OPTUS JUNIOR DOLPHINS
From high profile Olympic athletes to grassroots swimming, Optus continues to demonstrate its commitment to Australian sport with Thrive driving sports PR campaigns at a national and local level.
Supporting the of Australian swimmers, in partnership with Swimming Australia, Optus enlisted Thrives support to raise awareness for its Junior Dolphins program and drive a call to action to get more parent’s children enrolled in the local swimming program. With the help of ambassadors, Matt Horton and Libby Trickett, the Junior Dolphin program reached thousands of parents through community events and local PR initiatives, driving sign-ups nationwide.
ANZ MARDI GRAS
With the marriage equality vote having only recently passed, ANZs partnership with the 2018 Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras demanded a celebratory communications approach to amplify ANZs long-standing championing of pride and diversity across the country.
Thrive executed a multi-faceted campaign amplifying the much-loved GAYTMs, celebrating ANZs leadership in diversity and launching a new interactive consumer activation that allowed for thousands of ‘glitter messages’ to be launched from the ANZ parade float.
OPTUS SMALL BUSINESS
It’s easy to say YES to working with Optus, especially when you partner with the SMB team for great go-to-market campaigns. One of our favourites was the launch of Ian Thorpe’s new pool cleaning business as he encouraged small business owners to enter a competition to head to the Rio Olympics. The teaser campaign raised eyebrows and sent social media into a flurry when Ian revealed his new pool cleaning business on Instagram.
PRECCINT
NZX-Listed Precinct Properties tapped Thrive to announce international food and beverage partnerships for its world-class, waterfront shopping destination, Commercial Bay. Thrive carefully selected our most influential foodie and local media to break the news of world-leading hospitality design firm AvroKO designing its 700-seat food hall, and its sister company bringing Saxon + Parole to our NZ shores. Thrive was also tasked with the ‘surprise’ announcement that Mimi Gilmour, Al Brown and Josh Emett will all launch projects in Commercial Bay. A smart and sound media strategy lead to coverage across major outlets with Media
CISCO
We have worked with Cisco Australia and New Zealand for over four years to implement media engagement programs that supported its business focus areas in the region and wider APJ growth; continuing to position Cisco as the world leader in IT and a major player in the region. A key focus of the PR program was driving proactive thought leadership opportunities for its senior leadership team in Cisco ANZ. To achieve that, we frequently liaised with the senior leadership team for upcoming opportunities and themes, and worked with them to confidently deliver multiple messaging across Cisco’s business areas to maximise editorial opportunities.
KMART AU & NZ
With the Kmart Wishing Tree Appeal celebrating 30 years in Australia and 24 years in New Zealand, Thrive mobilised its five offices to deliver mass national media coverage, a highly engaged social media community and six focus store launch events across ANZ that were attended to by media, influencers and local community groups.
Underpinned by robust community driven storytelling, the campaign encompassed a media relations approach, targeted influencer program, event management and social media content curation and management management.
TWITTER
Thrive’s work with the Public Policy team in Australia has extended for more than four years. In the latest installment from the Policy team, we are collaborating on the delivery of #SetTheStandard, a series of women’s events to empower, educate and celebrate women on Twitter.
SPOTLIGHT ROYAL WEDDING DRESS
Thrive was tasked with empowering people to learn the art of sewing and to generate awareness about the quality of fabrics and the One Perfect Day range at Spotlight stores. Thrive hijacked the Royal Wedding media coverage by recreating the Royal Wedding dress overnight using materials and fabrics available at Spotlight stores.
ANZ ACE THE OPEN
Thrive leveraged ANZs major partnership with the Australian Open to elevate the bank’s commitment to financial wellbeing and support more Aussie’s to get on top of their money.
The end-to-end communications campaign was centered around the hero idea - Ace the Open - which celebrated every ace served at the Open by donating to one of four charity partners to improve the financial wellbeing of 100,000 Aussies.
ANZ Ace the Open was integrated into the ATL and BTL Australian Open strategy, with the Seven broadcast regularly providing tally updates, ANZ socials sharing compelling content from beneficiaries and ambassador Dylan Alcott participating in media opportunities to discuss the initiative.
COLES
Thrive has worked with Coles for nearly a decade but never before in Australia, has a vegetable made headlines like this one! Thrive devised a PR strategy that positioned the Kalette as the new superfood and the first fresh vegetable to be introduced into the Australian market in over a decade. Starting in the Kalette's South Australian origins, media coverage quickly springboarded from Adelaide to national news, across food and lifestyle media and generated high profile blogger and influencer engagement. The campaign delivered an unprecedented 200% spike in immediate sales for Coles and has remained a popular new addition to the fresh food aisles.
CISCO LIVE!
As part of our ongoing retainer with Cisco, we have also collaborated with Cisco to deliver a seamless experience to journalists at Cisco Live Melbourne 2018, one of the largest and most influential tech conferences in Australia. We developed a strong PR campaign that supported the press agenda — reinforcing Cisco’s technology leadership through keynote sessions and news announcements, raising the profile of Cisco’s SLT executives through 1-1 interviews and creating further awareness of Cisco’s products and service offerings.
In 2018, we secured and hosted 15 local and NZ media at the event, coordinated travel logistics, developed materials and managed global, regional and ANZ executive interviews. We have since generated a steady flow of 139 pieces of coverage across IT, Channel and Technology media, with extremely positive sentiment.
SCULPTUREUM NZ
Thrive was tasked with creating an impactful launch campaign for Sculptureum - Auckland’s world-class tourism destination in Matakana, Auckland. By engaging New Zealand’s most influential media and social media heavyweights, Sculptureum quickly gained a reputation as a must-see Auckland experience. From launch we’ve continued to promote all that Sculptureum has to offer, and as a result have gained television coverage on TV1’s Sunday, Breakfast and Australia’s Sunrise show along with VIVA, NZ House and Garden, Mindfood, Cuisine, NZ Gardener, Denizen, NZ Life & Leisure, Simply You, Sydney Morning Herald and Melbourne Age’s travel insert, The Traveler to name just a few.
CALLAWAY GOLF
As the retained agency for Callaway Golf for many years, Thrive challenged the golfing norm, with a creative approach to launch activations. To prove that Callaway’s X Hot range was the highest performing new driver on the market, we staged a major launch event held against Melbourne’s city skyline and showcased the product like it had never been done before.
In partnership with the Callaway team, we devised a creative springboard - a long drive competition with Callaway’s brand ambassador the man with the longest drive in the world, Joe Miller. We staged a three hundred person VIP night event on the Albert Park Golf Course, invited celebrities, media, influencers, golf retailers and VIP golf fans, and partnered with cool brands like Red Bull who pumped out tunes by one of Australia's hottest DJ Grant Smilie. We then created the ultimate celebrity play-offs where stars including AFL’s Sam Fisher, Brendon Goddard and Jimmy Bartel, Socceroo Harry Kewell and model Kris Smith battled it out in a head-to-head competition to see which celebrity could deliver the longest X Hot Launch drive.
The event delivered what it promised; a star-studded turnout and wide-spread endorsement for the performance of the new driver, both in media and in the Twittersphere...and of course, the retailer enthusiasm and path to purchase platform that was intended.
CMRI : JEANS FOR GENES
Thrive has worked with the Children’s Medical Research Institute, leading the public relations for its highest profile fundraising campaign, Jeans for Genes. The all encompassing strategy stretching across multiple years increased major donations for CMRI, upping corporate and school participation and generating thousands of new supporters for the Institute. We’ve negotiated star-studded celebrity ambassadors including Rachel Finch, Sally Obermeder, Jodi Gordon and engaged an army of digital influencers to share their support across social media platforms. We spread the word about CMRI’s outstanding medical research initiatives and impact by storytelling with case studies and research across traditional and digital media. Thousands of stories later, the campaign entered its twenty-fifth year in 2018.
TAFE NSW - VIVID
TAFE NSW tasked Thrive to promote the work of design students who illuminated Sydney at the world's largest festival of light, music and ideas, Vivid Sydney 2018. As TAFE is the leading provider of vocational education and training in Australia, Thrive created and implemented a campaign to showcase the type of practical experience TAFE NSW offers students and the support offered moving forward into working life.
Media outreach focused on highlighting the talents of the next generation of designers, 3D artists, animators and electronic musicians, delivering wide spread results across print, online and broadcast media.
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