TORONTO, CANADA — Mastering messes, conquering chaos, and pummeling paperwork. food delivery platform DoorDash is here to help. DoorDash is showing how it can assist in conquering everyday “stress monsters” with a new campaign from Hard Work Club called “Dancing With My Stress.” It is the Toronto-based agency’s first work for DoorDash since being awarded the account late last year.
The campaign brings to life three well-known stress monsters — laundry, paperwork, and the kids’ mess — and shows how taking a dinner (or dessert) break with DoorDash can alleviate the stress of having to prepare a meal. All of the spots were directed by Karim Zariffa of 1stAveMachine, who is well-known for his ability to bring magical scenarios to life without relying on VFX.
Soundtracked by the song “Dancing On My Own” by Robyn, each spot opens on a DoorDash customer feeling overwhelmed by a household task before them, such as laundry, paperwork, or a mass of kids’ toys that need to be put away.
After showing them placing a DoorDash order, the spot continues with the customer dancing with a physical manifestation of one of the tasks as a Dasher makes his way to their home. The spots conclude with their delivery order being placed at the door and their task miraculously completed as they sit down to enjoy their food.
View “Toys” (Dash That Craving):
View “Paperwork” (Dash That Dessert):
“When you place an order with DoorDash there is a whole neighborhood ready to help make that to-do list a little lighter,” says Heather Cameron, Director of Brand Marketing & Creative, DoorDash Canada. “That favorite neighborhood spot is cooking up comfort with love, Dashers are ready to deliver it on their route and our customers have a little extra time to focus on crushing something else off their list, even if that is just taking a moment.”
All of the effects for the video spots were created in-camera, with Hard Work Club and 1st Ave Machine enlisting a team led by acclaimed Cirque du Soleil costumer Lucien Berneche Atelier to create actual costumes representing the various stress monsters worn by the dancers.
More than 1,000 toys and kids’ items were sewn or tied in place to create the toy stress monster, for example, while each laundry monster featured about 75 items of clothing sourced from a thrift shop. Each costume took nearly 60 hours to create.
“For the campaign we wanted to portray the idea that there’s power in giving yourself permission. Permission is the freedom to pay for convenience that can turn your morning, afternoon, or evening around,” says Meghan Kraemer, Partner and Creative Director, Hard Work Club. “It’s relief from the things that have taken hold of you, like that pile of laundry nagging you from the corner of the room.”
The campaign debuted on April 18 with the “Laundry” and “Toys” spots, with the “Paperwork” spot launching on April 25, timed to coincide with tax season. The ads will run until July 3, with a second flight scheduled for later in the year.
The media buy includes high-profile English and French programming, and a heavy investment in sports programming, complemented by online video. There is also an additional layer of TV ads more focused on promo marketing.
CREDITS
Client: DoorDash
Title: “Dancing With My Stress”
Length: :30, :15, :15, :10 & :6
Media: TV & OLV
Client: DoorDash
Director Brand Marketing & Creative, Canada: Heather Cameron
Brand Marketing Manager, Canada: Delly Dyer
Senior Brand Manager, Canada: Martine English
Senior Production Manager, Canada: Jodi-Ann Simpson
Agency: Hard Work Club
Partner / Creative Director: Meghan Kraemer
Partner / Creative Director, Design: Christian Buer
Partner / Brand Growth + OPS : Cameron Stark
Agency Producer: Lindsay Hann
Production Company: 1stAveMachine
Canadian Representation: Hesty Reps
Director: Karim Zariffa
Director of Photography: Andre Turpin
Executive Producers: Robert Helphand, Kate Hitchings
Line Producer: Tom Lariviere
Production Designer: Carolyne de Bellefeuille
Costume Designer: Lucien Bernèche
Casting Director: Denise Charest
Editing Facility: School Editing
Editor: Izzy Ehrlich
Assistant Editors: Fiona Alvarez, Zhenya Dolzikov
Executive Producer: Sarah Brooks
Colour Facility: Alter Ego
Colourist: Wade Odlum
Colour Assistant: Ebi Agbeyegbe
VFX / Finishing Facility: Alter Ego
Head VFX/Senior VFX Artist: Darren Achim
VFX Artist: Eric Perrella
VFX Assistants: Jake Hussey, Victoria Gaston
Senior Motion Designer: Edward Deng
Executive Producer: Hilda Pereira
Producer: Elise Beauvais
Music Licensing: Music Rights Clearance
Director of Operations & Accounts: Katie Seline
Song: “Dancing On My Own” by Robyn
Audio House: SNDWRx
Creative Direction / Sound Design: Didier Tovel
Engineer: Alex Gluch
Assistant Producer: Becca Friesen
Media: Wavemaker
Group Account Director: Lyndsey Rebelo
Associate Director: Laura DeGrace
Media Manager: Anthony Visconti
Media Planner: Emma Lasagna
Media Planner: Christina Andruchiw
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