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Microsoft: Peace on Fifth


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Traditional holiday marketing campaigns have concentrated for years on competitive messages designed to sway buyers toward their products and services. But this year, Microsoft has taken a different approach. On November 16, 2015 a group of 37 Microsoft employees from around the country gathered in New York City at the company's new flagship store with the intent to sing a song of peace to the world. New to NYC, they took a walk in the neighborhood and sang it in front of the Apple flagship store on 5th Avenue.Agency:m:united/ McCann

The Microsoft chorus was chosen from hundreds of auditions from around the country. These Microsoft team members – along with members of a Harlem youth choir – assembled at sunset on the plaza outside the Apple store and surprised a large crowd of shoppers, tourists and passers-by with a beautiful rendition of Jill Jackson Miller’s iconic song, “Let There Be Peace On Earth.” Several Apple employees joined the Microsoft team in a celebration of unity and good cheer at the song’s conclusion. It was a fitting welcome to the neighborhood by Apple and a warm celebration to begin the holiday season.

The song’s message of hope and empowerment resonated strongly with the participants and crowd alike during this particularly emotional time of year.

M:united//McCann created the initiative. The performance and celebration was filmed and will be made into a national television commercial as well as be distributed through Microsoft’s social and digital media channels and will play throughout the holiday season. Joel Simon Music arranged the song, Doug Katsaros was the musical director and conducted the choir and Erich Joiner directed the filming.
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Credits:

Microsoft Team:

Kathleen Hall, CVP Global Advertising

Kate Murphy, Senior Director Marketing Communications

Deana Singleton, GM, Global Advertising

Carol Hutchinson, Director – Global Marketing

Erin Friedman, Director – Global Advertising

Jenny Leahy, Group Marketing Manager

Ron Schott, Senior Marketing Communications Manager



Director Team: Tool of North America

Erich Joiner, Director

Oliver Fuselier, Managing Director – live action/EP

Lori Stonebraker, Executive Producer

Lindsay Skutch, Line Producer



Music Team: JSM Music

Joel Simon, Music Director

Doug Katsaros, Composer/choir director



Editorial Team: Rock Paper Scissors

Eve Kornblum, Executive Producer

Charlyn Derrick, Post Producer

Damion Clayton, Editor



Agency team: m:unitted//McCann

Sean Bryan and Tom Murphy, Co-Chief Creative Officers

David Banta, Executive Creative Director

Lew Willig, Executive Creative Director

Roberto Baibich, Creative Director, Art

David Cliff, Director of Creative Technology

Nickie Thongton, Art Director

Brett Barnett, Copywriter

Chauncey Hollingsworth, Senior Copywriter

Christina Ta, Senior Art Director

Elina Rudkovskaya, Jr Copywriter

Scott Barrows, Jr Copywriter

Joo Kong, Jr Art Director

Production:

Aaron Kovan, Director of Integrated Production

Carolyn Johnson, Executive Producer

Mel Senecal, Producer

Monique Fitzpatrick, Junior Producer

Rick Segal, Interactive Producer

Eric Johnson, Executive Music Producer

Strategy:

Eldad Heilweil, Strategy Director

Ryan Duffy, Senior Digital Strategist

Account:

Kevin Nelson, Managing Director

Tina Galley, Group Account Director

Darla Price, Group Account Director

Philip Chan, Global Implementation Director

Anderson Diaz, Group Implementation Director

Stella Warkman, Project Management Director

Sarah Keiber, Group Account Director

Courtney LeBlanc, Account Supervisor

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