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Etsy's Ad Is a Love Letter to Human Craft in a Tech-Obsessed World

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2024-07-10 03:00:02

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The brand’s new campaign, by agency Orchard Creative, emphasizes its human side, with real sellers starring in the ads. It includes a TV commercial, billboards and social media running across the U.S. and U.K., as well as during the Paris Olympics.

Etsy released the work today in the same week that it promoted Brad Minor, former global head of brand marketing and communications, to its first chief brand officer.

The message is an antidote to marketing from other tech giants such as Apple, which came under fire in May for its “Crush” ad that showed creative tools and objects being flattened by a hydraulic press. While Apple’s commercial sparked people’s fears about technology destroying creativity, Etsy aims to illustrate why human creativity has never been more important.

“Our sellers are the heart of our marketplace, and their unique human touch is what makes Etsy, Etsy,” Minor said in a statement. “We want this campaign to be a love letter to their passion, grit and humanity—a stark contrast to the broader trends of mass production.”