Alitalia is the largest Italian airlines operating services to 24 domestic and 49 international destinations in 39 countries worldwide.
Alitalia, fully privatized in 2009, aims to be the preferred airline connecting Italy to the world, with a unique service that includes the values, the life style, the traditions and the culture of Italy.
Alitalia’s values are: Customer orientation, People, Working together, Entrepreneurial and competitive spirit, Innovation.
Alitalia is developing a new digital strategy, under the project internally named “e-Motion”.
“e-Motion” aims to be Alitalia new way of thinking digital, including Alitalia.com, mobile, social media, eServices (web check in, mobile check-in, my Alitalia, Manage my booking, etc).
The new release of Alitalia.com will be launched soon.
WHAT IS IT ?
In this step you will find information about the Brand Builder, who is asking you to propose a Solution for the challenge. He introduces himself (as a Brand of course :) The more you understand about the Brand, the more chances you have to create what is wanted.
IMPORTANT: There is a possibility that the Brand Builder prefers not to disclose who he is, usually for confidentiality reasons. Such Briefs will be published in an anonymous way. In this case the Brand Builder will say as much as he feels comfortable saying.
Here are two EXAMPLES
In case there is no problem with disclosing the identity (VISIBLE):
“NMN -No More Nicotine- is a Brand that promises to counteract the damages to the skin that can be caused by smoking. NMN is distributed in pharmacies and drugstores and its price positioning is middle-high; it is mainly promoted through professional endorsement and is not massively advertised.”
In case the Brand doesn’t want to disclose his identity (ANONYMOUS):
“Brand counteracting the damages to skin caused by smoking. Its products are distributed in pharmacies and drugstores with a middle-high price positioning; they are mainly promoted through professional endorsement and are not massively advertised.”
In summary: Who is your client (in a visible or “anonymous” way :)
In order to promote the launch of our new website release and Alitalia’s new digital strategy overall, we have developed several communications initiatives. One of them implies displaying, within the standard livery of some of our aircrafts, a creative pay-off.
Tasks.
Creators are asked to come up with a teasing and promotional pay –off and to develop it graphically in complete harmony with Alitalia’s logo and the aircrafts’ current livery. The message could either be descriptive or teasing.
The Objective of this initiative is to:
∞ raise interest and awareness into Alitalia’s digital developments (corporate objective)
∞ promote access to Alitalia.com as preferred channel for buying tickets, get services and information (marketing objective)
Creators must bear in mind that Alitalia is not a low cost airline. Therefore, the proposed formulas should not display only the URL – as most low cost airlines do.
WHAT IS IT ?
This is the task the Brand Builder asks you to accomplish. If you don’t understand it, you are completely out of luck !
EXAMPLE
“We ask the Creators to develop a print advertising campaign in order to increase Brand’s visibility. It will be used in national magazines this spring.”
In summary: It’s the objective of the client, therefore your objective too !
The target audience is Alitalia existing and potential customers and the general public.
WHAT IS IT?
People that the Brand Builder wants you to entertain and persuade to think, feel or do something using your creation. Usually you will read about their age, sex, social level and behaviors. You should always keep that information in mind while creating, as the target audience is the final recipient of what you create.
EXAMPLE
“Smoking girls and women who would like to quit smoking but can’t. Usually health-conscious adults who care about their looks. They feel guilty about smoking because they know it is harmful. They read books about it. This is a real problem for them: it’s like “My brain wants something, but my body acts of its own accord”. They don’t relate to my brand, they are just waiting for a trustworthy “helping hand”.
In summary: Get under their skin !
We would like that the target audience get a feeling of Alitalia’s new approach towards digital communications and the digital arena.
Furthermore, please remember that Alitalia and Alitalia.com represent a major brand of “Made in Italy”
WHAT IS IT?
The thing that the Brand Builder wants to make the target audience think/feel/do because of your creation.
Here are some very concrete examples:
∞ Some things people can think/feel:
- There is a new Brand (or product or idea or...) out there
- This Brand is better than the alternatives or than it used to be
- This Brand is worth paying more for
∞ Some things people can do:
- Start buying the Brand’s products
- Buy the Brand more often
- Stock more products of the Brand in their outlets
The above written examples are very concrete whilst often the proposition of the Brief is emotional. That’s even better as it can be more inspiring!
EXAMPLE
“We’d like to encourage smokers to use NMN in order to minimize the damage to their health while they are keeping giving up smoking (especially if they’ve already tried and failed before).”
In summary: Get inside their brain !
The e.Motion strategy shall produce tangible outcomes such as:
∞ increasing traffic on Alitalia.com
∞ promote Alitalia’s social media channels (mainly Twitter and Facebook)
∞ deliver a message of innovation
For the customers will be a different and new feeling.
WHAT IS IT?
This is the key to achieving the objective. It is what supports the proposition and makes it believable. Usually it is a rational statement.
EXAMPLE
“Every cigarette you smoke is causing damage to your appearance. A recent study took several pairs of identical twins where one twin was a lifelong smoker and the other had never smoked. The smokers’ skin was a quarter thinner than that of non-smokers, and in some cases there were differences of up to 40%. NMN contains thinning-blocking anti-oxidants which counteract the effect of nicotine on the skin.”
In summary: You are looking for arguments? You’ll find them here!
e-Motion Strategy : innovation, efficiency
Alitalia.com: Simplicity, innovation, efficiency and customer care
WHAT IS IT?
It’s who the Brand is. Yes... who!
Treat the Brand as a human being, as it has its own personality. To know the personality of the “client” is fundamental in order to provide a tailor-made job. So, read carefully the listed adjectives...
EXAMPLE
“Scientific, trustworthy, result-oriented, ‘a party’ to achieve your goals.”
In summary: Imagine the live person !
As said, the main use of the logo/pay-off will be on the outside body of our aircrafts. It may also be applied to on-line communications or events.
WHAT IS IT?
A list of places (or media, or things) where the target audience will see the outcome of your creation. In this step sometimes the Brand will also acknowledge you how much he plans to invest into production. This information will give you an insight whether to create a BIG project or make it small... :)
EXAMPLE
“This campaign is going to appear in lifestyle- and health-focused women magazines of New Zealand, during the spring of 2009. We plan to invest 500,000 USD, which means approximately buying 100 single pages.”
In summary: Consider the medium !
Pictures may be found at facebook.com/Alitalia
The aircraft livery is attached – please use it when making your proposal to indicate the position the payoff.
Attached some mock ups of the new website and some brand guidelines.
If the Brand has preferences or technical requirements that your Solution has to match, you will find them here.
Here are some items that you may find in this section:
∞ Guidelines or mandatory inclusions (do’s and/or don’ts)
∞ Business objectives
∞ Market and competitors overview
∞ Good and bad samples
Depending on the Brief, you may also find some files attached with a logo, pictures of product(s), a template that you should use in order to submit your ideas, or any other file that the Brand wants to share with you. So, study the attachments before starting creating.
In summary: Anything else you need to know (not written in the 7 steps before) !
