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FAN-LED
Brand Growth

creating Real influence in the real world

Brand growth model

Fans don’t want more magic in their marketing. Fans want more magic in their lives.

We build a brand’s system of influence by creating real-world actions designed for fan participation and advocacy. By deeply understanding your brand, your fans, and what inspires real-world participation, we create the foundation for robust brand influence.

Brand Action × Fan-led social proof × Amplification = Brand momentum.

WHAT WE DO

3 Interconnected Modules

Fan Strategy

Insights & brand opportunity

  • Research: Brand, fans, culture, comms.
  • Strategic action brief: Fan plans + tactcial moments.
  • Integrated workshops & opportunity mapping.
  • Identify co-creation partners to brief.

Brand Action

Tangible ideas that earn fan participation & advocacy

  • Cultural products, brand artifacts, packaging design, experiences, partnerships, moments.
  • Concept, design, prototype.
  • Testing and evaluation
  • Feasibility and production logistics.

Cultural Amplification

Earned, owned, paid, partnerships

  • Communications planning & cultural strategy.
  • Social, influencer, content creators, PR.
  • Content creation & capture, advertising.

Co-Creation Model

Our strategy phase identifies not only what a brand should do, but also who to create the Brand Action - and Amplification - with.

  • Brand action: We bring in designers and makers who specialize in experiences, cultural products, or other solutions based on the strategic opportunity.
  • Fan community: We identify potential co-creators and cultural collaborators to bring into brand action development, who bring a unique perspective on a fan community
Who We Are

Julian Cheevers

Integrated operations lead

Previously led integrated teams across portfolio of brands at Wieden+Kennedy and Droga5, including Nike, Under Armour, Diet Coke, Mailchimp. Managing Director, Apple/ Media Arts Lab. Head of marketing & brand strategy, Vista and Bose.His work has earned a Cannes Titanium, 4 x Cannes Grand Prixs, 2 x Brand of the Year, 1 x Agency of the Decade.

Ed Cotton

Strategy lead

Deep experience in positioning and brand platforms, driven by audience and cultural insights. He has unlocked growth and creative impact across Apple, Nike, BMW’s MINI, Amazon, Sony, Unilever, Walmart, and Lego. Former Chair of the 4As Strategy Committee and Effie Finals Judge, his work has earned multiple One Shows, Clios, Effies. The 4As named him ‘100 Shaping the Future of US advertising’.

the collective

We collaborate with a select community of experienced practitioners and boutique studios who share our vision for fan led brand growth. This enables us to augment the core team with the right partners, specific to the strategic needs of the category, the brand and its fans. No executional bias, no unnecessary layers.

We’re building a community of experienced practitioners in fan strategy, brand actions and cultural amplification.

To learn more about collaborating together, email us at hello@peopleinthewild.com

Experience

Deep expertise, fresh perspective. Sample of case studies from founders hands-on experiences that led to the foundation of People In The Wild. We’ve taken the lessons of success, along with fresh perspective on how to super charge a bespoke solution for fan strategy, cultural actions and cultural amplification.

fans don’t want more magic in their marketing. fans want more magic in their lives.