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Category
Craft / Writing
Annual ID
OS22_OH026B
About the Work
How do you capture Netflix in a bottle? With new titles popping up every day, chasing that relevance is a constant brand challenge. By the time you decide what to say and how to say it, your audience is often onto the next big thing.
Our mission: create a reactive brand fixture that evolves in real time and moves at the speed of conversation. And we call it The Netflix Marquee, currently glowing on Sunset Blvd.
Each Monday morning, we assemble 6 writers to decide on the message that will go up that week. Our main mantra: Be conversational, not promotional. In a category that relies on teases, release dates and “now streaming,” we are finding a new way to rewrite the entertainment marketing script.
We want the marquee to feel like your culturally-savvy, entertainment-obsessed bestie. We never alienate, go too obscure, or overdo the snark. It’s our first opportunity to bring the brand voice that we’ve honed for nearly a decade on social media to a new audience in the physical world.
Since launching in September 2021, the marquee generated over half a billion social impressions from just one billboard. Our first message, a simple reminder of our humble DVD beginnings, broke Linkedin and became the biggest post by any brand in their history.
Since then we’ve ignited a flame war between The Rock and Ryan Reynolds, honored Halle Berry’s directorial debut, and have been labeled a cultural landmark by Google. It’s been shared and celebrated by Netflix talent like Regina King, Kristen Bell, Julia Garner and Adam McKay and influencers like Casey Neistat and Emma Chamberlain.
With some good old fashioned copywriting, some black letters and a glowing sign, we’re proud to say we’ve figured out our own iconic way to capture Netflix in a bottle.
2022 Awards
Total Points: 9
Bronze Pencil
Credits
Design Firm
Gensler
Client / Brand
Netflix
Production Company
Traction 3D
McDaniel, Inc
Chief Marketing Officer
Bozoma Saint John
Brand Design Manager
Noah Nathan
Coordinator, US Media
Anna Rodriguez
Director of Global Brand Design
Noreen Morioka
Global Brand Creative, Marquee Lead
Spencer Somers
Global Brand, Marquee Production Lead
Lucia Riquelme
Global Brand, Creative Marketing Manager
Noel Tantinya
Global Brand, Marquee Programs Lead
Divya Reddy
Manager, US Media
Thankam Thomas
Marquee Editorial Lead
Jarett Weiselman
Print Producer
Alexis Levy
Vanessa Perez
Product Brand, Design Manager
Rachel Marshall
VP, Brand Marketing
Eric Pallota
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