Sponsorships

Every four years, millions of sports fans revel in the FIFA Men’s World Cup, the world’s preeminent soccer tournament. This year’s competition, taking place June 14 through July 15 across 12 stadiums in Russia, is another one for the books with “football” enthusiasts across the globe coming together to celebrate their teams and the sport […]

Ahhhh, Governors Ball… where half the audience is under 25 and naps on the ground in between (or even during) festival acts. How did brands engage mostly millennial and Gen Z attendees this year? EM checked out the Randall’s Island, NY-based festival June 1-3 and noticed a whole lot of photo opportunities, charging stations, giveaways […]

There was a time not so long ago when street art and graffiti were viewed not as art forms, but as vandalism. Flash-forward to today, and those same mediums are celebrated as part of the fabric of pop culture. So when adidas Skateboarding, a brand known for its roots in street culture, got the opportunity […]

It’s official: summer festival season has begun. Brands looking to court younger consumers are coming out in droves, all vying to engage with an increasingly inundated demographic. One of the younger-skewing fests is Governors Ball, which claims that 42 percent of its 155,000-plus attendees in 2017 were younger than 25 years old. EM was there […]

As the official beer of the NFL through 2022, Bud Light needed a sizable presence at the NFL Draft April 26-28 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Because when you’re in Texas, you go big or go home. From a strategy perspective, the trifecta of beer, football and friendship aligned with Bud Light perfectly. “As […]