Is this ad, “The Game Changers” from the Department of Finance, the worst waste of taxpayer’s money or the most ingenious?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zlEFTgk1tg
Clearly performed by members of the Australian Public Service and not by professional actors, the dialogue comes across as clunky and cliched. Creative Edge’s Dee Madigan calls the ad “hilariously bad”. But I wonder.
It has been revealed that the agency Together Creative has been paid $37,400 for marketing services over four years. That’s around $9000 per year. Let’s say half of that budget was used on this video aimed to recruit the next wave of graduates to the Finance Department.
With around 130,000 views on YouTube, the video has cost the department around 3c per view. And no doubt those views will continue to climb.
Sure, it may be difficult to watch as you wash your paleo pear and banana bread down with a perfectly balanced almond milk latte, but I can’t remember the last time anyone was talking about working at the Department of Finance. Or maybe that’s just me.