The Oval Office
Herpositionering The Oval Office: 'Experience Driven Communication'
The Oval Office|
October 16, 2020

The Oval Office is developing into a fully-fledged creative communication agency, but one with its own vision: 'Experience Driven Communication'. To reinforce this step, the strategic and creative team will be expanded and the communication expertise sharpened. The Dutch team, together with their Belgian colleagues, will create striking communication campaigns where unique experiences are at the heart.


Experiences enrich life and communication campaigns

More than ever, the power and importance of personal experiences became apparent during the corona crisis. Bart van Wanrooij, Managing Director: “Suddenly we were no longer allowed to get (too close) together, all live events stopped and many of us could no longer even see their own parents. As a result, everyone discovered even more that we need each other and that we want to share experiences that matter. This applies not only from person to person, but also from person to brand. The Oval Office Nederland wants to build on this more than ever with strong campaigns and special experiences. To ensure that the maximum is achieved from that relationship for both parties. Hence 'Experience Driven Communication'. ”


Expertises in external and internal communication

In order to translate this vision into successful 360 ° communication campaigns, the agency strengthens its communication expertise. Van Wanrooij: “In recent years, the demand for the use of experience communication as part of long-term campaigns has steadily increased. The Oval Office has played a pioneering role in this. For example, today we design employee engagement campaigns that reach from Asia to America, in no fewer than 12 languages. Naturally, this requires specific in-house expertise such as project management of content and media use and that of digital & social productions. We now have that expertise in-house. Our team will soon be further strengthened by an experienced Communications Director; she will be ready for our clients from mid-November to support them as a strategic sparring partner in creating authentic and effective brand campaigns. ”


The way in which the agency looks at communication issues has also evolved further. Van Wanrooij: “We are expanding the baseline 'We make people experience brands' with 'We make brands experience people'. To make it clear that successful communication is more than ever a two-way street. People have always been central, but often as consumers. Experience Driven Communication looks at people as a full participant in economic, social and cultural life with their own beliefs, values, preferences, goals and needs. In communication too, for us it must primarily be about inspiring and touching people and allowing them to experience the added value of brands. And vice-versa. Only in this way can you build lasting relationships "


Together with Ronald Bekius and the live and activation team, we design holistic campaigns in which the power of content and storytelling, digital & social, media, loyalty experiences, events and brand activations are maximally expressed.


Ronald Bekius, Client Service Director Live Communication: “We are more convinced than ever that real experiences (whether they are physical, hybrid or virtual) are a powerful medium to connect people and brands. With our new vision we are now going to "all-the-way" in the campaigns we create: no communication without a live experience, no live experience without communication ".


So a lot of changes, captured in a completely new website: https://www.theovaloffice.nl

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