Posts Tagged ‘Sports’

Noah’s Arc Foundation

Submitted by Brad Simpson on January 26th, 2011 in featured, featured work | commentsNo Comments »
This past Fall, in concert with our client Harris Bank, we began working for the Noah’s Arc Foundation: a non-profit organization started by Chicago Bulls Center Joakim Noah and his mother, sculptor Cecilia Rodhe.  The mission of the foundation is admirable: to help children develop confidence and a stronger sense of self through the discipline of sports and the emotional expression of art. ... read more »

U.S. Soccer: The long road to the 2010 Men’s World Cup

Submitted by Brad Simpson on July 7th, 2010 in featured work | commentsNo Comments »
U.S. Soccer needed to build excitement around the long road to the 2010 Men’s World Cup. Despite their tremendous needs, they had limited funds. Our solution was to emphasize the creation of content. A small agency team spent three days in Krakow, Poland leveraging our complete access to the players, coaches and staff to capture a huge amount of hi-def video imagery. We then converted this content... read more »

Tostitos “NOLAF”

Submitted by Brad Simpson on July 2nd, 2010 in featured work | commentsNo Comments »
The NOLAF campaign struck a chord with our target audience With only some viral video seeding and zero dollars spent on media, these video clips generated over 3.2 million viral video views in just over one month. Accolades: YouTube – #1 most viewed on May 1, 2008, #1 most viewed on May 16, 2008, Most Viewed Videos of the Month The Nolaf campaign has struck a chord with the public. read more »

Frito-Lay “History”

Submitted by Brad Simpson on July 2nd, 2010 in featured work | commentsNo Comments »
The old adage, “timing is everything” came true once again on Monday, January 29th of 2007. ECD Dennis Ryan was approached with an idea that would make this week at Element79 a truly historic one. “Isn’t it cool?”, he was asked, “For the first time ever, two African American coaches are facing each other for Football’s highest honor. Wouldn’t a spot that highlighted two groups of African... read more »

Gatorade “Ball Girl”

Submitted by Brad Simpson on July 2nd, 2010 in featured work | commentsNo Comments »
This piece was part of our final production for Gatorade: a carefully-staged campaign designed to break virally and build an audience with three remarkable ‘is that real?’ scenarios. After building interest on-line, we would reintroduce them as television spots with the tagline “Never Underestimate the Power of Superior Hydration.” The notion was simple: shoot remarkable actions in a totally... read more »
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