Heinz, We're Killing it.

Heinz, We're Killing it.

Heinz, We're Killing it.

Heinz, We're Killing it.

Integrated Campaign

Integrated Campaign

Integrated Campaign

Integrated Campaign

Overview

Overview

Heinz’s Jalapeño Ketchup becomes the anti-hero needed to put an end to bland breakfast.

Heinz’s Jalapeño Ketchup becomes the anti-hero needed to put an end to bland breakfast.

My Role

My Role

Research
Art Direction
Motion Design

Research
Art Direction
Motion Design

Tools

Tools

Figma
Miro
Adobe CC

Figma
Miro
Adobe CC

Duration

Duration

15 Weeks

15 Weeks

Consumer Problem

Consumer Problem

Gen Z & Millennials skip breakfast more often than any generation before, with the lowest daily rate of breakfast consumption at 49%.

Gen Z & Millennials skip breakfast more often than any generation before, with the lowest daily rate of breakfast consumption at 49%.

Consumer Message

Consumer Message

You will be able to enjoy a new and improved breakfast by using the ultimate killer sauce, Heinz Jalapeño Ketchup.

You will be able to enjoy a new and improved breakfast by using the ultimate killer sauce, Heinz Jalapeño Ketchup.

Challenge

Challenge

Make HEINZ Ketchup synonymous with breakfast.

Make HEINZ Ketchup synonymous with breakfast.

Research

Target Audience

Gen Z & Younger Millenials

Age: 20-35

Age: 20-35

  • Culinarily curious to new flavors & cuisines


  • Too busy/unmotivated to make time for breakfast

  • Culinarily curious to new flavors & cuisines


  • Too busy/unmotivated to make time for breakfast

Convention

Convention

Ketchup is a traditional
complimentary product, unchanged and well-known.

Ketchup is a traditional
complimentary product, unchanged and well-known.

Vision

Vision

Continue Heinz’s innovation streak
and redefine ketchup to make breakfast unskippable.

Continue Heinz’s innovation streak and redefine ketchup to make breakfast unskippable.

Insight

Insight

Bland. Basic. Boring

Bland. Basic. Boring

Traditional breakfast items feel outdated and uninspiring to modern consumers, who crave fresh, convenient options that align with their evolving tastes and busy lifestyles.

Traditional breakfast items feel outdated and uninspiring to modern consumers, who crave fresh, convenient options that align with their evolving tastes and busy lifestyles.

Disruption

Disruption

A Crime of Passion Against Breakfast

A Crime of Passion Against Breakfast

The idea of breakfast is just dying out as more choose to skip it and risk the harm that come with missing out on the most important meal of the day.

So.....we decided to put it out of it’s misery using the ultimate killer sauce.

Start your morning with a spicy kick and kill your hunger (and a boring breakfast) with Heinz Jalapeno Ketchup.

The idea of breakfast is just dying out as more choose to skip it and risk the harm that come with missing out on the most important meal of the day.

So.....we decided to put it out of it’s misery using the ultimate killer sauce.

Start your morning with a spicy kick and kill your hunger (and a boring breakfast) with Heinz Jalapeno Ketchup.

Customer Journey

Customer Journey

01 — #Whodunit?

01 — #Whodunit?

The campaign starts out painting the town red (with ketchup) as we rollout a breakfast crime scene asking “Whodunit?”

A week later, we reveal it was Heinz!

The campaign starts out painting the town red (with ketchup) as we rollout a breakfast crime scene asking “Whodunit?”

A week later, we reveal it was Heinz!

#HeinzWhodunit?

Continuing on social media, we challenge viewers to show how they “killed” their own breakfast with our killer sauce, using the hashtag “#HeinzWhodunit”

Continuing on social media, we challenge viewers to show how they “killed” their own breakfast with our killer sauce, using the hashtag “#HeinzWhodunit”

02 — You're Invited!

Through the posters and social media rollout, a QR code to our campaign microsite can be found


We invite our breakfast skippers to become the killers....and detectives as they earn the chance solve their own mystery with friends and family of all ages.

Through the posters and social media rollout, a QR code to our campaign microsite can be found


We invite our breakfast skippers to become the killers....and detectives as they earn the chance solve their own mystery with friends and family of all ages.

Reflection

Reflection

Predicted Performance Metrics

Predicted Performance Metrics

  • 100M+ social media impressions (over six months if sustained long-term).

  • 10-50% increase in consumer engagement in terms of likes, shares, and comments.

  • 10-30% boost in brand sentiment and sales (Higher with global expansion potential).

  • 100M+ social media impressions (over six months if sustained long-term).

  • 10-50% increase in consumer engagement in terms of likes, shares, and comments.

  • 10-30% boost in brand sentiment and sales (Higher with global expansion potential).

Takeaways

Takeaways

Our campaign speaks directly to Gen Z and tackles a current social problem: skipping breakfast.

By reinventing the idea of breakfast using our ultimate killer sauce, Heinz Jalapeño Ketchup, Gen Z will never skip it again.

Our campaign speaks directly to Gen Z and tackles a current social problem: skipping breakfast.

By reinventing the idea of breakfast using our ultimate killer sauce, Heinz Jalapeño Ketchup, Gen Z will never skip it again.

Next Steps

Next Steps

Enhance art direction and brand system of campaign for application

Develop advertising campaign and experience to be applied internationally

Expand the narrative storytelling around campaign by adding more motion & interactive components

Enhance art direction and brand system of campaign for application

Develop advertising campaign and experience to be applied internationally

Expand the narrative storytelling around campaign by adding more motion & interactive components