| Title | Ben Jones |
| Agency | McCann New York |
| Campaign | The team that wouldn't be here |
| Advertiser | Verizon |
| Brand | Verizon |
| Date of First Broadcast/Publication | 2019 / 2 |
| Business Sector | Telecommunications Services |
| Story | Every year, the end of the NFL season follows the same script. Two teams compete on the field while hundreds of brands compete off it. Verizon rewrote the playbook by introducing a third team: The Team That Wouldn’t Be Here. A new NFL team of 11 current NFL players and a coach who wouldn’t be alive if first responders hadn’t received their emergency call. The team had survived tornadoes, car accidents and childhood tragedy and gone on to become elite athletes, because their calls for help were answered. |
| Media Type | Digital |
| Length | |
| Audio Post Production | Sonic Union |
| Actor / Celebrity | Ben Jones |
| Production | Film Forties |
| Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) | Diego Scotti |
| VP Creative Marketing | David Bowen |
| Chief Creative Officer | Andrew McKechnie |
| Director, Creative Marketing | Ricardo Aspiazu |
| Manager, Broadcast Production | Brendan F. O'Malley |
| Regional Chief Creative Officer | Eric Silver |
| Chief Creative Officer | Sean Bryan |
| Chief Creative Officer | Tom Murphy |
| Global Executive Creative Director | Dan Donovan |
| Global Executive Creative Director | Wayne Best |
| SVP Executive Producer | Cam Hoelter |
| Creative Director | Alex Little |
| Creative Director | Karsten Jurkschat |
| Copywriter | Meredith Rowe |
| Senior Art Director | Michelle Ruiz |
| Design Director | Fairchild Fries |
| Designer | Grace Schottelkotte |
| Chief Production Officer | Nathy Aviram |
| SVP Executive Producer | Dave Herman |
| SVP Executive Producer | John McAdorey |
| Executive Strategy Director | David Webster |
| Producer | Allison Raich |
| Executive Music Producer | Eric Johnson |
| Executive Account Director | Dominic Whittles |
| Executive Account Director | Alex Caredes |
| Production Company | Film Forties |
| Editing Company | Arcade Edit |
| Colorization | Company 3 |
| Finishing | The Mill LA |
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