LOLA Madrid and Magnum Find Their Summer via Lunar Films

Magnum is once again challenging the ice cream category’s winter slowdown with the launch of the latest evolution of its ‘Find Your Summer’, created by LOLA Madrid, part of Omnicom Advertising Group.  

This winter, the brand goes further, introducing “Schedule the Sun” a simple way for people to capture sunny moments: by booking them directly into their calendars. Through a discount, the campaign tempts consumers to allow calendar events every time the sun is forecast to be out in their areas, turning a fleeting winter craving into a scheduled indulgence. 

Rolling out across the UK, France and China, the campaign spans print, social, digital and DOOH, as the brand continues its mission to drive ice cream sales during the winter months and challenge entrenched perceptions of seasonality.

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Originally conceived by LOLA Madrid as a proactive challenge to the ice cream industry’s long-accepted winter sales decline – and the belief that ice cream is strictly seasonal – Find Your Summer reframed summer as a feeling rather than a temperature, positioning Magnum as an all-year source of indulgent pleasure. The 2024 campaign went on to win the Outdoor Grand Prix at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, recognised for its striking simplicity and craft.

With “Schedule the Sun”, Magnum evolves the platform while maintaining the distinctive visual identity that defines it. The new campaign comprises six films and six photographic executions, developed in collaboration with acclaimed photographer Leslie Zhang. Produced entirely in black and white, the work uses light and shadow to create elegant, intimate scenes in which rays of winter sunlight fall across a diverse cast of characters, forming shapes that subtly evoke the iconic Magnum silhouette.

The creative builds on the insight that consumers often deny themselves simple pleasures in colder months due to the perception that ice cream is reserved for summer. By visually linking a fleeting beam of sunlight with the sensory pleasure of biting into a Magnum, the campaign reinforces the idea that “summer” can be found in small, everyday moments – regardless of the season.

The campaign launches across leading fashion and lifestyle media, film, social channels including Instagram, YouTube and Pinterest, and DOOH placements in the UK, France and China. In France, activity coincides with Paris Fashion Week, reinforcing Magnum’s longstanding connection with fashion and culture and ensuring visibility during one of the season’s most influential moments.

Goze Iscan, Global Vice President at The Magnum Ice Cream Company, said: “With “Schedule the Sun”, Magnum evolves the ‘Find Your summer’ platform while maintaining its distinctive identity. The new campaign comprises films and photographic executions developed in collaboration with acclaimed photographer Leslie Zhang. Produced entirely in black and white, the work captures rays of winter sunlight falling across diverse characters - celebrating fleeting moments of warmth that “Schedule the Sun” invites people to savour”.

Tomás Ostiglia, Executive Creative Director at LOLA Madrid, added: “The original idea came from a simple tension: ice cream sales drop in winter, yet the desire for pleasure doesn’t. This next chapter builds on that platform by turning sunlight into something people can act on – not just a feeling, but a reason to indulge.”

The campaign continues Magnum’s broader strategy to de-seasonalise the category and double down on its ambition to make ice cream a year-round indulgence, challenging one of the category’s most entrenched habits and proving that pleasure doesn’t have to wait for summer.

CREDITS

Client: The Magnum Ice Cream Company

Global Ice Cream Chief Marketing Officer: Julien Barraux

Global Vice President: Göze Iscan

Global Brand Director: Trang Phan

Global Sr. Marketing Manager: Tobias Sparnaaij

Global Marketing Manager: Layanne Elboreini

Senior Regional Advertising Producer: Anthony De-La-Vieuville

Lead Agency: LOLA (Madrid)

Executive Creative Director: Tomás Ostiglia

Creative Directors: Dante Zamboni, Jorge Zacher

Head of Art: Juan Sebastián Moreno

Creative Team: María Sancho Suay, Julián Tedesco, Agustín Aiassa

Head of Strategic Planning: Camilla Facín

Strategy Director: Bruno Yanagui

CEO: Tom Elliston 

Account Manager: Pablo López-Tafall

Account Team: Martina Caamaño & Yuanci Vidal

Head of Production: Felipe Calviño

Producer: Jorge Saade

Production Company: Lunar Films Shanghai

Director:  Leslie Zhang / Da Dong

Executive Producer:  Ken Yap

Producer:  Feng Zhe / JinJin

Production Manager:  Wang Wei

DOP: Neo Young

Production Designer:  Yang Chuang

Stylist:  Diao Jihan

Make Up Artist:  Zhan En

Hair Artist：Ke Weitao

Casting Director:  Fiona Jiang

Editor:  Da Dong

Editor Assistant:  Goffy
 

Post House/VFX: 

Editor: Da Gou

Editor: Juan de Porras

Sound Design:

Sound Designer: Lynas

Music/Sfx: Fer Martinho

Photographer: Leslie Zhang

Media: Publicis Groupe / Zenith