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Shell: Lubricating Shell Helix's new brand experience

Shifting Helix from technical marketing to consumer experience, a nationwide ‘Drive On’ roadshow with a loyalty programme at its heart.

Shell: Lubricating Shell Helix's new brand experience
Client
Shell Helix
Discipline
Experience
Year
2018

The Challenge

From technical to experiential.

Shell Helix launched a global initiative, Shell Helix Drive On, to connect more directly with consumers, marking a major strategic shift away from traditional technical marketing toward a consumer-focused, experiential approach in support of its 2018 goal: reaching new geographic and demographic segments.

The Solution

A pop-up garage on tour.

Drive On served two purposes at once, introducing a new loyalty programme, SHARE, while running a brand-experience roadshow, pairing acquisition with retention. The activation featured a pop-up garage with a motion-equipped custom racing simulator and an electricity-generating bicycle challenge that lit up a life-sized Shell Helix logo.

The Impact

New markets, captured.

Over three months the roadshow reached 15 locations across 10 states , engaging around 15,000 consumers , registering some 8,000 SHARE members and supporting roughly 400 sales , contributing directly to Helix’s strategy of capturing new markets.

Drive On, Shell Helix’s move from the lab to the living room.