Australia has the Big Merino in Goulburn, the Big Pineapple in Woombye…and now Big Coopers cans all over Australia. Nothing says “local” in Australia like a Big Thing. Special Australia and Coopers are playing on this Australian tradition by gifting over 1200 towns and cities across the nation with their very own Big Ale – the next big thing, in big things, showing that Coopers is truly ‘local everywhere’. To celebrate Coopers is running a selection of bar shouts across the country, showing that Coopers is truly local everywhere. While the Big Merino, Big Pineapple and their big cousins are physical structures, Coopers Big Ale is up-to-date. It’s AR.
The campaign covers the interactive AR mobile experience, paid & owned social, earned media, influencer content, and large & small format OOH. Local Everywhere will also break new ground in augmented reality. The enabling of a geospatial AR experience, with dynamically occluding AR Beer Cans in over a thousand locations nationwide will be an Australian first, demonstrating the brand’s ambition across the country.
Coopers is the last locally owned and operated big-beer brand in the country, remaining loyal to its original beer making ways and loyal to the local towns of Australia The campaign marks the 162-year-old brand’s place as the local beer of Australia.
Ryan Fitzgerald, executive creative director, Special, commented, “In Local Everywhere we got a platform that lets us celebrate the genuine connection that Coopers has established with drinkers right around the country off the back of 162 years of brewing exceptional beers. The Big Ales is our playful way of thanking Coopers drinkers everywhere, leaning into something quintessentially Australian at a scale like never before.”
The AR experience will also be supported by online video, with a 30-second piece championing Coopers’ regional customers. The film, shot in Miles QLD, includes real community members, and centres around The Windsor Hotel, currently under the helm of Jaimee Neilsen. Neilsen commented, “Coopers has been part of our community for years now. For us, Coopers has been more than a brand, we feel like a real extension of the family, and welcoming cameras up in Miles and featuring so prominently as part of the brand’s campaign really shows their commitment to regional drinking spots just like us.”
In addition to the Big Ales launch, Coopers will also be celebrating what it means to be a true local, recognising the individual nuances of hundreds of cities, towns and suburbs around Australia with hyper localised As Local As OOH messaging giving a shout out to what makes each location unique.
The Coopers Local Everywhere Big Ales will be live from Monday November 20 in over 1200 destinations across South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, Queensland, Canberra and Western Australia.
Credits:
Client: Coopers Brewery
General Manager: Michael Shearer
National Marketing Manager: Kate Dowd
National Campaign Manager:Amy March
Social & Digital Manager: Aaron Child
Social Media Coordinator: Grace Swift
Category, Insights & Innovation Manager: Duncan Ashcroft
Creative & PR Agency: Special Australia
Partner & CEO: Lindsey Evans
Partners & CCOs: Julian Schreiber & Tom Martin
Partner & CSO: Bec Stambanis
Executive Creative Director: Ryan Fitzgerald
Creative Directors: Adam Ferrie & Peter Cvetkovski
Creative Technologist: Laurent Marcus
Managing Director, Special PR: Alex Bryant
Creative Strategist: Kate Wilkinson
Media and Communications Director: Georgia Thomas
Junior Strategist: Ollie Immurs
Team Lead: Georgia Newton
Business Director: Marnie Dunn
Business Manager: Ayesha Kithulegoda
Head of Film & Content Production: Sophie Simmons
Lead Producer: Charlotte Wren
Senior Integrated Producer: Glen Mcleod
Director, Digital: James Simmons
Digital Producer: Gigi Song
Design Director: Dan Jones
Head of Stills production: Nick Lilley
Studio: Jen Bailey & John Rivera
Media Agency: KWPX
Executive Director of Media: Natalie Morley
Senior Media Manager: Maddy Papilion
Digital Media Directors: Luc Thomas & Oliver Whelan
Media Executives: Sarah Aboulhosn & Lucy Byrne
Augmented Reality Experience & Live Action Production: T&DA
Executive Director: Tyrone Estephan
Producer: Caroline MacLeod
Creative Director: Ray Leung
Technical Artist: Sean Simon
Creative Technologist: Rhys Turner
Cinematographer: James Anderson
Post Production: Alt VFX
Editor: Jon Holmes
Photographer: Jack Rocklife
Sound House: Gusto Studios
Producer: Brigid Giles-Webb
Sound Engineer: Colin Simkins
Music Editor: Cameron Giles-Webb
Composer: Vincent Pedulla
