Budweiser
Social Campaign
2015-2017
In 2015, Budweiser’s Instagram was in need of an overhaul. One of the most iconic and globally recognized beers in the world was suffering from an identity crisis and in need of new creative direction. To do this, we took Budweiser back to their roots and talked about the three things we know best—beer, bars & bartenders.
Budweiser's social feed played a major role in establishing our beer as the go to drink for people to order in the bar. In addition to shooting the delicious beer porn that everybody knows and loves, we picked the best bars from around the world that had the signature Budweiser character we were looking for and told their stories. The posts featuring bars quickly became some of our strongest performing content because viewers became enthralled by the bar origin stories and became destinations for people travelling to the country or city the bar was in. Lastly, we told the stories of the bartenders that kept these bars running. After all, the character of a bar is most directly affected by the people working there. The stories of the bartenders allowed us to peel back the façade of the bar and find out what it's really like working in the service industry. To no surprise, we learned that people loved their bartenders just as much as the bars themselves.
Creative Director - Todd Bradley
Senior Art Director - Clark Rogers
Senior Copywriter - Harry Barron
Designer - Andy Lu
Copywriter - Libby Aurigemma
Photographer - Graham Friedman
Photographer - Dante Crisafulli
Producer - Alex Lao
Producer - Nick Diodato