The MMA Smarties™ Awards are the only global awards that are specifically focused on mobile marketing. Mark1 is proud to be shortlisted with top mobile marketing innovators for the global award.

The Global event takes place on Monday, 26 September, in New York.

“The Opel Adam (GM) campaign is one that we’re particularly proud of. We used rich media in a way that surpassed global benchmarks. All while keeping our local audience front of mind. We didn’t want data costs to get in the way of people being able to use the rich media ad unit so we made sure it was under 100kb but with full functionality,” says Brendan Sterley, creative director of Mark1 Labs.

Within the ad unit, a user is able to:

  •  View the car in different colour options by swiping left/right.
  •  Get a 360 view of the car. 
  •  Enjoy an interior tour, which is pannable by the user.
  •  View the television commercial 
  •  Interact using social media sharing as well as request a test drive and quote 
  •  Locate their nearest dealership 

Over two million people saw the ad of which nearly 12 000 interacted with the unit for 26 seconds, which is 12 seconds more than the global standard.

Mark1 Labs takes pride in being right at the leading edge of design. Always testing the limits and looking for new ways to make ad units which are “thumb stopping” and engage users in an organic way. Producing work that is world class isn’t an option but a requirement. Being the only African company shortlisted for the MMA Global Smarties™ Awards this year just affirms it.

Chris Babayode, MD MMA EMEA comments; “We’ve seen a huge increase in entries from South Africa locally and within the EMEA region – in fact in both quantity and in the breadth and depth of creativity, innovation and effectiveness. It’s a great testament to continually have South African businesses and campaigns being recognised on the global stage.”

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