NZ wine brand Kim Crawford launches first Australian content campaign via RYOT Studio

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356b1c79b6e0a76c09abc133d676f7b6.jpgPremium New Zealand wine brand Kim Crawford has launched its first Australian consumer content campaign via Verizon Media’s RYOT Studio.

Building upon Kim Crawford’s reputation in the US as the number one New Zealand wine, this is the brand’s first advertising venture into the Australian market. In partnership with RYOT, the campaign aims to build brand awareness and target a receptive Australian audience to highlight Kim Crawford as the perfect drink for key moments throughout summer.

The campaign features ten dynamic editorial stories some of which leverage upcoming key events such as the Valentine’s Day gift guide, and others which will be produced reactively based on audience insights analysed in real time. In addition, RYOT have produced four delicious cocktail recipe videos to inspire those looking to impress this summer/autumn using Kim Crawford Rosé.

The videos run natively on Yahoo Lifestyle and can be watched here:  Daquirosé,  Rosénade, Rosé Cosmo and Rosé Mimosa.

In a first of its kind, RYOT Studio have engaged Carat’s strategy team and programmatic trading desk, Amnet, to run the entire digital distribution element of the campaign through Oath Ad Platforms DSP.

Says Samantha Benney, marketing and digital manager, Kim Crawford: “Kim Crawford is a world-leading NZ wine brand which despite the close proximity, has had limited exposure to a valuable Australian audience. Generating awareness of Kim Crawford in the Australian market in an innovative and different approach is what we needed to ensure it is in the consideration set of the everyday consumer which is why this partnership seemed like an amazing opportunity to weave our story into the daily lives of Lifestyle readers in a refreshing and effective way.”

Says Zoe Cocker, head of RYOT: “By combining the power of RYOT, Yahoo Lifestyle and Oath Ad Platforms, we were able to showcase Kim Crawford’s premium wine in a new and dynamic way, reaching their intended audience at scale. Kim Crawford have been a brilliant partner, showing incredible trust and enthusiasm for our creative ideation process which has enabled us to create a narrative that effectively adapts to a local audience in real time.

“With the help of Carat and Amnet, we’ve been able to combine our internal creative content with external programmatic distribution, bringing together multiple facets of the evolving digital landscape. This campaign marks the beginning of a step change in how we are seeing premium branded content scaling through brand safe programmatic distribution.”

Agency: Carat Media, MT Sparks

Client: Kim Crawford, Sam Benney

RYOT Studio

Head of RYOT – Zoe Cocker

Editorial Lead – Carly Williams

Production Manager – Leah Yeung

Sales manager – Lana Selimovic

Senior Platform Account Partner Kristine Celona

Client Services Manager, Max Bernstein