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SKINS FOR SKIN

OGILVY, Singapore / VASELINE / 2024

Awards:

Shortlisted Spikes Asia
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Overview

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Overview

Why is this work relevant for Gaming Entertainment?

The idea revolves around gaming and gaming behavior. Skins are an integral part of the games that people play. Skins are precious in the game and we showed them how precious they could be outside of the game. We partnered with streamers to make this idea big.

Background

In Thailand, there are about 161 new burn patients every day, but the Thai Skin Bank, the collective depository of the nation's donated skin, is empty. The lack of skin donations is mostly due to a lack of awareness. No-one talked about the subject, so nobody donated.

Vaseline, which has been caring for skin since 1870, and has a strong presence in Thailand, wanted and encouraged skin-donor registrations country-wide.

Please provide any cultural context that would help the jury understand any cultural, national or regional nuances applicable to this work e.g. local legislation, cultural norms, a national holiday or religious festival that may have a particular meaning.

For gamers, skins are part of their identity. It represents them as much, and sometimes more than their real skin.

Describe the strategy & insight

With burn patients and victims rising every day in Thailand, and with a strong lack of awareness about the topic, we decided to target a younger demographic, who would be able to understand the value of skin

Describe the creative idea

Few Thais knew that skin could be donated, so we turned to those who knew the value of skin and had a strong social presence: Professional gaming streamers. By partnering up with them we let them exchange their favorite skins in the game for skin donation pledges for the Thai Red Cross.

Describe the craft & execution

In October 2023, 12 of Thailand's largest streamers went online with a simple message: donate your skin in exchange of one of our favorite skins in the game. Reaching millions of young people over the course of 7 days, we amplified the campaign further with a dedicated youtube film. And with 500 000 vaseline jars with our message on it, we were able to reach a more diverse audience.

Describe the results

780 million social media impressions

66 million views on TikTok and Youtube

20,000 viewers from gaming livestreams

30,000 new donor registrations through the Thai Red Cross

23,653 cm-squared of donated skin collected

6 lives saved, as recipients of skin grafts donated via the campaign

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