The campaign was built out of content made by 20,000 real Jeep owners in GCC owner clubs, so every clip needed its owner's permission.
The problem is documented by somebody with nothing to gain from the agency winning the work.
How we know
The campaign, WE DON'T MAKE JEEP. YOU DO., was assembled from owner-made content across the Gulf owner clubs. Campaign Middle East and The Drum both covered it.
| Who says so | Campaign Middle East and The Drum, both independent of the agency. Read it |
|---|---|
| What the agency was asked to do | Not published. The campaign line is "WE DON'T MAKE JEEP. YOU DO." |
| How the agency was picked | Holding company assignment |
| How that happened | Holding company assignment - Publicis Middle East is a regional office of Publicis Groupe, which holds the global Stellantis (Jeep's parent company) media and advertising relationship. Stellantis consolidated its ~$2.4B global media account with Publicis Groupe in April 2021 after a competitive review that followed the Fiat Chrysler/PSA Group merger; Publicis had already been the incumbent on the Fiat Chrysler business since 2016. No source specifically documents Publicis Middle East's regional Jeep creative assignment as a separate event - it appears to flow from the global holding-company deal. |
| How long it took | The Stellantis global review 'kicked off after Fiat-Chrysler and PSA Group merged in 2020' and concluded with the Publicis win announced around April 27, 2021. Publicis was already incumbent on Fiat Chrysler (won 2016), so for that leg it was a retention, not a fresh pitch; WPP's MediaCom was the incumbent on the PSA Group side (since 2017) and lost that portion. No date found for when Publicis Middle East specifically began producing Jeep creative/influencer work in the Middle East. |
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