SECTOR:
TELCOM
YEAR:
2025
ROLE:
CREATIVE DIRECTOR
Impact the locals
the challenge.
Gigafast+ launched nationally with an Idris Elba-fronted TVC in early September, giving the product scale, fame and a distinctive brand presence. But availability was rolling out city by city, which meant the next challenge was more local: how do you make the UK’s fastest broadband feel like local news..
the idea.
Impact the locals.
The UK's fastest broadband arrives and brings the city to life. Statues, landmarks and local quirks wake up to celebrate the new and speedy arrival, as only they can.
Every city has a symbol locals feel a genuine, almost proprietary connection to. Greyfriars Bobby in Edinburgh. The concrete cows in Milton Keynes. The owl in Leeds. Lady Godiva in Coventry. We built a creative system, not a template, multiple distinct executions, each anchored in a culturally specific icon. The campaign logic stayed constant; the cultural references changed every time.

One idea. Every channel.
From city-specific OOH and transport media to station takeovers, special builds and experiential extensions, the campaign used local landmarks, statues and cultural references to make a functional product claim feel big, entertaining and memorable.


The Impact:
+21.4% regional H2 sales growth vs H1 baseline
19.1pts above national growth in the same period
11,800 average monthly regional sales in H2
CityFibre independently confirmed stronger uplift in marketing vs non-marketing cities at equivalent rollout stages. Econometrics confirmed media as the primary driver.
testimonial.
Exactly how we should be showing up in markets
Sophia Ahmed
CEO


