Director
Bernd Nagenrauft Plan.net Creative Director
Michael Reill Plan.net Creative Director
Alexander Nagel Plan.net Creative Director/Copywriter
Matthijs Mejan Plan.net Art Director
Rolf Eggers Plan.net Art Director
Carsten Rossetti Plan.net Account Supervisor
Boris Woehlecke Serviceplan Account Supervisor
Christiane Broch Plan.net Account Supervisor
Nadège Jaussi Plan.net Account Supervisor
Kevin Wiekowski Plan.net Graphic Designer
Nicole Ostermeier Giesing Team Disposition/Produceri

Creative Execution

As beacon transmitters were placed near dangerous traffic lights and crossroads, the appropriate mobile app could be downloaded on the App Store and Google Play Store. Both, the mobile app as well as the initiative itself, was communicated in a digital campaign. There parents had the possibility to mark dangerous traffic lights on a map and suggest the spots to the o2 Watch Out Team as a possible location for beacons.

A digital campaign generated widespread awareness: over 7 million parents were reached with the help of an online display campaign on relevant websites that also could be seen on mobile devices. As a final result so far almost 6.500 push notifications were sent by the Watch Out! app to smartphones of distracted kids and teenagers.

Watch Out! is the first national mobile initiative to keep distracted kids safe in traffic. The initiative uses beacon transmitters in a completely new way, which can save lives: it stops kids in traffic from being distracted by their smartphones. Once the appropriate mobile app is installed, distracted kids are warned at dangerous locations like traffic lights: their devices receive a signal from a beacon transmitter nearby. A warning screen appears and all smartphone activities like gaming, writing or reading are immediately blocked. As a result the kid’s attention is fully brought back to traffic.