How exciting to be asked by Nigeria’s leading paint company, Chemical and Allied Products Plc (CAP), to support them with a strategic branding project and fly to the capital, Lagos, for hands-on workshops. With a new management team in place, CAP is intent on streamlining and strengthening its brand portfolio in line with its vision of “creating a new Africa inspired by colours.”
Today’s sales teams need inspirational tools that simplify and dramatize the benefits of their products and services. It’s all about creating emotional pull with engaging storytelling and tools that inspire new possibilities. With this in mind, Open teamed up with Iggesund Paperboard of Sweden to launch new experiential sales tools for the cosmetics industry for its flagship Invercote® product.
They're young, hungry and fearless. Meet Moa and Beatrice, the next generation of creative talent – two students from The Stockholm School of Photography (Fotoskolan STHLM) who are joining our creative team for a month. Bright, talented and ambitious, they will be sharpening their skills in film and photography alongside our senior team.
Trained at Forsbergs and K3 at Malmö Univ, Victor is an up and coming creative who is supporting our senior team. He worked previously at Footcone & Belding, Shackleton Direct, Amsterdam-based Euro RSCG Fuel and Dowell//Stubbs (later Gyro). At Fuel he was involved in 360-degree communications for the Volvo global account, including cutting edge digital and design work. Bienvenido a Open Victor!
With 15 years as an award-winning designer under his belt, Totte brings a sharp graphic touch to his work at Open. Previously, he worked at Gyro, a global ideas shop, and an agency called “Det”. Over the years, Totte has worked on a mix of both international and local clients, including SAAB, Toyota, Peugeot, Metso, Adobe, Logica, Landslagets fotbollskola, Scandinavian Masters and more.
To connect more deeply with customers, many international brands are turning to “experiential marketing” – a more holistic way of building likability and creating buzz. One good example is Electrolux, which launched The Cube concept in 17 European capitals – a “pop-up” restaurant to celebrate 90 years in the kitchen. On March 6, Electrolux and Volontaire will tell us more about this growing trend.