September 5, 2010
Last heard: The Bird and The Bee – One On One

Maximum Tailgate

Promotion for Pepsi and Gizmodo

Maxium Tailgate for Pepsi Max is one of the most successful integrated content programs Gawker Media has ever developed. Starring New York Giants fan Eddy D and his Big Blue Bus, the program encouraged Gizmodo nerds and Deadspin sports geeks to submit their greatest homemade tailgating inventions for a chance to win a trip to the Super Bowl.

I wrote and shot the entire content series. I also developed 12 custom flash and video ad units, plus created 20 sponsored posts. More than 10,000 people voted on submissions ranging from a Lite-Brite-enabled beer pong table to a stone pizza oven in the shape of a Buffalo Bills helmet, eventually awarding the esteemed title of Maximum Tailgater to a man from Arkansas.

When all was said and done, the program delivered more than 66 million impressions.

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Maximum Tailgate on Gizmodo

Client

Gizmodo and Pepsi

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Creative Director

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