Airtasker, Australian local services marketplace, is set to hit primetime TV with the launch of Like a Boss, its first major advertising campaign via U Don't Know Us (UDKU).
The campaign will launch on September 18 and will feature on Network Seven Sydney during the airing of the AFL Grand Final broadcast and the premiere of the new season of the X-Factor. Versions of the campaign will also run nationally across out of home (billboard advertising), online video, digital, and over social.
It serves as the Sydney-based startup's first major advertising campaign, launching off the back of Seven West Media's strategic investment in the company earlier this year.
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Says Simon Reynolds, VP marketing, Airtasker: "The phrase 'Like a Boss'
is all about empowerment. Whether you're looking for more flexibility or
control in the way you work, or if you need a helping hand to get more
done in life, Airtasker can help.
"Our community members found a
great feeling of accomplishment when using Airtasker, to the point
where they just might break into dance. So we wanted to bring this to
life in our first major marketing campaign.
"This campaign marks
a major shift in our approach. We've been relying on word of mouth, but
we are now using our brand to move our growth beyond "in-the-know"
early adopters, and into the mainstream. We're hoping this will help us turn Airtasker into a household name."
Says Tim Fung, CEO and co-founder, Airtasker: "Our community members have been
along for the ride with us since day one, particularly the growing
number that use Airtasker as a main source of income.
"With tens
of thousands of Australians using Airtasker to earn money or get things
done each month, we hope this campaign and the themes it covers
resonates with all of them. And like us, they get a little laugh out of
it too."
The Like a
Boss campaign was created by U Don't Know Us (UDKU), a creative
innovation agency that specialises in helping corporates innovate and
startups compete at scale.
The agency, founded by ad agency and
management consulting executives, has flown under the radar since their
formation three years ago. This advertising push from Airtasker serves
as their first formal public campaign.
Says Colin Jowell, partner and co-founder, UDKU: "This is the first time we've been able to claim credit for our work. To
now, we've been working on projects like concept stores, prototypes and
customer experience innovation strategy-hardly the kinds of things that
our clients want to alert their competitors to in advance.
"We
wanted to celebrate the people who do the tasks as much as the people
who are smart enough to use Airtasker to outsource tasks.
"Like A
Boss is one of those great creative leaps that takes something from the
zeitgeist to capture the sense of achievement both Job Posters and
Airtasker Workers get from using the service.
"We also sense
checked it with a good old fashioned animatic test -- and people
actually laughed out loud at the animation which was a career first for
us and hopefully a good sign for the campaign."
Airtasker
VP Marketing: Simon Reynolds
VP Design: Francesco De Chirico
Brand Marketing Manager: Alexandra Aguirre
Communications Marketing Manager: Katie Hume
Agency: U Don't Know Us (UDKU)
Production Company: Goodoil Films
Director: Matt Kamen
Executive Producer: Sam Long
Producer: Michael Cody
Editors: The Butchery
Post Production: The Refinery
Sound: Rumble Studios
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