Launched in 2012, UCLA’s advertising campaign featured notable Bruins, highlighting their accomplishments that made a difference with the belief that anything is possible. Called the “Optimists” campaign, the messaging has remained relatively unchanged for the past seven years. With the advent of UCLA’s 100 year anniversary, the time was right to unveil a new, updated message and transition the brand campaign to effectively communicate the positive impact UCLA has on making the world a better place. The new campaign needed to be rooted in UCLA’s mission of research, education and service. It needed to highlight society’s most pressing challenges and how UCLA programs and research are developing solutions for them. Knowledge discussed in the classroom, plays a fundamental role in solving the biggest issues of our times. How do we show the power of knowledge? By showing knowledge is our path forward. To extend the brand campaign into social media, videos were created to tell stories of what UCLA is doing to resolve issues of our times.
Ideas for the most part, are subjective. Some are good. Some are bad. Some resonate with clients. Some don’t. Some get revised. Some look very different once they go into production. Like all projects that have ever been undertaken, there will always be some ideas that will never make it past the drawing board. Below are some of the concepts that didn’t make it, but they can still inspire the imagination.
