Industry pro bono campaign for HeartKids raises $300k
A pro bono campaign for HeartKids has raised over $300,000 for the children’s heart health charity.
The campaign was supported across the industry, with Omnicom’s DDB Sydney partnering on creative, IPG Mediabrands’ Initiative on media, and research agency Kantar on effectiveness. 20 publishers participated as well, listed in full below.
Released in January this year, the “Things can change in a heartbeat” campaign depicts the truth of children affected by congenital heart disease (CHD). The spot contrasts the joy of bringing a child into the world with the fears parents with children with CHD face, a reality for one in 100 parents of Australian kids.
Fiona Ellis, CEO at HeartKids, commented: “With these funds raised, we’re now able to support 100 families this year with important one-on-one hospital and at-home support services.
“It’s been incredible to be a part of this united effort and experience the overwhelming support for our mission to fight childhood onset heart disease in Australia. I’d like to extend a huge thank you to UnLtd and their industry partners for their overwhelming generosity.”
Social purpose organisation UnLtd led the campaign, which saw over $3.5 million donated in media value.
Rachel Troy, chief operating officer at UnLtd said: “This is another great example of what we can achieve when we combine the power of our industry forces for good.
“Bringing ‘Things can change in a heartbeat’ to life is the perfect show of what we do here at UnLtd in uniting the industry together to create real change and support for Australian charities dedicated to helping young Australians.”
Priya Patel, managing director at DDB, added: “It was a privilege to work with UnLtd and HeartKids on this emotive and powerful campaign and we’re very proud of its success. It’s great to see these impressive results for such an incredibly important cause.”
Melissa Fein, CEO at Initiative Australia, said: “These results are a testament to the hard work all teams involved in this campaign have put in. We couldn’t be prouder to have been a part of this campaign for HeartKids and played a small part in helping further their mission.”
UnLtd’s other recent fundraising initiatives include The Big Game, The Big Splash, The Big Clash, and the launch of tea brand Mood.
Credits:
Creative Agency: DDB
Agency: DDB Sydney
Chief Creative Officer: Tara Ford
ECD: Matt Chandler
Copywriter: Tom Lawrence
Art Director: Sam Raftl
Planner: Jessica Sutanto
Group Business Director: Nick Cleeve
Head of Integrated Content: Renata Barbosa
Post Producer: Emily Wood
Digital Producer: Stacey Szabo
Senior Project Manager: Sally Mueller
Sound Designer: Andy Stewart
Senior Print Producer: John Wood
Studio Manager: David Collins
Senior Finished Artist: José Rodrigues
Photographer: Chris Budgeon
Studio: Headquarters Studio
Producer: Eve von Bibra
Executive Producer: Alison Lydiard
Production Company: Photoplay Photography
Limehouse
Producer: Ashlee Savins
CD and Head of Retouching: James Lucas
CGI Artist: Conor “Goon”
UnLtd
Key Account Director: Saarika Shah
Media Agency: Initiative
Jason Maggs: Global Head of Good, Senior Director of Strategy
Danielle Galipienzo: Associate Director, Client Advice and Management
Maddison Keogh: Director, Client advice and Management
Jessykah Florido: Investment Partnership Manager
Research agency: Kantar
Mark Henning – Executive Director, Media & Creative · Kantar
Jacob Natoli – Client Executive
Allan Breiland – Senior Director, Media
Jess Quizon – Senior Information Executive
Emily Gao – Information Management Manager
All Publishers who supported:
ARN
ATN
JCD Citylights
Light FM
Motio
News Corp
Nine Publishing
Nine Network
Nova
Ooh Media
Prime
QMS
SEN
Shopper Media
Tenplay/10Daily
Seven
Ten
Tonic Media Network
TRSN
Verizon Media
WIN