Kait Shea

Kait joined EM in 2015 and today enjoys her role as senior editor and manager of digital content. When she’s not in reporter mode, rocking mermaid pants at Comic-Con or running laps at MWC Barcelona, you can find her hanging out with her dogs or singing too loudly at a music festival.
  • How Nine Brands Engaged Consumer Audiences During Social Distancing

    When the pandemic shut events down, brands and properties scrambled to find creative ways to keep consumer audiences engaged without a live setting. And while there was a period of trial and error, most emerged with fresh tactics that fueled clever campaigns—all experienced from the safety of consumers’ homes. Among the early innovators was payment […]

  • f’real Targets Gen Z with a Digital Event, Influencer Partnerships and a TikTok Challenge

    On the heels of a brand relaunch, “blend-it-yourself” beverage brand f’real on June 24 debuted its first integrated marketing campaign to capture the attention of its Gen Z target. The Choose Your Own Alternate F’reality (#FrealAF) program included a virtual reality experience, a live digital event, a TikTok challenge and influencer partnerships, all designed to […]

  • ‘Fresh and Different’: Mastercard Ambassadors Host Digital Priceless Experiences

    Mastercard’s Priceless Cities platform was built to engage cardholders through exclusive in-person events and experiences. But along with the global pandemic came the need to reimagine those experiences for a quarantined audience, and like many businesses before it, the financial services brand made the pivot to digital. As a result, a vast array of online […]

  • Argenx Blends a Virtual Launch Event With Real-World Elements

    Those who suffer from the autoimmune disease Myasthenia Gravis (MG) often experience a fragmented journey through their illness because available resources on the disease don’t offer insights beyond clinical information. So to provide an online destination where people with MG can connect with others and access information without feeling defined by their diagnosis, pharmaceutical firm […]

  • Celebrities Host ‘CAULIPOWER & Chill’ Pizza-Making Sessions on Instagram Live

    Picture the public stocking up on groceries during the pandemic, and chances are Lysol wipes and toilet paper come to mind. But with restaurants closed and people sheltering in place, frozen food sales have also been skyrocketing, with 86 percent of all consumers having made a frozen food purchase since early March. So to make […]