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Case study — The Light Guys · Holiday campaign

We make merry happen.

The Light Guys needed a holiday campaign built to keep a fast-moving social feed recognizable. We created one vivid campaign world—premium homes, saturated color, a mischievous elf, and a promise that makes professional lighting feel joyful from the first post to the final reveal.

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thelightguys.net · Holiday social
The Light Guys Holiday Campaign website homepage

Project type

CampaignSocialMotion

Industry

Holiday LightingLocal Service

Capabilities

Creative DirectionCampaign StrategySocial DesignMotion Design
Selected social motion

Merry, made to move.

Nine short films carry the campaign from finished installations into a lively holiday world—bright homes, saturated color, and a little elf-powered magic.

The Light Guys · Holiday campaign motion

Merry in a Flash

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Use the Left and Right arrow keys to move between clips. Press Space to play or pause, M to mute or unmute, and Escape to close.

The campaign, live

One campaign, every format.

Explore the full social and motion campaign in the project deck.

The challenge

Make a seasonal service impossible to scroll past.

Holiday lighting has a narrow moment to earn attention. The campaign needed to create a distinct feeling quickly, while still showing the craft behind a professional installation and giving The Light Guys a memorable voice that could work across many homes, colors, and post formats.

The Light Guys elf presenting a warmly lit holiday homeA red-lit holiday home from The Light Guys campaignA green-lit holiday home from The Light Guys campaign
What we built

One promise. Forty-six ways to make it feel real.

“We Make Merry Happen” became the campaign platform. It holds together classic warm-white installations, full-color showpieces, red and green moments, and one playful campaign elf—giving every post its own reason to stop while still belonging to the same holiday world.

A flexible campaign line with a recognizable voice across every executionDistinct warm-white, full-color, red, and green visual familiesA recurring character that gives the work personality without taking focus from the finished homeNine short motion pieces that extend the campaign beyond static social
The digital experience

A campaign site that behaves like a reel.

The campaign deck turns a large body of work into one complete seasonal world. Motion gives the core visual system movement, the social grid makes the scale tangible, and every detail gives The Light Guys a deeper library to use through the season without making the feed feel repetitive. It also demonstrates how our digital campaign work can turn a large creative system into one coherent experience.

The Light Guys elf in front of a vibrant purple and blue holiday-light installationColor Takes Root campaign motion still showing a colorful outdoor holiday displayMeet the Holiday Magic campaign motion still showing a professionally lit home
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Social campaign ads built to stand alone and strengthen the larger campaign
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Short motion films that carry the campaign into movement
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Cohesive holiday world, held together by We Make Merry Happen
The format can change. The feeling stays the same: we make merry happen.
Brendan Collins
Project lead

Brendan Collins

Brendan led the campaign’s creative direction, social system, motion direction, and campaign deck design.

His focus was cohesion: giving dozens of distinct holiday moments enough room to surprise while making every post and film feel unmistakably The Light Guys.

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