Heavy Metal Magazine - New Subscriptions Campaign

We needed to activate existing and acquire new Heavy Metal Magazine subscribers. Our campaigns celebrated the physical, tangible nature of the magazine while reaching out to the audiences on social media, search, and programmatically.

Challenge

Heavy Metal has been publishing the best illustrated magazine in the world for the last 50 years and, but the world of magazines and subscription has been slowly fading. We needed to activate existing and bring new Heavy Metal subscribers.

Insight

Both Gen Z and previous generations are embracing more friction in how they interact with art and where they engage with stories, driven by the social media overconsumption and algorithm-driven “content”. That’s why the leitmotif and the single-minded proposition of the campaign was the tangible nature of old-school magazine-reading experience and the long history of Heavy Metal Magazine as the source of forbidden, challenging, pulpy yet gorgeous artwork.

Implementation

New magazine issues with the different cover variants were the heroes of the campaign. We produced static and animated banners for social and programmatic campaigns, as well as 6”, 10”, and 15” spots for Reels, TikToks, and YouTube Shorts. Additional activities included email activation campaigns, re-engagement campaigns, and additional touchpoints for lapsed subscribers. Materials created in Poland were shown in the US.

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