Denver Awards

2025 Denver Awards - Design

DadMode Packaging

Agency Moxie Sozo / Boulder

Client DadMode

Category

Packaging

Annual ID

DEN25_DE009S

DadMode is a new-to-world cleaning brand designed for a consumer no one else in the category was talking to: dads. Despite a massive cultural shift in how domestic responsibilities are shared, nearly every home cleaning product on the shelf still speaks exclusively to women. DadMode set out to change that—bringing humor, authenticity, and real talk to a space long overdue for reinvention.

Moxie Sozo partnered with DadMode from the ground up, leading strategy, creative, and SKU development for the launch. Our insight was grounded in real cultural dynamics: Dads aren’t just doing more at home, they care deeply about how they’re seen. How their kids see them. How their partner sees them. And yes, men who help out around the house do tend to get more action in the bedroom.

We positioned the brand at the intersection of performance and perception: high-performing products that also boost your “dad rating.” With humor and empathy baked in, the voice says what a lot of dads are thinking, but rarely see reflected on a bottle of glass cleaner.

The brand launched with four SKUs in bottles and refill pouches, paired with a bold visual identity and social strategy designed to break through in a traditionally soft-spoken category. The tone is confident, cheeky, and supportive: part locker-room banter, part words of affirmation.

Moxie Sozo led the brand through strategic workshops, audience positioning, creative exploration, packaging design, and social media direction. Final deliverables included packaging for all SKUs, brand guidelines, and a content strategy to drive engagement across platforms.

DadMode isn’t a novelty brand, it’s a cultural correction. One that finally puts dads in the cleaning aisle, not as a gimmick, but as the hero of their own household story.

2025 Awards

Total Points: 7

Silver Winner

Credits

Agency

Moxie Sozo / Boulder

Creative Director

Nate Dyer

Account Director

Catelyne Hayes

Brand Manager

Leslie Salonen

Director of Brand Strategy

Lindsay Connors

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