
Project overview
Designed to energize and motivate Appfire’s lower-tier partners, this campaign brought together strategy, storytelling, and timely creative direction. I led the design and art direction, building a fully on-brand system rooted in the Appfire design language while introducing an Olympics-inspired visual approach and messaging to coincide with the real event happening at the time. This thematic foundation helped create a sense of momentum, ultimately driving meaningful participation across the partner ecosystem. The campaign exceeded Q3 2024 engagement goals by 10% and generated 30+ net new contacts who previously had little to no contact with Appfire.
Role
Lead Designer
Date
2024
Team
Anna P.
Melissa H.
Robin G.
Skills
Art Direction
Illustration
Web Design

Driving engagement through a weekly system
To encourage participation from lower-tier partners, the campaign was designed as a multi-week engagement program built around a simple but motivating premise: complete weekly activities, earn points, and unlock rewards. Each week, a new task to complete was revealed, giving partners a reason to return and keep momentum steady throughout the campaign's run. To guide partners through the experience, supporting touch points were created across multiple channels, including targeted Google ads and weekly email announcements that drove traffic back to the landing page. The final deliverables included a centralized landing page to act as the campaign hub, weekly email communications, Google ad sets, and custom swag items tied to point-based prize tiers. Together, these components formed a cohesive system that made the campaign easy to follow and engaging from start to finish.


Balancing consistency with competitive energy
Crafting the visual direction meant balancing Appfire’s established brand system with the competitive energy of an Olympics-inspired campaign. The experience needed to feel distinctly on-brand while introducing a sense of momentum and friendly rivalry. Each week was given its own unique illustration, with activity point values incorporated directly into the visual using Olympic medals. By extension, the same illustration was used both the weekly email and the corresponding landing page section creating a seamless, recognizable experience as users moved between touch points. Another key challenge was ensuring the entire system worked across both dark and light mode, an essential requirement of the Appfire brand. Every asset, was designed with flexibility in mind in order to maintain contrast, clarity, and consistency across both environments. This added complexity to the design process, but ultimately resulted in a Olympics inspired campaign that felt fully aligned with the core Appfire brand.




Delivering on lasting Partner engagement
Credits
Hero Illustration and Sticker Design
Anna P.
Sr., Channel Marketing
Melissa H.
Director, Channel Marketing
Robin G.
