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TOGETHER

The TOGETHER film received over 50 million+ views since it premiered at a Bernie Rally in Iowa, making it the most viewed ad of the 2016 election cycle. 


Campaign Elements

TOGETHER was more than a film. It was a holistic and integrated campaign with each element driven by the same unifying creative.

  • Branding
  • Editorial Voice and Copy Development
  • Digital Strategy
  • Custom Social Media Profiles with a rapid following across all platforms
  • Outdoor/Street Campaign
  • On-Air as a National TV spot for Bernie Sanders deployed in 12 states
  • Interactive Web-App that allowed people to upload their own faces
  • Micro-Site Design, Development and Deployment


A 360° CAMPAIGN

In building this campaign, we took into consideration the diverse audience Bernie is appealing to and ensured each person watching would see themselves represented.  

From street art to campaign posters, stickers and social memes, the word, idea and visual language found its way into the heart of our culture. 

TOGETHER was presented at all points of voter contact. Paid media ensured the media was pushed to targeted audiences and had maximum impact at each of those touch points.

Earned Media

“A candidate that electrifies big crowds with a simple, straight forward message… They’ve put out the two best ads of this campaign: The America ad and this [TOGETHER] ad, and there’s not a close second. 

Joe Scarborough, Morning Joe, February 11


Given the media’s praise of the ad, and as evidenced by the New York Time’s interest in the backstory, TOGETHER delivered significant earned media. Additionally, TOGETHER was shared by many campaigns surrogates, garnering more attention nationally.








On Air

TOGETHER was played across the nation in primary states as an official ad for Bernie in several states. 

Outdoor

The ad was effective as an outdoor campaign with supporters creating street art with it and organically pasting the iconic Together posters around the country.

Mobile

The digital campaign was fully responsive to mobile across any OS. From the microsite to the app, all elements were designed with the mobile-first experience in mind.

Online

TOGETHER.vote received tens of thousands of visitors who came to watch and share the film as well as download images to post on their social channels.

On Social

The strength of the film and the together campaign was in its visual uniqueness, making it highly sharable across the internet.



OTHER RELEVANT WORK

#VoteForUs

This film was created to support the New York Primary for Bernie Sanders, but was crafted so its message remains timeless. The piece was concepted, written and directed by HUMAN, and filmed with the poet/musician Saul Williams as a voice of cultural credibility, along with everyday people from the streets of NY and LA. It was shared by Saul Williams, other A-list influencers and on major platforms like FunnyOrDie.com.


$27

HUMAN created this film to help sustain Bernie's grassroots donation war-chest. This is an example of high-quality media that is still powered by the public, with real people casted and the voices of those who were giving $27 to Bernie's campaign, explaining why.


HUMAN's Narrative Design™

HUMAN knows that every objective set is ultimately achieved by people. So we work hard to understand the people needed to achieve your strategic objectives.

These humans become your audience. And everything we do from this point forward is to create stories that will connect with that audience. 

We start by asking the most important question: What emotions must your audience feel to cause them to change their perception and behavior?

And what we need them to feel, determines what type of story we need to tell. It also determines how that story is delivered.  We call this: Narrative Design™. It keeps your objectives as the foundation and your audience as the hero of the story.

Identifying Objectives 

We begin by learning your objectives. We then work to understand your strategy and how you want to achieve those objectives. This drives everything.

Storytelling

Then comes the most exciting phase, when we create and craft a story and an experience to reach your audience. This is the HUMAN-centric approach to telling a story that puts people back at the center. 

Metrics 

The last step is to rigorously measure our success based on quantitative and anecdotal evidence and conversion rates. This determines the return on your investment in the story and Narrative Design process. HUMAN sees ROI as successfully helping organizations achieve millions of impressions, raise millions of dollars, shift policy outcomes, support the building of peace, and influencing human behavior. 

HUMAN is an Emmy nominated storytelling agency. We craft strategy and stories using Narrative Design™ to improve the human experience.

HUMAN is a storytelling and strategy agency that creates media for social impact. We work with an array of public and private-sector companies, nonprofit and intergovernmental organizations to design objective-driven stories that come to life through branding, video, and digital media. 

Whether we are helping brands redefine their corporate social responsibility platform, or creating original documentary content for a nonprofit, HUMAN helps an array of organizations strengthen their commitment to elevating humanity.

We are experts in how to use media to achieve objectives beyond awareness. Our researchers and strategists think across sectors to harness human potential, direct that energy to create specific change, and then layer story on top of the data. HUMAN carefully balances advocacy goals, scientific innovation, media and storytelling, with an authentic artistic voice to make nonpareil media for impact.


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