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Category
Inclusive
Annual ID
ADC102_PRD008S
About the Work
Turning to experts in accessibility – like The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) and VISIONS – to glean insight into what the partially sighted and blind need most, Mastercard found that the payment category is somewhere where their needs have been neglected. We heard stories of the deep anxiety that comes with approaching the store check-out. Something as seemingly simple as purchasing your items is being punctuated with fumbling through wallets, looking for the right card, impatient scoffs and toe taps of other patrons in line, and often paying with the wrong card. Low-vision cardholders have had to hack their cards with scissors, hole punchers, rubber bands or trust someone to identify their card for them. This is so much more than extra time at the register. The implications of non-accessible products say, “this world isn’t for you”.
As a solve for this growing pain point, Mastercard introduced Touch Card. Touch Card is an accessible system of cards with cut out notches that allows anyone to identify their cards right the first time, without the hassle of riffling through a wallet or the anxiety of checkout with people tapping their toes. Unique notches in different cards– Squared for credit, rounded for debit, and triangular for prepaid– were designed to be learned instantly. While these notches are useful for everyone, Touch Card was created specifically for the blind and partially sighted community in mind.
2023 Awards
Total Points: 21
Silver Cube
Credits
Agency
McCann / New York
McCann / London
PR / Marketing Agency
Ketchum / New York
Production Company
Craft New York / New York
MJZ / New York
MPC / New York
Music / Sound Production Company
JSM Music
Henryboy / New York
Q Department / New York
Post Production Company
Heard City / New York
Media Distribution Company
Carat / New York
Chief Creative Officer
Adrian Botan
Executive Producer
Judi Nierman
Group Creative Director
Chad Baker
Ethan Schmidt
Pebble Goh
Ryan Paulson
Producer
Liz O'Connor
Account Director
Dayo Ajayi
Account Supervisor
Katie Reynolds
Reid Tuomala
Business Affairs Manager
Karen Phillips
Chief Production Officer
Nathy Aviram
Director of Communications
Veronica Bertran
Victoria Park
Associate Social Strategy Director
Kristen Levy
Brand Strategy Digital Marketing
John McDonald
CMO & Communications Officer & President, Healthcare
Raja Rajamannar
Co-Chief Creative Officer
Pierre Lipton
Shayne Millington
Tom Murphy
Co-Chief Creative Officer, North America
Sean Bryan
Consumer Marketing, North America
Nicola Grant
Director, Digital Marketing & Social Media
Gregg Weiss
Editorial
Editorial No. 6 / New York
EVP, Global Creative Director
Caprice Yu
Executive Account Director
Matt Cunnell
Executive Music Producer
Eric Johnson
Global Brand Communications
Jill Davison
Global Brand Strategy & Innovation
Jusy Vigiletti
Global Chief Marketing & Communications Officer
Jeremy Miller
Global Strategy Director
Oriol Bombí
Group Account Director
Shelley Bowcher
Group Strategy Director
Danielle Noto
Head Of Production
Aaron Kovan
Innovation
Armstrong / New York
Integrated Producer
Katie Henry
Manager, Brand Strategy & Innovation
Patrick Larsen
Manager, Consumer Marketing
Beth Dolan
Manager, External Comms
Macy Salama
Social Account Director
Julia Grasso
Social Strategist
Cassie Maack
Social Strategy Director
Kim Price
Talen Payment Manager
Anne Marie Ferri
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