Augmented Reality (AR) can bring new life to your ad creative. Interactive ads that require participation engage your audience in new and profound ways. In this workshop, you will learn how to create branded AR Lenses for Snapchat that can help you scale user acquisitions — and teams will compete for the chance to run and test the campaign live on Snapchat with up to a $5,000 budget (team’s local currency). Individuals will learn how to use Snap Lens Studio to create content using AR technology and teams will produce innovative ideas ready to become successful campaigns.

 

SCHEDULE

Agenda in Central European Time

DAY 1 09:00–09:30: Introduction 09:30–10:00: Round presentation participants 10:00–10:30: Presentation of the project 10:30–11:30: Marketing AR best practices 11:30–12:30: Creatives AR best practices 12:30–13:30: Break 13:30–16:00: Snap Lens Studio training 16:00–19:00: Briefing and campaign creation (TEAMS ONLY)

DAY 2 09:00–15:30: AR Lens Studio production (TEAMS ONLY) 09:00–15:30: Preparation of presentations (TEAMS ONLY) 15:30–16:00: Wrap-up experience (TEAMS ONLY)

DAY 3
Winners announced

 

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE?

Individuals interested in UA in AR

Anyone interested in learning more about UA in AR can attend Day 1 of the workshop. The workshop is a cross-functional creative content production format. Those attending Day 1 will walk away with marketing and creatives AR best practices as well as an understanding of Snap Lens Studio. Day 2 is reserved for company teams competing for the Snapchat ad campaign budget. Individuals are not eligible to attend Day 2 or compete for the prize.

Teams looking to build AR ad campaigns

Company teams can take part in both Day 1 and Day 2 of the workshop – with Day 2 being reserved exclusively for teams. We have room for up to six company teams in the mobile app industry who offer services or products and are active across social media channels. Each team will participate with four to six people coming from the brand, performance marketing, and creative teams. Each team will create a strategy using AR content to acquire new users.

By the end of the workshop each team will have AR content and a UA strategy to reach their audience. These teams will compete against each other for a chance to make their AR-driven UA strategy a reality on Snapchat with up to a $5,000 budget (team’s local currency).

The ideal structure for each team:

• 2 artists (1 designer, 1 motion designer)
• 1 brand manager
• 1 performance marketing manager (managing paid social budgets)
• 1 art director or creative director

PARTNERS

VR/AR ASSOCIATION (VRARA)

The VR/AR Association (VRARA) is an international organization designed to foster collaboration between innovative companies and people in the VR and AR ecosystem that accelerates growth, fosters research and education, helps develop industry standards, connects member organizations and promotes the services of member companies. With over 50 Chapters around the world in major cities, VRARA staff helps members locally and connects them to global opportunities. LEARN MORE HERE.