Selected work · 02Global social · Creative leadership · Community

InspireTogether

Football fans celebrating around the world in Kia's Inspire Together campaign

A social-first World Cup campaign that turned fans everywhere into one borderless stadium.

The challenge

Make Kia’s global sponsorship feel human—without relying on the stadium.

The 2022 World Cup arrived under intense scrutiny, while distance and cost kept millions of fans at home. With an organic, social-led program and no paid-media safety net, our work had to earn attention by giving people a genuine role in the story. As creative lead for Kia Worldwide’s global social team, I shaped a campaign designed to connect supporters across borders through the emotion they already shared.

Client
Kia Worldwide
Agency
Razorfish
Role
VP · Group Creative Director
Year
2022

The idea

Even apart, we can cheer together.

Turn every screen into a place where the world could cheer as one.

Campaign films · 03

From fans.
For fans.

Football fans around the world cheering from home01 / 03Play film

Inspire Together

Rafael Nadal, international creators, and supporters around the world launched one invitation: show your team how you cheer.

Global campaign film

Fans celebrating with fireworks and social reactions02 / 03Play film

Global fan mashup

Weekly edits amplified the joy, nerves, and national pride captured by supporters across the tournament.

Social content series

Supporters from different nations celebrating the World Cup03 / 03Play film

The world cheers back

A final celebration brought the best supporter moments together—and showed how far one invitation traveled.

Tournament wrap film

Built for participation

The crowd became
the creative.

Supporters in national colors celebrating together
Real reactions · Shared worldwide

The system

An always-on engine for global momentum.

Fans submitted messages, celebrations, and team pride through social. We vetted and remixed that material into weekly films, responded directly to the community, and carried selected fan voices all the way onto the stadium’s big screens.

The impact

Organic energy at global scale.

90M
Owned-content impressions
106K
Organic engagements
Kia’s typical engagement rate
97%
Positive or neutral net sentiment

The work became one of Kia’s highest-engagement social programs of 2022, building visibility through participation rather than interruption.

Creative leadership

One global idea. Many local voices.

I led the Kia Worldwide global social creative team at Razorfish, shaping the platform, campaign films, creator participation, fan-content system, and week-to-week creative response across the tournament.

Credits

VP · Group Creative Director
Patrick Weishampel
Creative Director
Sonia Acosta
Creative Director · Copy
Brian Friedrich
Social Strategy Director
Matt Heindl
Agency
Razorfish
Client
Kia Worldwide · Seoul
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