MARKED FOR LIFE

TitleMARKED FOR LIFE
BrandTRYGG-HANSA
Product/ServiceINSURANCE
Category G03. Single-market Campaign
Entrant TRYGG-HANSA Stockholm, SWEDEN
Idea Creation BCW Stockholm, SWEDEN
PR BCW Stockholm, SWEDEN
Production BCW Stockholm, SWEDEN
Credits
Name Company Position
Axel Bringel BCW Creative
Sofia Skogquist BCW Art Direction
Niklas Adamsson BCW Copywriter
Jacqueline Grünthal BCW Project Manager
Elias Westring BCW Media specialist
Alice Elfström BCW Media specialist
Joseph Borenstein BCW Client Manager
Sean Canning BCW Account Director

Why is this work relevant for PR?

This PR-driven work uses data & insight to address a serious issue and proceeds with a concrete, novel and creative solution (tattoos for children to save lives). The idea had the qualities to fully earn its attention in a range of media channels, which was key in achieving Trygg-Hansa’s goal of improving the public’s knowledge of CPR.

Background

Drowning is the most common deadly accident for children aged 0-6 years. When a drowning occurs, knowledge of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is absolutely crucial for survival. Having worked with water safety for over 65 years, insurance company Trygg-Hansa wanted to create an initiative to draw attention to the importance of knowing CPR for children (which is different to CPR on adults). The brief was to come up with a creative idea that could: Increase public knowledge of CPR Increase participation in CPR courses: + 5% Earned Media Reach: 4 mm Social Media Reach: 3 mm

Describe the creative idea (20% of vote)

Tattoos for children that illustrate the critical steps of CPR. This transformed the bodies of swimming children into living instruction manuals for CPR. So, in a critical situation, information on how to save a life would be present. To overcome any stress or language barriers, the tattoos use symbol design to show the steps of CPR. This innovative idea had the qualities to fully earn its attention and also present a solution to the problem (lack of public CPR-knowledge).

Describe the PR strategy (30% of vote)

When a child is born, parents in Sweden are offered a course in CPR. But knowledge is perishable. Coming into the summer, a national survey exposed the fact that 6 out of 10 parents did not know how to do CPR on children. By introducing tattoos for children with life-saving knowledge during peak drowning season, the whole nation started talking about CPR, providing Trygg-Hansa with a platform to educate the public about CPR for children. To maximize earned attention and make the story more locally relevant, we placed tattoo boxes at public beaches with the highest rate of drowning-accidents and invited media to visit the locations and interview Trygg-Hansa’s water-safety expert on how to do CPR for children.

Describe the PR execution (20% of vote)

A press release about the tattoos and CPR instructions alongside the results of a national survey on lack of CPR knowledge, was distributed to media outlets all over Sweden. Short videos for owned and social media channels introducing the tattoos and educating on the importance of CPR. Tattoo boxes were placed on the most accident-prone public beaches in Sweden. Tattoos were distributed by the Swedish Lifesaving Society to swimming schools all over Sweden. QR codes on the packaging linked to Trygg-Hansa's website for in-depth information on CPR. A collaboration with Sweden’s largest Mummy blogger was established at the same time as other influencers were advised of the initiative and sent tattoos. All communication efforts linked to the campaign site where you could read more in-depth CPR instructions and take training courses.

List the results (30% of vote)

The innovation of CPR-tattoos for children spread all over Sweden. On TV, radio, podcasts and influencers’ channels, parents were educated in CPR. Change in public knowledge about CPR: Pre campaign: 60% unsure of CPR. Post campaign: 85% are familiar with CPR Earned media reach: 9,691,000 (Swedish population 10 million) Social media reach: 7,913,860 Increase in CPR courses taken compared to previous year: +70% Brand consideration among parents: +10% (highest results in Trygg-Hansa's history) Summer of 2021, the number of drowned children decreased by 33%

Please tell us how the work was designed / adapted for a single country / region / market.

This work is designed to address an issue in the Swedish market, based on data & insight from this specific country. (Drowning is the most common deadly accident for children aged 0-6 years + 6 out of 10 Swedish parents did not know how to do CPR on children). For over 65 years, Trygg-Hansa has placed two hundred thousand public life-buoys over Swedish beaches and marinas. The red and white life-buoys (the brand logo of Trygg-Hansa) are synonymous with water safety in this market. The tattoo design builds on these same elements, connecting the tattoos to water safety and the issue of drowning accidents.