Team USA Unveils New Diverse & Personal Olympic Marketing Strategy As ‘One For All’ Platform Marks 100 Days To Paris 2024

With 100 days to go before Paris 2024, the US Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) unveiled a new Games’ marketing strategy highlighting athlete diversity and personality to appeal to younger fans through a Team USA ‘One For All’ brand platform. Developed and created with agency W+K New York (along with Team USA Studio), the campaign… Continue reading Team USA Unveils New Diverse & Personal Olympic Marketing Strategy As ‘One For All’ Platform Marks 100 Days To Paris 2024

‘Easy Clean Fresh Perspectives’ – Berger Paints & IPL

Sponsor Berger Paints sought to break the commercial clutter around the 2019 IPL season with an elaborate, interactive social video strategy which featured funny scenarios within a cricket-crazy household in order to expand its social media followers and brand presence and launch a new product. Objectives The brand’s ongoing marketing strategy typically seeks to engage… Continue reading ‘Easy Clean Fresh Perspectives’ – Berger Paints & IPL

The Padded Seat Partnered With Hertha BSC & Bayer Leverkusen 04 To Promote Innovative ‘VIP Hospitality’ Via Emotional Experience Focused Content Marketing

Objective   UK hospitality marketing platform and content creator The Padded Seat up with sports marketing agency SPORTFIVE to leverage its partnerships with Bundesliga clubs Hertha BSC and Bayer Leverkusen 04 during the 2022/23 Bundesliga season in order to market and sell the clubs’ VIP hospitality offers through a fresh and inventive content-led approach to sports hospitality… Continue reading The Padded Seat Partnered With Hertha BSC & Bayer Leverkusen 04 To Promote Innovative ‘VIP Hospitality’ Via Emotional Experience Focused Content Marketing

Foot Locker ‘Sneaker Season’ Back To School And Beyond Campaign

Foot Locker’s ‘Sneaker Season’ campaign, which launched on 5 July, seeks to add new  sports footwear to the list of regular consumer summer stalwart purchases as its begins its annual push for back-to-school front-of-mind.   The campaign, the first marketing work from the company’s new global creative agency of record Preacher which began working with… Continue reading Foot Locker ‘Sneaker Season’ Back To School And Beyond Campaign

MLB Partner T-Mobile Deploys AR, Apps, Drones & Ads For Seattle All-Star Game Experience

Major League Baseball (MLB) partner T-Mobile’s multi-phase activation around the 2023 All-Star Week – held between 7 and 11 July in T-Mobile Park in Seattle (the telco’s US headquarters) –  spans 5G, AR, an automated ball strike system, apps, drones, wi-fi, competitions, local activations and ads.   The mobile telco’s activation highlights included:   A… Continue reading MLB Partner T-Mobile Deploys AR, Apps, Drones & Ads For Seattle All-Star Game Experience

Vodafone UK Summer #FeelTheConnection Wimbledon Campaign Features Hewitt, Reid, Draper, Burrage & Raducanu

Vodafone, Wimbledon’s Official Connectivity Partner, launched a multi-channel, tournament-themed, #FeelTheConnection summer campaign in early June which featured all of the telco’s UK tennis ambassadors: Alfie Hewett, Gordon Reid, Emma Raducanu, Jack Draper and Jodie Burrage.   The marketing burst showcases the power of connection and focuses on how connection can fuel sporting champions.   Created in… Continue reading Vodafone UK Summer #FeelTheConnection Wimbledon Campaign Features Hewitt, Reid, Draper, Burrage & Raducanu

Aussie Sportsbet Campaign Creates Imaginary ‘AFL Same Game Multi Tracker HQ’

An integrated April campaign from Sportsbet in Australia highlighted the consumer and product benefits of its ‘AFL Same Game Multi Tracker’   Created in-house and brought to life through Virtual Production Technology (VPT), the multi-spot campaign rolled out from 30 April across a range of sporting platforms (including FTV, PTV and Digital) and media channels… Continue reading Aussie Sportsbet Campaign Creates Imaginary ‘AFL Same Game Multi Tracker HQ’

Barilla Bespoke Pasta Celebrates Skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s Record FIS World Cup Win With ‘A Sign Of Love In 87 Seconds’

Italian pasta giant Barilla shaped pasta into ‘8’ and ‘7’ to leverage its partnership with the greatest skier of all time – Mikaela Shiffrin – to raise money for charity and to celebrate the US skier’s 11 March win which saw her break Swedish skier Ingemar Stenmark long-held 86 victory world record.   It was… Continue reading Barilla Bespoke Pasta Celebrates Skier Mikaela Shiffrin’s Record FIS World Cup Win With ‘A Sign Of Love In 87 Seconds’

Meta Activates Rugby WC Partnership Via Avatar Creator Helping Fans Show Passion In ‘New Dimension’

Tech giant and Facebook parent Meta, an official sponsor of the 2023 Rugby World Cup in France, released an ‘New Dimension’ Augmented Reality (AR) campaign leveraging its tournament tie-up which allows fans to showcase their eclectic passions for their national teams.   Meta, which is also the tournament’s official social media services supplier, has developed… Continue reading Meta Activates Rugby WC Partnership Via Avatar Creator Helping Fans Show Passion In ‘New Dimension’

Charity FareShare & BMB Release ‘Sweet Carol Rhymes’ Christmas World Cup Fundraising Single

FareShare, a UK national network of charitable food redistributors, teamed up with creative agency BMB, to leverage the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup and bring some festive cheer in the form of a fundraising England Football Christmas single led campaign called ‘Sweet Carol Rhymes’.   The campaign title is a play on the current England… Continue reading Charity FareShare & BMB Release ‘Sweet Carol Rhymes’ Christmas World Cup Fundraising Single

WhatsApp Teams Up With NBA Superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo For ‘Naija Odyssey’ Short Film

WhatsApp worked with National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo on a short film titled ‘Naija Odyssey’ which explores the importance of international communication connectivity and how WhatsApp has enabled the Greek/Nigerian hoops hero to reach his athletic potential abroad ‘while remaining true to his roots’.   The four-chapter short is narrated by Antetokounmpo and his mother.… Continue reading WhatsApp Teams Up With NBA Superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo For ‘Naija Odyssey’ Short Film

Facebook Parent Meta Champions East African ‘Team Amani’ Cycling Team In Tech-Led Campaign

The final week of August saw Facebook parent company Meta release a metaverse focused campaign championing its support for East African professional cycling squad ‘Team Amani’: a 12-person team of male and female cyclists from several African countries (including Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda) dedicated to promoting inclusivity and opportunity.   ‘Amani’ means ‘peace’ in Swahili and this spirit shines… Continue reading Facebook Parent Meta Champions East African ‘Team Amani’ Cycling Team In Tech-Led Campaign