Don't Cover Up.
Making up for all the excuses.Create a campaign for a law firm specializing in domestic abuse that reaches women who need help — without alerting the people who hurt them.
Women experiencing domestic abuse rarely see themselves as victims. They forgive, then cover up the bruises and the truth behind them. Traditional campaigns announce themselves — which is exactly what makes them dangerous for the women who need them most.
The safest place to reach a woman in an abusive home is somewhere her abuser would never look. The beauty aisle. The makeup tutorial. The private moment in a public bathroom mirror. Help has to be hidden in plain sight.
Don't Cover Up. A campaign that hides inside the language of beauty — meeting women in makeup tutorials, bathroom dispensers, and Instagram content that looks like skincare advice. "Prep Your Skin." "Conceal Dark Spots." "Draw the Line." Every message is two things at once: beauty content for anyone watching, a lifeline for the woman who needs it.
Instagram posts disguised as makeup tutorials reveal Phoenix Law Firm's number when you tap "more." Bathroom dispensers in women's restrooms carry coded messages: "Let this be the last day you cover up the truth." A targeted ad campaign reaches women searching makeup terms — serving them help they can access privately, on their own terms, when they're ready.
Role
Art Direction — Vance Gorman Jr.
Copy — Vanshika Lakhani
Brief
Phoenix Law Firm
School
Miami Ad School
Year
2025