Cadum
From TV to Digital


SCOPE
DIGITAL
CREATIVE
YEAR
2014
INTRO
Rather than repurposing a TV ad for social, we wrote it a secret sequel made exclusively for digital.
APPROACH
The Idea
The TV campaign told the story of a bear growing jealous of a mother — softer than him thanks to Cadum Surdoux — as her child chose to cuddle her instead. Rather than repurposing the spot, we created an entirely new narrative layer built exclusively for digital: the bear's secret mission to become as soft as the mother, following her exact rituals to win the child's attention back. A backstage story that the TV audience never saw — giving social followers something exclusive, playful and worth sharing.
The Execution
The bear's journey was told across a simultaneous release of videos, images and GIFs on Facebook and Instagram — each format rebuilt for native platform consumption rather than compressed from broadcast. The content followed the bear copying the mother's softness rituals step by step, giving audiences a reason to engage with each asset and follow the story to its resolution. The campaign demonstrated a principle that was far from standard in 2014 — that a TV narrative, extended with creative intelligence rather than simply repurposed, could generate organic reach and emotional resonance on social at scale.


