Author archive for Kaylee Hultgren
HBO Marketing’s VP Talks Cultivating Fandom for ‘The Last of Us’
HBO’s new post-apocalyptic series “The Last of Us,” based on a 2013 video game of the same name, raked in 10 million viewers in two days across linear and HBO Max, making it the second biggest premiere on the network in a decade. But the marketing strategy started long before the show’s Jan. 14 debut....
Metaverse Q&A Part Two: On Leveraging Brand IP, Adding Scale and the Value of Co-creation
In our follow-up conversation with State Farm and iHeartMedia, brand executives share the challenges and opportunities of marketing in the metaverse.
Metaverse Q&A: State Farm and iHeartMedia Weigh in on Their New Roblox Activation
Consumers may not initially equate live music, gaming and the metaverse with an insurance brand—but with its recent launch on Roblox, State Farm is looking to change all that. “We’re in a category that not many folks wake up thinking about every day,” said Alyson Griffin, vp-marketing at State Farm. “It felt like the right...
Live From Cannes Lions: Inside Five Engagement-rich Brand Activations
Our picks for the most engaging brand activations during the in-person return of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.