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A campaign for a running brand that celebrates the miles nobody sees: early, cold and entirely self-chosen.

Client
Northline Running
Year
2024
Discipline
Campaign
Location
Edinburgh, Scotland
Runner pushing through dense morning fog between rows of cheering spectators

( What we did )

  • Campaign concept
  • Art direction
  • Photography
  • Out of home

The challenge

Running advertising is full of finish lines and podiums. Northline's community runs before work, in the dark, for no medal at all, and they did not recognize themselves anywhere in the category.

Our approach

We built The Quiet Miles around real club members photographed in fog, rain and half-light, paired with lines taken from their own training logs. Posters ran at bus shelters along popular dawn routes, and every image linked to a route people could actually run.

The outcome

Club memberships grew by half during the campaign, and the route maps became the brand's most shared content of the year.

( Results )

What changed for Northline Running

  • 01

    +52%

    Club memberships during the campaign

  • 02

    310

    Bus shelters across four cities

  • 03

    18k

    Route downloads

( Core palette )

The four colors that carry the Northline identity across every touchpoint.

  • 01Fog#E7E4D6
  • 02Asphalt#2A2A2D
  • 03Leaf#B9893E
  • 04Signal#FF5B2E

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