TOKYO, Dec. 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- TBWA\HAKUHODO Japan won the Grand Clio Health award in the Print category for Kurashiki Central Hospital's SURGEON TRYOUTS. The campaign also picked up a Gold Clio in the Design category.

Kurashiki Central Hospital, one of the largest hospitals in western Japan, teamed up with TBWA\HAKUHODO Japan to create a disruptive recruitment process (developed to identify the most skilled surgeons in the land) using sushi, origami cranes and insects. The Clio Health award recognised the recruitment posters that played a significant role in the campaign.

Top surgeons require dexterity, keen eyesight, along with nerves of steel. They also need to persevere when under tremendous stress and pressure. However, conventional medical schools in Japan focus heavily on knowledge from books, with little focus on essential hands-on surgical practice, making it difficult to differentiate between simply book-smart medical students and those with real aptitude to become world-class surgeons.

The campaign required new recruits to demonstrate their surgical potential through unique metaphorical displays of talent. Each student was required to undertake three missions:


    1. Fold three tiny origami cranes (5mm tall) out of mini pieces of paper.
    2. Reassemble a model of a tiny insect with many complex and fragile body
       parts.
    3. Create miniature pieces of sushi from single grains of rice.

The web movie garnered global attention, while the posters contributed to driving the local campaign. In order to recruit medical school students, the posters were displayed at recruiting events, encouraging them to participate in the tryouts. They were also posted on bulletin boards in medical schools throughout the country.

To create the posters, Origami cranes, insects and sushi, identical to those used in the tryouts, were prepared for a painstakingly detailed process, which was followed strictly - right from shooting through to the logo creation.

Yuki Tokuno, Art Director at TBWA\HAKUHODO comments:
 "We demonstrated thoroughness and cleanliness - which are essential values in the medical profession - depicting a beautiful yet balanced view of the world. By leveraging technology throughout, we were able to show a degree of authenticity which could not be achieved by simple photo manipulation or retouching."

Watch the film here: https://vimeo.com/163156600

FULL CREDITS:
 Project Name: SURGEON TRYOUTS
Creative Agency: TBWA\HAKUHODO Japan

Production Company: HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S, Office Planner, TYO MONSTER
Client: KURASHIKI CENTRAL HOSPITAL

Executive Creative Director: Kazoo Sato (TBWA\HAKUHODO)
Creative Director: Takeshi Ogasahara (Hakuhodo)
Art Director: Yuki Tokuno (TBWA\HAKUHODO)
Designer: Hyewon Choi (TBWA\HAKUHODO)
Creative Technologist: Masashi Matsukura (TBWA\HAKUHODO)
PR planner: Takahiro Miura (Hakuhodo)

Production Company: HAKUHODO PRODUCT'S
Producer: Koji Togoe
Photographer: Yukichi Kamei
Retoucher: Yuji Hatakeyama

Production Company: Office Planner
Production Designer: Satoshi Fukuda

Production Company: TYO MONSTER
Producer: Kentaro Kinoshita
Production Manager: Kanako Uchiyama

About TBWA\ HAKUHODO
TBWA\HAKUHODO (www.tbwahakuhodo.co.jp) is a full-service agency that has grown rapidly in the ten years since its founding. TBWA\HAKUHODO has won numerous awards including Advertising Age's 'International Agency of the Year' in 2012 and Campaign Asia-Pacific's 'North Asia Creative Agency of the Year' in 2010 and 2011, and 'Japan Creative Agency of the Year' in 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 and 2016 as well as 'Japan Digital Agency of the Year' in 2016.

About TBWA\ Worldwide
TBWA\Worldwide (www.tbwa.com) is a top-ten ranked global advertising collective that holds Disruption® at its core to develop business-changing ideas for brands. TBWA has 11,300 employees across 305 offices in 98 countries and also includes brands such as Auditoire, Digital Arts Network (DAN), eg+ worldwide, The Integer Group®, TBWA\Media Arts Lab and TBWA\WorldHealth. TBWA's global clients include adidas, Airbnb, Apple, Gatorade, Henkel, McDonald's, Michelin, Nissan, Pernod Ricard, Pfizer, Standard Chartered Bank, Singapore Airlines, Sotheby's and Vichy. Follow TBWA on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook.

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