Earlier this month, Carmichael Lynch confirmed it was not participating in Jack Link’s creative review, conducted by agency search consulting firm Pile, with the agency instead being “evaluated on current and ongoing work,” according to a Jack Link’s spokesperson.
Jack Link’s teased Carmichael Lynch’s new campaign with a 60-second “Runnin’ With Sasquatch” anthem ad running locally during the Super Bowl focusing on the character’s fiercer side. Carmichael Lynch creative director Allison Hayes told Adweek the anthem ad began as “a bonus piece of content that we cut from the highlights of the rest of the campaign, but there was a ton of love for it, and we saw the opportunity from a timing standpoint.”
Now Jack Link’s is rolling out the rest of the campaign with a series of four new spots, each of which the previously released anthem ad borrowed bits and pieces from. The focus is on the concept that you either run with Sasquatch and embrace your wild side, or run from Sasquatch, in which case it appears he might eat you. Each of the ads applies the concept to a slightly different scenario, including the difference between camping and “Glamping,” different types of hikers, mountain bikers and bird enthusiasts.
“It was time to take Sasquatch back to his roots—outdoors and in the wild,” Hayes told Adweek in a statement. “We also, for the first time, asked people to identify with our favorite spokesbeast, and asked: Are you the type to run with Sasquatch, or away from Sasquatch?”
The new ads leave little doubt as to the more murderous side of Sasquatch introduced with the local Super Bowl ad. “Falconry” explains that those who don’t run with Sasquatch and eat Jack Link’s “become the snack” while “Mountain Biking” amends the line to “become the protein.” Sasquatch does not mess around.
Read more and see the rest of the campaign at AdWeek: http://www.adweek.com/agencies/carmichael-lynch-launches-runnin-with-sasquatch-campaign-for-jack-links-amidst-client-review/
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