CASE STUDY

Challenge

Sandbox was tasked with increasing awareness of the Universal brand together with driving new vehicle sales.

Approach

The Sandbox team brainstormed different approaches and decided to focus on the unique stories and experiences within the Universal Dealership. Stories were gathered from the Universal Team as the launching pad for the campaign with every ad prominently featuring the iconic ‘U’ that Universal has been promoting within the Calgary market the past several years. Each ad is based on a story supplied to us, is unique to Universal and reflects their core values.

Implementation

Utilizing actual Universal employees where available (see the Remembrance Day ad featuring Steve Black, Universal’s sales manager, we recreated the balance of ads with local models. A key component was the repetition and reinforcement of the Iconic ‘U’ graphic applying a custom surface treatment depending on the theme of the ad.

Impact

We produced a wide range of versions of the U Matter ads across many platforms including billboards, transit, digital, magazine and social media.

(Data between February 1 and December 1, 2017)