MINI Finance: Embarrassing, Boring Finance

MINI, the BMW-owned automotive marque, wanted to extend its quirky, contrarian positioning into finance, a traditionally dull sector.

MINI Finance: Embarrassing, Boring Finance

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The team

Michael Poole – Deputy Creative DirectorAlan Mackie – Deputy Creative DirectorNicky Bullard – Creative DirectorChris Daplyn – Group Account DirectorCarla West – Senior Account ManagerZoe Lewis – StrategistPhilippa Sidney – Project ManagerEmma Heaton – Digital Project Manager

How did the campaign make a difference?

MINI prefers to do the opposite of what's expected; so instead of telling everyone how brilliant its finance is, it told everyone how boring and embarrassing it is. This resulted in 73,469 searches,...

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