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Under the Armour

Under Armour

Project Overview

Under Armour is a human performance company. They exist to make you better. So when they asked us how their brand mission should evolve to fit the changing world, we developed a creative platform and global marketing initiative to extend their mission into new territory...

We’ve always given athletes the armor to accomplish impossible feats. To push past their limits. To reach any goal. But even the toughest external armor cannot make up for an untrained mind. And we'll always just be scratching at the surface of human potential if we ignore the most powerful thing about being human. So it's time we lifted the armor we’ve placed on athletes. The shiny layer that makes us see them as superhuman - and instead looked beneath it. Because it’s not just the armor we put up that makes us strong, it’s what lies underneath. It’s time to go Under the Armour.


The launch campaign served to define our brand position on mental strength, validate our perspective with athlete stories and provide tools and exercises for all athletes to train and improve mental strength.

The story came to life across broadcast film, social content, retail and in-store placements, radio and streaming audio, digital advertising, and an online mental strength training hub. It was produced for key markets across North and South America, Asia and EMEA, with our content being translated into more than 10 languages.

Launch spots

We introduced our platform with films featuring real athletes touting the importance of mental strength and teaching viewers some of their training techniques and exercises.
Leveraging UA's sponsored athletes to lend credibility to our campaign and drive users to the Performance Academy.

Train like the pros

Leveraging UA's sponsored athletes to lend credibility to our campaign across all media and drive users to the Performance Academy.

UA Performance Academy

Our advertising didn't just establish our POV on mental strength, it drove to a robust online hub full of mental strength education and tools that backed up our promise with real utility. Developed in partnership with a renowned Sports Psychiatrist, we developed hours of animated, audio and written content and exercises to help athletes train their minds for peak performance.
Embodying the brand's mission to make you better, we made sure even UA's marketing made you better, incorporating some of our custom mental strength training exercises right into our ads.

Advertising that makes you better

Embodying the brand's mission, we made sure even UA's marketing makes you better, incorporating some of our custom mental strength training exercises right into our ads.
Retail stores gave us an opportunity to wrap UA brand houses in our messaging and promote our online destination for mental strength education and training.
Every athlete can find more success by training what's #UnderTheArmour

Extending the brand ethos

Under Armour believes "The Only Way Is Through" and for our platform, that comes to life through the mind. After all, every athlete can find more success by training what's #UnderTheArmour

Content extensions

More than an integrated campaign, "Under the Armour" is a fully formed messaging foundation with endless opportunities for inspiring athlete stories that continue to populate UA's social platforms.
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