Isle of Harris Distillery

Isle of Harris Distillery

Two spirits. One island. A story worth telling the world.

Client

Isle of Harris Distillery

Year

2022-2025

Deliverable

Campaign Creative, Motion, Paid Social, Global Travel Retail Installation

Isle of Harris Distillery

Info

As Creative Director at Dog Consultancy, I worked with Isle of Harris Distillers across several years of campaign creative and global marketing. It's a brand rooted in genuine purpose: the distillery exists to support the community and keep jobs on the island. That integrity showed in how much care everyone brought to the work.

The festive campaigns centred on the Gaelic tradition of the Cèilidh, framing Harris Gin as part of how people come together rather than a luxury to cut. The following year I shot the gift set campaign myself in studio: unboxing reveals, shallow depth of field, footage that kept earning its keep long after the campaign closed.

On the global side, I led simultaneous launches of Harris Gin and The Hearach Whisky into the US, Canada, and Germany. And for their first move into travel retail, I conceived and produced a synchronised multi-screen installation across Edinburgh and Glasgow airports, a curved bar display and three-sided column wrapping travellers in the sights of Harris, with no audio permitted, so every frame had to carry the story on its own.

Harrish Gin Social Media
The Hearach Harris Whisky Social Media
Harris Gin Out of Home digital displays
Harris Gin Out of Home digital displays
Harris Gin Out of Home digital displays
Harris Gin Paid Social Posts
Harris Gin Edinburgh Airport Global Travel Retail Installation
Harris Gin Global Travel Retail Installation
Harris Hearach Whisky Global Travel Retail Installation

Credit

This work was created while I was employed as Creative Director with Dog Consultancy.

Working closely with the team at Isle of Harris Distillery:
Simon Erlanger – Managing Director
Mike Donald – Chief Storyteller
Jennifer Reade – Brand & Marketing Manager
Mairi MacKenzie – Digital Strategist
Lauren MacSween – Design & Creative Lead