One 12 months after Goodby Silverstein & Companions laid off govt inventive administrators David Suarez and Danny Gonzalez throughout an organization restructuring, the pair has received the Liberty Mutual Insurance coverage account away from GS&P for its new company, Bandits & Buddies.
Liberty Mutual confirmed to ADWEEK that Bandits could be the lead accomplice to its inside inventive store, Copper Giants. The shift comes as Liberty Mutual has minimize its media spend over the previous three years. In line with COMvergence knowledge, the model spent $750 million on measured media in 2021, $650 million in 2022 and $425 million in 2023.
“We’re excited to embark on a brand new collaborative inventive mannequin by which an exterior company works in live performance with our inside company, Copper Giants, to create new and thrilling work that can assist drive our enterprise ahead,” a model spokesperson informed ADWEEK.
CMO Jenna Lebel has served because the model’s high marketer for practically 5 years, and the prior relationship with Gonzalez and Suarez performed a task within the shift. The model spokesperson informed ADWEEK that the company is “intimately accustomed to our model” as Gonzalez and Suarez developed the “LiMu Emu and Doug” marketing campaign. “They are going to be liable for the extension of that marketing campaign and new inventive exploration,” the spokesperson mentioned.
Liberty Mutual is one in all a rising variety of manufacturers aligning exterior inventive companions with inside inventive retailers. As an example, DoorDash—which has Intestine, The Martin Company and Wieden+Kennedy on the roster—leans on its inside store, Superette, as its “inventive AOR.” PepsiCo has quite a few exterior companions, however most work alongside its inside store, Sips and Bites.
It’s the most recent win for Bandits & Buddies, which Gonzalez and Suarez, alongside president Courtney Berry, launched 10 months in the past. The company has already added The Athletic, Present-Me Organics hashish, The Climate Firm, Nationwide Girls’s Soccer League (NWSL) and Angi, which was previously generally known as Angie’s Listing.
“As a completely unbiased small company, we’re proud to welcome Liberty Mutual as our newest pal inside a 12 months of launching,” Berry informed ADWEEK. “Their priorities are attention-stealing work and an ideal relationship with their companions, which absolutely aligns with our ethos.”
The company has grown from the three co-founders to roughly 15 folks, with current hires coming from Droga5 (together with group inventive administrators Nicholas Bauman and Rob McQueen), Mojo Grocery store, Arnold, MAL, Zulu Alpha Kilo and extra. It additionally lately opened an workplace in New York’s Flatiron District.
Following the account loss, GS&P co-founder Jeff Goodby informed ADWEEK in an announcement, “We love insurance coverage and are proud to have moved Liberty Mutual to file consciousness, whereas seeing the jingle grow to be probably the most acknowledged in promoting.” The company informed ADWEEK that it wanted simply three years to take LiMu and Doug to 84% consciousness.
