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Slack Japan

2018

00:00:16
Slack Japan
  • Slack Japan
Client: Slack Technologies, Inc
Agency: PARTY New York
Agency: PARTY

Idea: Miho Ishizuka

Creative Director: Masashi Kawamura（Whatever）
Planner: Hiroki Nakamura (PARTY)
Art Director, Designer (Video): Miho Ishizuka (PARTY)
Copywriter: Yuki Ohtsu (PARTY)
Producer: Hiroyuki Nakayama (PARTY)
Creative & Client Relations Manager: Mandy Wang (PARTY)
Film Director: Takuya Demura (CAVIAR)
Art Director, Designer (Graphics): Yutaka Saji (15cc)
Producer: Mariko Tsutsumi (TAIYO KIKAKU Co., Ltd.)
Production Manager: Masami Ouchi (TAIYO KIKAKU Co., Ltd.)
Production Assistant: Rina Kikuchi (TAIYO KIKAKU Co., Ltd.)
Production Assistant: Ayaka Miwa (TAIYO KIKAKU Co., Ltd.)
Offline Editor: Rintaro Kozasa (TAIYO KIKAKU Co., Ltd.)
Stills Photographer: Akiko Isobe
Hair&Makeup: Minako Suzuki
Motion Graphics Designer: Suguru Tachikawa
Sound Designer: Taeji Sawai
Cinematographer: Yoshinobu Yoshida (GLASSLOFT inc.)
Art Designer: Ayako Sakahara (GLASSLOFT inc.)
Lighting Technician: Cosilo Ueno (UENO)
Stylist: Toshio Takeda (MILD inc)
Casting Director: bobbie tanabe (EXILES HYPE INC.)
Cast: Mutsue Koubara (BARK IN STYLE)
Cast: Kota Nakamura (B-TOKYO)
Cast: Kiyoto (esQUISSE)
Online Editor: Shunsuke Endo (kiCk inc.)
Mixer: Yuko Baba (Video mix labo)
Colorist: Yoshiro Kamei (Sony PCL Inc.)
Narrator: Ryo Shimokawa (aksent)
Photography Producer: Minoru Nishikigi (amana inc.)
Photography Producer: Sho Nawa (amana inc.)
Retoucher: Mizu Iwasawa (RIZING)
We produced a marketing campaign for Slack’s launch in Japan. We created 15-second TV commercials, online videos, posters, and other OOH materials for a multi-layered rollout. Using live action and motion graphics, we depicted the before-and-after of introducing Slack, expressing in a simple before-and-after format how Slack makes people’s work more efficient. We highlighted the platform’s features, such as bringing team communication and business apps together in one place and storing all conversations, decisions, files, and tools in Slack’s searchable archive. After this campaign was released, the number of users in Japan became second only to the United States, making a significant contribution to Slack’s growth in Japan.

People

M Miho Ishizuka unverified Idea / Art Director / Designer M Masashi Kawamura unverified Director H Hiroki Nakamura unverified Planner Y Yuki Ohtsu unverified Copywriter H Hiroyuki Nakayama unverified Producer M Mandy Wang unverified Creative Director / Client Relations Manager T Takuya Demura unverified Director Y Yutaka Saji unverified Art Director / Designer M Mariko Tsutsumi unverified Producer M Masami Ouchi unverified PM R Rina Kikuchi unverified PM A Ayaka Miwa unverified PM R Rintaro Kozasa unverified Editor A Akiko Isobe unverified Photographer M Minako Suzuki unverified Hair / Makeup S Suguru Tachikawa unverified Motion Graphics Designer T Taeji Sawai unverified Sound Designer Y Yoshinobu Yoshida unverified Cinematographer A Ayako Sakahara unverified Art Designer C Cosilo Ueno unverified Lighting T Toshio Takeda unverified Stylist b Bobbie Tanabe unverified Casting Director M Mutsue Koubara unverified Cast K Kota Nakamura unverified Cast K Kiyoto unverified Cast S Shunsuke Endo unverified Editor Y Yuko Baba unverified Sound Mixer Y Yoshiro Kamei unverified Colorist R Ryo Shimokawa unverified Narrator M Minoru Nishikigi unverified Producer S Sho Nawa unverified Producer M Mizu Iwasawa unverified Retoucher

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