AUSSIE

Our brief was to create a brand new brand platform for haircare brand Aussie.

A brand that’s been somewhat stuck in the past and left behind in the era of social media. With the brand gradually shifting their media from traditional to social, from an older to a younger audience, it needed to be a brand platform that would speak the language of, and appeal to, a Gen-Z audience.

 The brand wanted to retain its USP of uniquely moisturising Aussie ingredients, while doing away with the worst cliches around their brand personality like ‘The Aussie surfer girl’

The new brand platform needed to be more inclusive and feel more authentically belonging in a more open setting. Be it urban, sporty, creative or whatever else. It was time for the brand to fit the audience, not the other way around.

To capture the duality between hair benefit (moisture) and lifestyle benefit (easy going, on the go application, down to earth fun) we decided on creating a new world and language for Aussie. A world that wasn’t necessarily set on a Sydney beach holding on to a surfboard. This world would be less of a physical place and instead capture an Aussie attitude and a thirst for life and fun (after all, it’s a product for thirsty hair) – In our new social-first language this was summarised in just 2 inspiring words. The brand platform ‘LIVE JUICY’ – Because when your hair feels great, you feel great, life feels great.

Role: FTC Senior Art Director

Agency: PGOne Saatchi, London