Feb 12 2008
Today, Alcoa is launching its advertising campaign on the large television networks of Québec. Beginning on this 11th of February, a new message will be aired for the first time, namely during the soaps Rumeurs on the CBC's French television network and Annie et ses hommes on the TVA network. The 60-second clip, called Aluminum is people (Echelle humaine), will be broadcast in French and in English until April 6, 2008.
Created by Montréal-based advertising agency TAM-TAM/TBWA, Alcoa's new campaign spreads to three different media: television, print and Web. While the televised message furthers public knowledge of the company, the full-page colour ads published in the dailies will inform the public regarding Alcoa's accomplishments in the area of sustainable development, and set out the company's involvement in the communities. Readers wishing to know more about the company will find the same issues addressed in detail on the microsite developed specifically for this promotional campaign (www.alcoaechelle.com and www.aluminumispeople.com).
The television ad was produced by Jet Films under the direction of Alexis Durand-Brault (Ma fille, mon ange or My Daughter, My Angel) who also directed the photography. The special effects were designed at Fly Studio. The music is a creation of L'Oreille (Jean-Pierre Brie and Claude Thibault), while the choreography was directed by acrobate Dominic Lacasse.
In all components of the campaign, the television feature, the newspaper ads and the microsite, a ladder clearly illustrates the follow-up of the 2007 campaign. This ladder symbolizes the will of the company to surpass and distinguish itself through the human values it puts forward, hence the signature: Aluminum is People.
Alcoa launched its first advertising campaign in Québec in 2005. Broadcast on LCN, this campaign hoped to reflect a general view of the company by exploring four themes Alcoa takes to heart: environment, economy, health and safety, and by underlining its partnership with our communities. The 2006 campaign, also broadcast on LCN, enjoyed a broader audience. In the spring and fall of 2007, a new print media component was added when full-page colour ads appeared in the daily newspapers. That's when the ladder, a symbol of the company's values, came into play. At the time, the promotional signature was: Taking another look at aluminum (L'aluminium sous une autre perspective).
In 2008, through this new advertising campaign, Alcoa continues to display its will to be truly present in Québec, while setting out its fundamental values that lend a human dimension to aluminum.