The Challenge
After three straight years as a Super Bowl advertiser, Skittles faced a daunting challenge in 2018. How could the brand, an official NFL sponsor, be as big a presence in and around the Super Bowl without shelling out $5 million to run a spot in the game?
With the right idea, could the brand steal what it had previously paid for?
The Idea
Skittles made an epic, full-fledged Super Bowl ad, but instead of paying $5 million for :30 in front of 110 million people, it instead paid $0 to show it one lucky person: a California teenager...