NIKE ON DEMAND

TitleNIKE ON DEMAND
BrandNIKE
Product/ServicePERSONALISED MESSAGING PLATFORM
Category E03. Innovative Use of Technology
Entrant R/GA LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Idea Creation R/GA LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Media Placement R/GA LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Production R/GA LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
Credits
Name Company Position
Kathryn Chalmers R/GA London Strategy Director
John Wilson R/GA London Group Account Director
Harry Peacham R/GA London Senior Strategist
Rob Kent R/GA London Senior Producer
Anthony Baker R/GA London Technology Director
Nick Paget R/GA London Creative Director
Paris Lawrence R/GA London Creative Director
Josh Yee R/GA London Designer
Dami Kelekun R/GA London Associate Producer
Steve Viglione R/GA London Associate Director, Analytics

The Campaign

The hardest thing for athletes is staying focused and committed to accomplishing their goals. So we created Nike On Demand: a human-driven 1:1 messenger-based service that keeps athletes engaged over time, adapts to their needs on the fly and connects them with the best of Nike. From a user’s perspective, they message Nike on WhatsApp and get help from someone who gets to know them personally and who does everything in Nike’s power to help them crush their goals: everything from setting up 1-on-1 training with professional athletes to getting them in the backdoor of sold out Nike Training Club sessions. Through 1:1 conversation, Nike On Demand places the best of Nike’s vast ecosystem literally at the user’s fingertips via the channel they use most: WhatsApp – a brand first at the time. Nike On Demand is no stale, automated chat bot. It’s real human interaction. Because nothing changes people’s behavior

Creative Execution

In 2016, as our core audience moved away from public platforms into private chat channels and their behavior took on a distinct 1:1 flavour, it was time for Nike to innovate the nature of its consumer conversation, and create the ultimate way to deliver inspiration to athletes in a truly personal way: 1:1. Nike On Demand harnessed the power of messaging to deliver unprecedented access to the best of Nike – elite athletes, trainers, coaches, clubs and content – in a 1:1 conversation. On Nike’s side, Nike experts and coaches in the Nike On Demand Service Centre respond to athletes’ messages. As messages come in, the content of each message is analysed and deployed to the right Nike expert so they can lend the relevant expertise. We developed a bespoke digital platform to power the Service Centre, categorise and tag conversations and enable the experts to connected athletes to the Nike ecosystem of existing products and services. This enabled Nike to create rich personal athlete profiles, provide users with timely, individual, nudges that changed their behavior and provided Nike with real-time data about what truly motivates athletes.