SECTOR:

PRODUCT

YEAR:

2019

ROLE:

CREATIVE LEAD

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The Collector

From national fame to local impact.

From national fame to local impact.

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..

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..

challenge.

Launch a major co-branded push that felt premium, cinematic and worthy of multiple global brands.

We wanted to shift the conversation from features and tech to something more emotional: the idea that what you watch says something about who you are. TV = You. That thought became the backbone of everything.

Creatively, the challenge was huge. We had to integrate multiple studios’ worlds into a single coherent story, design a signature visual device that could evolve across several films, and balance spectacle with intimacy. Add in the fact that the project took place during Covid, including remote and virtual elements and every part of the process needed flexibility, problem-solving, and a lot of trust between teams.

Launch AV:


The Idea

Impact the Locals brought statues, landmarks and local icons to life, from Greyfriars Bobby in Edinburgh to the Concrete Cows in Milton Keynes and the Leeds owl, each responding in awe as Sky’s fastest speeds landed in town.

The result was a creative system that featured locally researched icons, city-specific copy, cinematic photographic craft and a scalable campaign architecture built to roll out across multiple markets

Special builds

Special builds

Special builds

A real world build of our router landing in the town and the statue reacting

A real world build of our router landing in the town and the statue reacting

Digital Screen

Digital Screen

Digital Screen

Motion version of our static OOH

Motion version of our static OOH

Contextual Copy

Contextual Copy

Contextual Copy

Certain sites had playful copy relevant to the placement

Certain sites had playful copy relevant to the placement



The Craft

The regional executions were produced through a blend of on-location photography, CG, AI-assisted expression work and atmospheric simulation.

Results

The campaign delivered measurable commercial impact: +21.4% regional H2 sales growth versus H1, a 19.1-point uplift above national growth in the same period, and 11,800 average monthly regional sales.

Independent CityFibre reporting confirmed stronger uplift in marketing cities versus non-marketing areas, while econometrics identified media as the primary driver of incremental sales