Not the usual beast!

EA engaged Brando to launch the hotly anticipated Left 4 Dead 2 zombie survival game in November 2009. Brando was tasked with targeting a youth gamer audience, but with the added zombie/horror fan-base thrown into the gruesome mix! We decided to tease the audience by preparing them for the inevitable outbreak of L4D2 zombie flu with a spoof webcast instructional film in survival techniques, hosted a subsequent press experience to train journalists in zombie combat and turn a famous London boozer into the Severed Arms pub, where zombies ran the pub for the weekend of game launch, with the help of Hollyoaks’ gorgeous Jennifer Metcalfe as the ‘L4D2 infected’ barmaid. The viral achieved over 150,000 views to date, and the campaign resulted in an AVE of over £900,000, PR value of £2.7m, social media outreach of 45m per month and an ROI of 10:1…and a ‘dead happy’ client!

Brando were briefed to develop an engaging, newsworthy, Xmas experience for Gatwick passengers. We created the Gatwick Factor – a karaoke competition…hosted in a snow globe complete with fake snow and Christmas trees! We launched three days after the X Factor TV final and negotiated runner’s up, Stacie and Olly to make it their first ever public gig and open the event. Santa came early for Gatwick as the event was covered by London Tonight, BBC, Channel Five News and most major print, radio and digital media. The campaign results were outstanding; a PR value of nearly 3m and an ROI of 20:1 - which meant everyone could have a very Merry Christmas!

The brief from London Gatwick Airport to Brando was to help change perception and build awareness of the airport as a top shopping destination during the busy summer months. We needed to inform the public on discounted prices and the array of high street and designer names available. Our approach was multi-faceted and included a four day, live fashion show, a news story highlighting the benefits of getting into a holiday mind set, an exclusive press trip with top fashion editors and an intensive promotions and features programme. Winning stats… Retailers experienced a 30% increase in sales during the show 77% of passengers agreed it helped get them in the holiday mood 13% increase in people perceiving the stores as excellent after watching the show Nearly a third of passengers were encouraged to go and buy after the show 95% of passengers thought the show was entertaining The campaign reached over 300 million people, secured an AVE of nearly £600k, PR value of nearly £2m and an ROI 1:10

London Gatwick Airport, the UK’s second biggest airport has appointed Brando to run a four month PR and experiential campaign over the summer.   Part of a major marketing campaign to increase retail spend at the airport during the peak summer months, Brando will be running an intensive media relations and event-led programme to remind holiday-makers about the great shopping and money savings available at the airport.   The account will be headed up by Brando’s Managing Director, Mandy Sharp, and one of the first jobs will be organising an exciting ‘Gatwick Fashion Week’ at the North Terminal with TV fashion presenter, Gok Wan confirmed as celebrity host for one of the days.     The experiential event will show-case retailers’ products through a series of glamorous fashion shows and holiday makers will be treated to hair, make-up and fashion makeovers from top stylist Kirsty Drury who has worked with the likes of Kylie Minogue, Rachel Stevens and Claudia Schiffer.   Brando joins forces with other top agencies including advertisers Naked, media planners MindShare and BTL agency DNX as part of the external marketing team for this project.   Mike Luddy, London Gatwick Airport Commercial Director, said: “We’re really looking forward to working with Brando over the next few months. Brando responded to the brief with creative, yet strategically sound and deliverable ideas.”   The activity will be supported with an extensive social media programme, run by David Cushman from Brando Social. 

Sony Ericsson wanted a long-term partner to reach out to Britain's urban youth. Since 2005, Brando has strategically taken them from support act to lead sponsor of the UK B-Boy World Championships.  Media partnerships, merchandise, careful branding and social media has made Sony Ericsson an accepted part of the B-Boy community. For the last two years, Channel 4 has travelled the globe as the B-Boys battle their way to the World Finals stage in London's Brixton Academy.  The results played out over a six part TV series on C4 entitled the Sony Ericsson World Series.  Fans could watch any missed episodes again and view other exclusive downloadable B-Boy content from our dedicated website... www.b-boychampionships.com/tv