2017 Winner

McDonald's Canada

Big Mac Bacon

OMD Canada

SilverBest Use of Media - Best Integrated Campaign - Budget Over $250,000

When McDonald’s added bacon to its Big Mac, the brand worked with OMD to launch a campaign that would stir discussion and debate among millennials. In ads, the brand pondered whether the Big Mac is still a Big Mac if it has bacon in it. The campaign launched with a voting YouTube Masthead and a microsite that pulled real-time voting results. The streets were blanketed with OOH, fuelling the debate with contextual existential questions like “Is a car on tracks still a car?” in ads on streetcars. The brand was seen asking questions on Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitch. Within 48 hours, the campaign generated seven million earned impressions and the brand saw a 7% increase in store traffic during the campaign.

Credits
Senior manager, advertising, media and partnerships, McDonald’s: Melanie Courtois Strategy supervisor, OMD: Logan Lindsay Digital supervisor, OMD: Robert Nolan
SVP, managing director, Cossette: Kathy McGuire
AD, Cossette: Spencer Dingle
CW, Cossette: Jordan Hamer