2015 Promo & Activation

OPEN SLOPE DAY

TitleOPEN SLOPE DAY
BrandDNB BANK
Product/ServiceREPUTATION & SPONSORSHIP
Category A09. Sponsorship or Partnership Campaigns
Entrant Company TRY/APT/POL Oslo, NORWAY
Advertising Agency TRY/APT/POL Oslo, NORWAY
Media Agency VIZEUM Oslo, NORWAY
Production Company MOTION BLUR Oslo, NORWAY
Credits
Name Company Position
Eirik Sørensen TRY Creative
Finn Eidam Knudsen TRY Creative
Terje Johnsen TRY Designer
Rickard Roslund TRY Designer
Arne Eggen TRY Account Director
Camilla von Borcke TRY Project Manager
Lisa Canneux APT Project Manager
Janne Espevalen DNB Client
Mette Olsen DNB Client
Camilla Forberg DNB Client
Even Gabrielsen Wetten DNB Client
Kavar Singh Motion Blur Director
Espen Horn Motion Blur Executive Producer
Henrik Zwart Motion Blur Editing
André Chocron Motion Blur Editing
Tor Kristian Liseth Motion Blur Production Manager
Jonas Lisether Motion Blur Editing
Henrik Haagensen Henrik Haagensen Music

The Brief

The Brief: a) Create awareness around the fact that DNB arranges Open Slope Day on the 18th of January. Promote this event, both before, and after the 18th of January. b) Highlight the fact that over 100 local ski-centres, which mainly are run by volunteers, contribute by handing out free ski-passes. And communicate that their participation and work they do, is vital for Open Slope Day.

Campaign Success

The Campaign was launched through four mini-documentaries, in both traditional and in social media. In the films DNB’s world known spokes persons; the athletes on the National Norwegian Ski and snowboard team, hailed praise to their local ski-centre where they grew up. DNB had offered the athletes to swap the DNB logo on their ski outfit, with the logo of the their local ski-centers as a way of thanking them, and to promote the local ski-centres participation in “open slope day"

Describe the success of the promotion with both client and consumer including some quantifiable results

The promotion got a lot of attention, and Open Slope Day was “sold out” within a couple of days. DNB’s “Open Slope Day” is highlighted as a success in the FIS (International Ski Federation) World Snow Day 2015 Press Release. 74 local newspapers wrote about the campaign. After the event 71% said they had a better perception of the brand DNB. But most importantly DNB got to show their appreciation for all the local ski-centres contribution by giving away their logo placement on the National Norwegian Ski and snowboard teams ski suits. When Silje Norendal won the gold medal in the X-Games in front of millions of TV viewers, she didn’t do it with a DNB logo on her board and helmet - she did it with her local ski-centre “Kongsberg”.

Explain why the method of promotion was most relevant to the product or service

The Norwegian bank “DNB”, has arranged and promoted “Open Slope day” for the past three years, a day where Norwegians can ski an entire day for free. This campaign promoted Open slope day as an event, and it promoted all the local ski-centres that participate and contribute to “Open slope day” - A contribution that is vital to Open Slope Day also in the future.