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Silver Award
150 Years of Whateverken
Heineken
Netherlands
2025
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Entrant Company
LePub
Entry Type
Product/Service
Program
Clio Awards 2025
Medium Type
Professional
Medium
Creative Commerce
Category
Acquisition & Retention
Being around for over 150 years and present in 192 countries makes Heineken one of the most popular beer brands in the world, but most importantly: the most misspelled beer brand in the world. With millions of people all over the planet constantly mistreating our brand by mispronouncing, misspelling, and misusing Heineken. And so when we found out that people think Heineken is German, that nobody can spell nor pronounce our name and basically they don't care about our brand, we soon realized that those were not setbacks but proof of the brand's widespread enjoyment across cultures. Afterall as our founder once said, we are in the business of good times. So instead of fighting these mistakes, we decided to celebrate them. Globally. And so for Heineken 150th anniversary, the brand decided to… not celebrate Heineken, but the way people enjoyed it. One way or another. And just like that, for a full year, we stopped being Heineken and started being Whateverken people wanted us to be, to have good times. Parties and events, tons of exclusive collabs with some of the most famous brands in the world (like... Adidas and Monopoly!), millions of bottles available all over the world, and lots of good times... and guess what? None of them spelled Heineken correctly. But who cares, we're in the good times business after all.
Credits
Creative Agency
LePub
Milan
Advertiser / Brand
Heineken
Amsterdam
Creative Agency
LePub
Milan
Network
LePub Worldwide
Milan
Agency
Publicis Groupe
Milan
Production Company
Prettybird
London
Public Relations Agency
Edelman
London
Social Agency
Boomerang
Amsterdam
Production Company
MassiveMusic
Amsterdam
Design Company
DESIGN BRIDGE AND PARTNERS
Amsterdam
Creative Agency
LePub
Amsterdam
Global CEO LePub, CCO LePub Worldwide
Bruno Bertelli
LePub
Global CCO LePub
Cristiana Boccassini
LePub
Chief Creative Officer
Mihnea Gheorghiu
LePub
Chief Creative Officer
Milos Obradovic
LePub
Executive Creative Director
Eoin Sherry
LePub
Executive Creative Director
Andrey Tyukavkin
LePub
Associate Creative Director
Corina Patraucean
LePub
Creative Director
Rainor Marinho
LePub
Creative Director
Sandra Bold
Associate Creative Director
Giulia Trimarchi
LePub
Associate Creative Director
Gian Marco Panichelli
LePub
Associate Creative Director
Adina Cirstea
LePub
Associate Creative Director
Daniele Tesi
LePub
Global Head of PR & Communication
Isabella Cecconi
LePub
Account Director
Marta Dell'Adami
Account Executive
Francesca Gatti
LePub
Client Service Director
Paola Natellis
LePub
Strategy Director
James Moore
LePub
Senior Producer
Tania dal Pra
LePub
Director of Comms Planning
Shane Roche
LePub
Head of TV Production
Anna Sica
LePub
Group Account Director
Mirjana Slavkovic
Chief Production Officer
Francesca Zazzera
Executive Creative Director
Rico de Lange
Boomerang
Senior Creative
Victor Farias
Boomerang
Chief Creative Officer
Eldin Fetahovic
Boomerang
Senior Creative
Bruno Lopes
Boomerang
Senior Creative
Anirudh Shiva
Boomerang
Executive Creative Director
Jordi Van De Bovenkamp
Boomerang
Client Business Lead
Leila Popovych
Boomerang
Account Director
Margot Corneloup
Boomerang
Creative Director
Dio Santos
Boomerang
Senior Project Manager
Simge Cakir
Boomerang
Executive Producer
Han Schuurman
Boomerang
Senior Producer
Laura Thrower
Head of Production
Kim Trap
Boomerang
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