For years, AXE was losing relevancy and penetration with its core target audience: Gen-Z males. In 2020, AXE was releasing a new product line, AXE Wild, and Edelman was tasked with building awareness and attraction amongst AXE’s core audience—Gen-Z males—and develop engaging content that could be amplified at scale.
We knew that AXE’s target audience’s primary passion is gaming—more specifically, Fortnite, a battle royale-style of gaming—and one of their most favorite forms of entertainment is watching their favorite streamers play Fortnite live on platforms like Twitch and YouTube. So, we wanted to lean into this gaming passion and grab our audience’s attention on these platforms in a surprising, but delightful way.