Campaigns + Creative

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover Intense Nacho Tours, Plastic Pauses and big balls.

Gone are the days of one-way conversations. In the post-COVID, value-for-time world that event marketers are building experiences in, themed learning is improving engagement and retention. And the bolder, more playful the theme, the better. Let’s take a look at themed learning in action.   Cinema Morgan Stanley at Work caught our attention with an […]

Nature Made’s recent marketing initiative with HelloFresh is highly targeted, aiming to place product samples of its probiotic directly in the hands of interested consumers. Here’s a deep dive into the vitamin brand’s campaign.

For its first U.S. activation, mobile game Brawl Stars, developed by Supercell, went big. During San Diego Comic-Con, July 24-27, it popped up an amusement park on a floating barge on San Diego Bay, and more than 4,000 fans went through the 45-minute immersive adventure that spanned a simulated monorail ride and the carnival game-filled […]

EM’s editors descended on SoCal in July for what is arguably the superfan event of the year—San Diego Comic-Con. Join us for a video tour of a few top SDCC 2025 brand activations that took place outside the convention center, and all across the Gaslamp District. It’s time to let your geek flag fly.   […]

In this special “San Diego Comic-Con Edition,” however, we talk hidden photo ops, clowns in corn fields and activation actors.

Good job opportunities build careers, but great mentors shape them. Before she managed multi-million-dollar event budgets for Fortune 500 companies, Rachel Langley took her first career leap at the British-American Chamber of Commerce.

Workplace benefits are critical to attracting and retaining top talent in just about any industry, but the topic isn’t typically enthralling. So at Morgan Stanley at Work’s Thrive 2025 conference, which educates human resources professionals on the brand’s employee benefits solutions, the company added a little Hollywood magic to its presence on the show floor. […]

This week’s hot takes on hot topics in experiential marketing cover frozen lotion, soccer jugglers and chainsaw-sliced sandwiches.

They’re low-key, open long hours, and retro as heck, and as brands have figured out, they’re offering a full menu of engagement opportunities that invite audiences to grab a booth and settle in. Yes, we’re talking diners, and all the ways brands are harnessing the aesthetic. Diner experiences caught the attention of the editors of […]