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Lion Strikes a Balance in Marketing Strategy

Author
Claire Bertolus
Published
16 July 2024
Industry
Food and Beverage
Region
ANZ, USA
We've increased our media budget fairly significantly. As a part of that, we needed to show the business that we're agile in our approach, allocating spend effectively and most importantly, demonstrating ROI.
Clare Tsubono

Clare Tsubono

Head of Media at Lion

Overview

Summary

Lion's Clare Tsubono knew they needed to take a different approach to measurement across their vast beverage portfolio. Working closely with Mutinex and agency UMWW, Tsubono is driving change to metrics that matter.

Opening

Boasting over 20 years of experience in media across APAC, Clare Tsubono has seen investment trends come and go. These trends have included using media to grow brand love, to hyper targeted buys and (as the cookie approaches its imminent demise) back to a more balanced approach.

Over the last five years, Clare’s been working with Australasian brewing icon Lion as the Head of Media, partnering closely with Marketing Director Rachel Ellerm to help manage the transformation of the media data.

Strategic Approach

Tsubono and Ellerm quickly identified a need for market mix modelling to aid in making the case for balanced media investment, but first they had to do the work to surface the right data for collection. This work has unlocked the ability for Lion to engage Mutinex GrowthOS on market mix for two brands in their portfolio, with more in the pipeline.

The Magic Was Found in Combining GrowthOS with the Expertise of Their Agency

Having gathered deep experience around market mix in her previous roles, Tsubono was pleased to be able to choose a SaaS tool that the in-house marketing team could really sink their teeth into. Ellerm adds that this is the power of the combination — both UM and Mutinex as complementary partners in their media investment team.

Mutinex GrowthOS will give Lion a full view of performance across all of their brands and allow them to translate even more insights into action. With everything fragmented and so many results coming from inside walled gardens, market mix gives the team something to orient around to make meaningful decisions.

What they said

  • Clare Tsubono

    Clare Tsubono

    Head of Media at Lion

    Focusing on super personalised media buys can distract from the big picture. Instead you need to look at revenue contributors and make sure you've got the balance right between high and low volume channels.
    We're really moving at pace on the data front. Compared to where we were two years ago, we've made good strides.
    I think for me one of the primary considerations around choosing a provider was the ability to access dashboards that were user friendly. Yes we work with our agency (UM) who do a great job, and they work with a number of other Mutinex clients as well, but we wanted them to have another lens to provide recommendations.

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