With some magenta flair and a flashy mix of motion graphics and editing, create a template for a text-driven video that can be used to effectively convey key information about performance metrics from T-Mobile's recent social campaigns.
The social team at T-Mobile works hard to create content that captivates their audience and drives engagement each month, and to ensure that work is having an impact, they regularly review how their recent work has been performing, and they share that info with other internal T-Mobile teams. Now, they could just throw a bunch of bullet points on a slide, but that's a little boring, so T-Mobile's social team would like to find a more interesting and informative visual way to share a recap of their latest performance metrics.
To show off their social performance metrics and recent achievements in a repeatable way, T-Mobile needs a fast editor to create a template for a text-driven video up to :60, using text, motion graphics, and video assets to provide an overview of the social video campaigns they have created recently. The "template" you create will be used to showcase the most recent metrics, but we're calling it a template because they want a consistent plug-and-play format that can be applied to future performance recaps. You'll be delivering both an initial recap video, and project files that can be used for those future recaps. Once greenlit, the T-Mobile team will share the exact metrics and any video assets they will need to be included in the first videos, but for now, you should consider how you might find a savvy way to show off standard performance measures, such as: video impressions, video view rates, engagement rates, and video reach.
The T-Mobile team is open to all sorts of creative ideas for the execution here, whether it's a fun 2D animation, motion graphics, or even some kind of mixed media. The key limiting factor is that your approach needs to feel plug-and-play for future recaps, so while you might use stop motion as a foundation, any text would need to be a digital overlay on top of that. You should also consider that you'll need to showcase several different achievements, one after the other, so you need some kind of clever visual device that allows for natural transitions. If you're selected, we'll NDA you and give you a list of the achievements they want to cover. In success, the T-Mobile team may come back to you on a regular basis to make visual updates, or simply input the updated assets and metrics.
You will be required to work within the Adobe Creative Cloud for your project and your files should be well organized. For your pitch submission, we would encourage you to share a sample video that illustrates what you're thinking in terms of a creative approach. Feel free to throw in a few different creative options too, so the brand can pivot if they really like your past work, but aren't in love with your primary creative approach. For any questions or other project updates, check out the Project Forum.
DELIVERABLES: There is 1 total video asset.
EXPECTED TIMELINE: HERE
EXPOSURE: We expect content will be used on the platforms below, but if casting talent, be sure they review our required Talent Release before they're cast, as it is NOT limited to these platforms. You should also review our Music providers in the Project Requirements, as well as the platform best practices.
TARGET AUDIENCE: Internal T-Mobile Employees and Industry analysts
TONE/FEEL: Flashy, savvy, engaging, fast-paced, professional and informative
EXECUTIONAL MANDATORIES:
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MUSIC: If you use music from a library for your content, you MUST use one of Tongal's three music providers: Jingle Punks, Universal Production Music and Epidemic Sound. Music from these providers is available to registered Tongal members at no charge solely for their incorporation into submissions to this project, and will not require a Music Release Form. To learn more, click on any of the providers' names above.
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STOCK FOOTAGE: Tongal has partnered with the stock footage library STORYBLOCKS, which can be used to source video clips, photography, and After Effects templates for your video submission to this project. Video or photo content from Storyblocks is available at no charge, solely for incorporation into submissions on this project, and will not require a separate Release Form. If identifiable people or intellectual property appears in a video clip or photo, you may only utilize assets that are clearly marked “Model released: Yes” or “Property release: Yes” on the clip description pages. You may not use any audio.
If you intend to use Storyblocks, inform your Tongal producer, and an account will be created for you to access the library. Once assets are approved for delivery, you must provide a complete list of all Storyblocks content that you used via our template HERE.
ASSET DELIVERY REQUIREMENTS & RESOURCES: You must also provide all project files, editing sequences and a 1080p .mov master file, using a ProRes, Animation, or Uncompressed Codec in order to submit final payment. You are responsible for any costs associated with the hard drive and shipping. Tongal also reserves the right to request all raw files associated with the project.
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