Yamaha Motorsports: Fall 2022 Campaign

Role

UX/Visual Designer

Timeline:

1 month

Team

1 designer

1 SDR

1 campaign manager

Methods

Research, Storyboarding, Visual design, Animation, Prototyping

My Impact:

As the design lead, I developed mobile and CTV ad concepts for the Yamaha proposal. I collaborated with the campaign manager and sales team to align creative strategy with awareness and engagement KPIs, crafting fresh ideas that strengthened our pitch.

OVERVIEW

Yamaha Motorsports' RFP

Proposed tailor-made ad units and a strategic media plan to secure a partnership with Yamaha for their Fall 2022 campaign, with focus on promoting new ATV and motorbike product lines. We aimed to leverage Adludio’s custom ad units to secure Yamaha as a key partner and to help them successfully advertise new lines of motorsport vehicles.

The Client

Since Yamaha was a reoccurring partner of Adludio, our team wanted to continue bringing innovative units. I designed several ad units that highlighted YXZ1000R, MT-10 SP, Ténéré 700 models to showcase the range of our ad unit offerings and design directions.

Target Audience:

Outdoor Enthusiasts (Ages 25-40)

Primary KPIs

  • Awareness

  • Engagement

Budget

$100K-$200K

The Solution

Based on the budget for the campaign and scope of products Yamaha sought to advertise, I proposed and designed 3 key ad units that showcased user engagement actions and vehicle models.

RESEARCH

Moodboards

I researched all the different models and created mood boards to make sure I had a firm grasp of the different branding and to guide the themes for each unit,

Reviewing Past Campaigns

Reviewing previous campaigns helped inspire new ideas and identify ways to differentiate our proposal with a fresh creative approach.

Wolverine RMAX

April 2021

Wolverine RMAX 2

October 2021

Wolverine RMAX 4

June 2021

DEISGN

Final Deliverables

Given time constraints for the RFP, I created one demo to showcase the full ad experience. I created storyboards for additional concepts to help the clients visualize the other ad units.

In this Slider unit, the user is prompted to interact the screen by moving the slider to “turn down the brightness. Upon interaction, a video will follow showing the bike in action and different specs on the model. The ad experience wraps up with a branded end card.

USER SLIDER (VIDEO) UNIT - MT-10 SP

PREROLL - WOLVERINE RMAX 1000

SCRUB UNIT - YXZ1000R

STICKY BANNER - WOLVERINE RMAX 1000

STICKY BANNER - TENERE 700

OUTCOME

While we didn't win this proposal…

The team secured future partnership opportunities by showcasing new innovations and the potential of custom ad units. We also used this campaign to gauge client interest in these innovations, allowing us to explore how custom designs could be applied across new ad spaces.

User testing to verify we met user needs

We conducted usability tests with 9 users in order to confirm our proof of concept. Each participant was asked to complete 3 tasks and complete a short survey after.

Results

All users completed tasks successfully and loved the concept, but some experienced frustration within our first prototype. Users found:

  • Some filtering options’ language was confusing - “difference between career and industry?”

  • Appreciated the related testimonials recommendation

  • Felt the collapsed and expanded abilities of the cards made the stories easy to parse through

Given all of this feedback, we plan to adjust our approach in visual and UX design in order to create a better experience. For the next iteration, we would do some more user research to figure out the appropriate filter language.

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