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Four services, one team. Strategy, creative and media sit at the same table on every brief, and every engagement answers to one number agreed before we start.

Crew pasting a giant campaign poster onto a building at night

Install night · Kestrel Air, Window Seat · Lisbon

Brand campaigns at Ardor

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Brand campaigns

Platform ideas and the films, outdoor and content that carry them for years, not a quarter.

A brand campaign starts with one idea strong enough to run for years: a platform, not a tagline. We find it with your customers, prove it in research, then make the film, outdoor and content that carry it into every market, with toolkits so local teams can keep it going without us.

Brand platform

Brand platform

Campaign film

Campaign film

Outdoor and print

Outdoor and print

Toolkits for local teams

Toolkits for local teams

How it runs

10 to 16 weeks to launch

Investment

from €80k

Social & creators

Always-on social and creator programmes that people choose to watch, save and send on.

Social is where people decide whether they like you. We run channels as a weekly studio: a small team that writes, films and posts on your brand every week, casts creators like a film cast rather than a media line, and answers the community in your voice.

Channel strategy

Channel strategy

Creator casting and contracts

Creator casting and contracts

Weekly content studio

Weekly content studio

Community management

Community management

How it runs

Monthly retainer

Investment

from €18k a month

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Launches

Products, places and new markets, launched with one plan from first teaser to sold out.

A launch is decided in seven days, so we plan backwards from launch week. One plan covers the teaser, the campaign, the events and the press moments, and in the week itself we run a war room with your team: one dashboard, one call every morning, budget held back for what works.

Go-to-market plan

Go-to-market plan

Launch campaign

Launch campaign

Events and press moments

Events and press moments

Week-one war room

Week-one war room

How it runs

6 to 12 weeks

Investment

from €60k

Launches at Ardor

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Two ways to work together.

Most clients start with a project and stay on a retainer. Both start the same way: a free chemistry meeting, then a paid two-week sprint.

Project

6 to 18 weeks

One campaign or launch with a clear end date. You get a fixed scope, a fixed fee and a team that stays the same from the first workshop to the results report.

Fixed scope and fee

Fixed scope and fee

Weekly work-in-progress every Friday

Weekly work-in-progress every Friday

Results report at 4 and 12 weeks

Results report at 4 and 12 weeks

Fixed fee, agreed up front

Best for launches, brand campaigns and new markets.

Best for launches, brand campaigns and new markets.

Retainer

6 months minimum

An always-on team for social, creators and media, working on your brand every week. The plan is set every quarter and the budget moves every week to what is working.

Dedicated team, named in the contract

Dedicated team, named in the contract

Quarterly plan, weekly optimisation

Quarterly plan, weekly optimisation

Monthly report against sales

Monthly report against sales

Monthly fee, reviewed each quarter

Best for social, creators and paid media.

Best for social, creators and paid media.

Before you brief us.

The questions marketing directors ask in the first call. If yours isn’t here, ask it in the brief.

The Ardor studio floor on the Keizersgracht

Do you pitch for free?

No creative pitches for free. We offer a free two-hour chemistry meeting, then a paid two-week sprint with one recommendation. The sprint fee is credited against the first project if you hire us.

What is the smallest project you take on?

Most of our projects start at €60k. For social and media retainers the starting point is around €12k to €18k a month. If your budget is smaller, tell us anyway: we will say honestly whether we are the right fit, and who might be.

Who will actually work on our account?

The people you meet in the first conversation. Every client has a named team in the contract, including a lead from strategy, creative and media, and the founders stay involved in every account.

Do you work with our in-house team or other agencies?

Often. We regularly hand toolkits to in-house teams and work alongside PR, retail and performance agencies. We agree who owns what in the first week so nothing falls between us.

Which markets do you cover?

We run campaigns in 23 markets from Amsterdam, with local partners for production, translation and media buying where it helps. Most clients launch across the Netherlands, Germany, the Nordics and the UK.

How do you measure success?

We agree one number we answer to before we start, usually sales, bookings or market share, and report against it every month. Reach and views are reported too, but as an explanation, not as the result.

How quickly can you start?

Usually within two to three weeks of a signed sprint. For launches with a fixed date, tell us the date in your brief and we will tell you straight away whether it is realistic.

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