{"id":34296,"date":"2026-11-03T11:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T00:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/?p=34296"},"modified":"2026-11-04T06:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T19:40:16","slug":"special-sunday-gravy-wk-and-303-to-lift-the-lid-on-their-effie-winning-campaigns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/news\/special-sunday-gravy-wk-and-303-to-lift-the-lid-on-their-effie-winning-campaigns\/","title":{"rendered":"Special, Sunday Gravy, W+K and 303 lift the lid on their Effie-winning campaigns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Australia, Sunday Gravy, Wieden+Kennedy and 303 will take audiences inside their 2026 Grand and Gold Effie-winning campaigns when Advertising Council Australia (ACA) hosts <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/events\/effies-presents-the-work-behind-the-work-3\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Work Behind The Work<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in Melbourne on 19 November and Sydney on 24 November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The events bring winning agency and client teams together to go beyond the polished case studies.\u00a0 From cracking the original brief to challenging category conventions, audiences will hear how agency-client collaboration helped turn ambitious ideas into some of Australia&#8217;s most effective work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headlining both cities is Special Australia and Uber Eats\u2019 Grand-winning entry, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Uber Eats Embraced \u201cAlmost\u201d to Become an \u201cAnything\u201d Delivery Brand, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which helped transform perceptions of Uber Eats from takeaway food to everyday delivery while protecting its brand equity. The campaign delivered strong revenue growth, market share and profit ROI.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Australia Chief Strategy Officer <\/span><b>Celia Garforth<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will unpack the campaign in both cities, joined in Sydney by Uber\u2019s International Head of Marketing <\/span><b>Lucinda Barlow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also featuring in Melbourne:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday Gravy Creative Director <\/span><b>Sam Whatley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Head of Strategy <\/span><b>Brigitte Bayard<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> join DiDi Head of Brand Marketing <\/span><b>Tim Farmer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to examine their Gold-winning entry, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, I Took on Goliath<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which repositioned cheaper rides as a way for Australians to spend more on experiences that matter.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Special Australia and Kitchen Warehouse will present <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Kitchen Warehouse Mum\u2019nipulated Mother\u2019s Day<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a campaign that\u00a0 turned the tables on traditional gift advertising by letting mums influence the ads their families saw.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also featuring in Sydney<\/span><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">303 Chief Strategy Officer <\/span><b>Jody Elston<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Levande Chief Customer Officer<\/span><b> Nik Scotcher <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">examine <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How a Lust for Life (and Tight Khaki Shorts) Doubled Levande Retirement Living\u2019s Pricing Power<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which challenged retirement advertising conventions and replaced perceptions of decline with freedom and adventure.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wieden+Kennedy Strategy Director <\/span><b>Kellie Box<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and McDonald\u2019s CMO <\/span><b>Annabel Fribence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will present their Gold-winning entry, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How The Grinch \u2018Ruinin It\u2019 Helped Macca\u2019s Reclaim Summer Sales and Family Shar<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e, which turned a Christmas villain into an unlikely revenue\u00a0 driver.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Creative Partnerships Lead <\/span><b>Sam Pierson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will host the Melbourne event, while Google Head of Creative Partnerships AUNZ <\/span><b>Vix Berthinussen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> will host Sydney. Further speakers will be announced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Event details: Effie presents The Work Behind The Work 2026<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Melbourne<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thursday 19 November<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.00pm\u20138.30pm<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venue: Google, Melbourne Docklands<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sydney<\/b><b><br \/>\n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuesday 24 November<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6.00pm\u20138.30pm<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Venue: Google, Pyrmont<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/events\/effies-presents-the-work-behind-the-work-3\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":34297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[81],"class_list":["post-34296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-medimage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34296"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34303,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34296\/revisions\/34303"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/advertisingcouncil.org.au\/effies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}