Apple.com (UK) — Creative Direction
Apple.com (UK) — Creative Direction
Overview
Support Apple's AirPods ecosystem campaign — convincing on-the-fence buyers that AirPods is the essential product in their Apple arsenal. The challenge: do it without a single video asset, and without disrupting the buy flow.
The Opportunity
Highlight the magical experience of AirPods working seamlessly across the Apple ecosystem. Target the undecided audience — the ones who own Apple but haven't yet committed to AirPods.
The Approach
Lean on convenience and joy — hands-free calls, music without limitations — to make AirPods feel essential rather than aspirational. Nodding to the iconic silhouette while building something with its own visual language.
The Solution
A narrative-based component for the UK AirPods family page. Going beyond basic features whilst staying mindful of page length and the all-important buy flow — a carousel that earned its place on Apple.com.
Art Direction
Originally scoped with six hero videos highlighting AirPod and ecosystem features — interactive playback, play-on-scroll, the works. When it became clear the assets wouldn't arrive on time, we had to pivot fast.
We commissioned our own photoshoot and built a static image solution from scratch. The brief to ourselves: capture the iconic AirPods silhouette, give it a fresh visual language, and keep the product always in frame. No small task with a two-week runway.
The solution
Two hard constraints shaped the final direction. First: reduce scroll depth — analytics showed users consistently dropping off before the bottom of long brochure pages. Second: protect the buy flow. Apple was actively pivoting apple.com from a brochure model to a sell model, and any component that added friction was a liability.
After many rounds of iteration and stakeholder reviews, we landed on a visually compelling feature carousel — compact enough to preserve the buy flow, rich enough to drive genuine engagement.
Personalisation
We added one more layer of intelligence: when a user arrived via a specific media channel, the corresponding creative was automatically surfaced at the top of the carousel. Consistency from ad to page — relevance maintained throughout the journey.
Results
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Average story view — up from 24%
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Visits — 145% increase
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Higher non-bounce rate
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More buy flow visits