WE ARE ONE

TitleWE ARE ONE
BrandHUNGARIAN TELEKOM
Product/ServiceSPONSORSHIP
Category H01. Integrated Multi-Platform Campaign (Online & Offline)
Entrant DDB BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Idea Creation DDB BUDAPEST, HUNGARY
Production MOVIEBAR Budapest, HUNGARY
Credits
Name Company Position
Andrew Kontra DDB Budapest Chief Creative Officer
Zsolt Balogh DDB Budapest Digital Creative Director
Balázs Budavári DDB Budapest Junior Copywriter
Dávid Vass Freelancer Designer
Anna Takács DDB Budapest Head of UX/UI
Borbála Tölcsér DDB Budapest UX/UI Designer
Béla Szabó DDB Budapest Stragety and Business Innovation Director
Eszter Molnár DDB Budapest Strategist
Orsolya Palla DDB Budapest Account Director
Timea Balogh DDB Budapest Account Manager
Ágnes Urbán DDB Budapest Account Manager
Andrea Kovács DDB Budapest Digital Project Manager
Eduárd Sík DDB Budapest Digital Creative Technologist
Alexandra Kemenyiczki DDB Budapest Agency Producer
Nadia Marquard Otzen Freelancer Film Director
Mátyás Erdély Freelancer Director of Photography
Máriusz Fodor Freelancer Music Artist
Zsolt Kukucska Freelancer Film Production Manager
Carlos Ramas DDB Budapest Senior Art Director
Balázs Vízi DDB Budapest Senior Copywriter

The Campaign

Telekom gave the Cheering Heart to the Hungarian football players during the Euro Cup and the to connect them with the fans, because without unity there is no winning. The Cheering Heart is a wearable device developed by the agency to turn virtual heartbeats into real, physical interaction between the Hungarian football fans and the Hungarian Football team during the Euro Cup 2016. Heartbeats could be sent through different channels, devices and social platforms using the #weareone tag.

Creative Execution

The Cheering Heart is a miniature wearable developed internally by the agency. The device uses a magenta LED and a vibrating motor to imply real heartbeats every time it receives virtual heartbeats from the fans using a dedicated website. These heartbeats get transferred into a signal the heart can detect. The casing of the heart was designed with a special silicon with all the circuits inside of it.

Thanks to the campaign Telekom has turned single clicks into 2.000.000 heartbeats for unity Telekom was mentioned as the third biggest sponsor of the Euro Cup even though it was not Every 5th Hungarian beat the heart 3000 hours of sport-relevant media appearances 55000 new Telekom TVGO subscribers 612% click-through rate #WEAREONE Twitter trending in Hungary This was the most successful and longest engaging campaign Telekom has ever done

Given the low levels of engagement and optimism, the strategic challenge was to bridge divides between the brand, the sport, and a nation’s emotional discourse. There was no feeling of unity, not even in defeat, that brought the country together. It was the step of establishing unity and connection with the team that proved to be the strategic base not only for the campaign, but for turning the national conversation around.