Whiskas / Young Ones / Integrated Campaign

For Living Legends

When a rumor claimed Whiskas was killing cats, we flipped it:     Whiskas keeps cats alive so long they outlive the family.      

Credits

          Madeleine (Maddy) Gould — Art Direction
          Rahael Atkerson — Copywriting
          Blayze Teicher — Copywriting        

Formats

          OOH
          Social
          Radio
          Stunt        

01 Campaign

Problem

An online rumor suggested Whiskas was harming cats.          

Insight

Cats already feel supernatural, eternal, and bigger than life.          

Concept

Whiskas makes cats so immortal, they outlast everything around them.          

02 Board
03 OOH
04 Smashcut

Narrative Device/ AD Explained

The cat stays fixed while everything else changes around it — trends, homes, decades, people.          

05 Social
06 Social
07 Radio

 

Spots

          Three absurd scenarios that treat the family cat like an immortal asset.        

Prized Possession

Grandma’s Gold

Walter’s In The Will

08 Stunt

Limited Edition Object

The Heirloom Feeder

An oversized feeder built with the same logic as the campaign:  if the cat is going to outlive the apartment, the feeder should too.          

MADELEINE GOULD |  SR AD


Maddy is an Art Director with expertise in concept development and design execution. She builds bold, thoughtful campaigns, and occasionally replicas of every neighborhood she’s ever lived in, in The Sims.

When she isn’t pushing pixels she can be found snowboarding and raising her beloved puppy,  Zero.

AWARDS


🥉4x Bronze Cannes Lions
🥈2xThe ONE Show- Silver Pencil
🥈Silver CLIO- Creative Effectiveness Winner 2025
🥇CLIO Cannabis 2022 Gold
🥈AdAge’s Small Agency of the Year 2018 Silver
The hires leading up to it
🥉CLIO Cannabis 2022 Bronze

AGENCIES


Mother
Hook
VCCP
Laundry Service
Vayner Media
The Many
Duncan Channon


JWT
Juxtapose Studio



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HIGHLIGHTS

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