Matt O'Grady
 
 
 

Hi, my name is Matt

 

Creative/writer/cd/etc

 
 
 
 
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I’ve been electrocuted twice.

I’ve always been the inquisitive type. As a teenager, I’d tinker around with broken electrical appliances and Frankenstein them into something new. It's no surprise I was electrocuted twice. Nowadays, I generally reserve my curiosity for less dangerous, but equally creative endeavours - like advertising.

 
 

The work

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MAC - ‘No Place To Race’

Believing they were somehow as competent as their MotoGP heroes, motorcycle rev heads were hitting the roads around Adelaide as if they were on a racetrack. Rather than question their riding abilities, we focused on the road instead arguing that even the world's best riders eat bitumen but without the roadside obstacles standing in their way.

Motor Accident Commission - MAC No Place to Race Moto GP crashes

 

Lotto - ‘A Lotto Potential’

For the week leading up to the New Year’s Eve Megadraw, two security guards stood watch over a Lotto ticket enclosed in a glass display case. Inscribed on a plaque was a reminder to curious onlookers that every ticket has the potential to make them fabulously wealthy.

A Lotto Potential - Lotto ad activation Cannes awards
A Lotto Potential - Lotto ad activation Cannes awards
A Lotto Potential - Lotto ad activation Cannes awards
 

Fantastic Snacks - ‘Deliteomatic’

The vending machine that started it all! With Delites crackers facing deletion from supermarket shelves, the brief was to generate awareness and trial by bringing to life the brand’s creative platform - 'How far will you go for Fantastic Delites?' What began as an activation event became a Youtube hit with participants furiously bashing a button up to 5000 times (and often for up to half an hour) just to get their hands on a free box of crackers. The supermarkets also took notice and instead of deletion, the Deliteomatic earned the brand increased marketing support and shelf space.

Fantastic Snacks Deliteomatic Vending Machine

 

MAC - Youth Driving

Nothing scares the bejesus out of young P-platers more than the threat of losing their licence. In focus groups they cringed at the thought of getting back on a bus or having mum drive them around. In their world, ‘social death’ was a more horrifying possibility than actually killing or injuring themselves on the road.

Motor Accident Commission MAC Television commercial Lose Your Licence and You’re Screwed Road Safety Youth Driving

Motor Accident Commission MAC Radio commercial Lose Your Licence and You’re Screwed Road Safety Youth Driving

 

Et cetera

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BankSA home loan ad
Wendy’s Rocky Road truck ad
University of South Australia UniSA Cyber Security ad
Pioneer Car Audio Ed Roth ad