CHEVROLET x
MANCHESTER UNITED
Shirt Reveal

CHEVROLET x MANCHESTER UNITED
Shirt Reveal

Debuting the world's biggest sports sponsorship for the world's biggest club where dry ice, confetti canons, laser shows and oversized scissors wouldn't really cut it.

To celebrate the first Manchester United shirt to bear the name Chevrolet— there have only been five sponsors in the club’s storied 136 year history—this global launch spot introduces Chevrolet not just as a faceless sponsor, but rather as a passionate fan.

Premiered during the semifinals of the World Cup.

Online, a shareable interactive video invited fans to upload their own face to wear the shirt and be part of the team.

To celebrate the first Manchester United shirt to bear the name Chevrolet— there have only been five sponsors in the club’s storied 136 year history—this global launch spot introduces Chevrolet not just as a faceless sponsor, but rather as a passionate fan.

Premiered during the semifinals of the World Cup.

Online, a shareable interactive video invited fans to upload their own face to wear the shirt and be part of the team.

Some stats:

+ 17+ million views in the first two weeks alone across
    all social channels

+ 3+ billion impressions worldwide

+ 2,400+ press articles  

+ 190+ broadcast clips

+ 900,000+  photo uploads to the app in the first week

+ A staggering 28% engagement rate, also the highest
   of any video
in the history of either of the three brands

+ Record of most football shirts sold

+ Most-liked, most-watched and most-shared film in the histories of Chevrolet,
   General Motors and Manchester United


To celebrate the first Manchester United shirt to bear the name Chevrolet— there have only been five sponsors in the club’s storied 136 year history—this global launch spot introduces Chevrolet not just as a faceless sponsor, but rather as a passionate fan.

Premiered during the semifinals of the World Cup.

Online, a shareable interactive video invited fans to upload their own face to wear the shirt and be part of the team.

Some stats:

+ 17+ million views in the first two weeks
    alone
 across all social channels

+ 3+ billion impressions worldwide

+ 2,400+ press articles  

+ 190+ broadcast clips

+ 900,000+ photo uploads to the app in
    the first
week

+ A staggering 28% engagement rate, also
   the highest of any video in the history of
   either of
 the three brands

+ Record of most football shirts sold

+ Most-liked, most-watched and most-shared
   film in the histories of Chevrolet, General
   Motors and Manchester United


Some stats:

+ 17+ million views in the first two
   weeks alone across all social
   channels

+ 3+ billion impressions worldwide

+ 2,400+ press articles  

+ 190+ broadcast clips

+ 900,000+ photo uploads to the
   app in the first week

+ A staggering 28% engagement
   rate, also the highest of any video
   in the history of either of the three
   brands

+ Record of most football shirts sold

+ Most-liked, most-watched and
   most-shared film in the histories of
   Chevrolet, General Motors and
   Manchester United

Some stats:

+ 17+ million views in the first two
   weeks alone across all social
   channels

+ 3+ billion impressions
   worldwide

+ 2,400+ press articles  

+ 190+ broadcast clips

+ 900,000+  photo uploads to
   the
app in the first week

+ A staggering 28%
   engagement
rate, also the
   highest of any video
 in the
   history of either of the three

   brands

+ Record of most football shirts
   sold

+ Most-liked, most-watched and
   most-shared film in the
   histories of Chevrolet, General
   Motors and Manchester United

Some stats:

+ 17+ million views in the
   first two weeks alone
   across all social channels

+ 3+ billion impressions
   worldwide

+ 2,400+ press articles  

+ 190+ broadcast clips

+ 900,000+  photo uploads
   to the
app in the first
   week

+ A staggering 28%
   engagement
rate, also
   the highest of any video
   in the history of either of
   the three
brands

+ Record of most football
   shirts sold

+ Most-liked, most-
   watched and most-
   shared film in the
   histories of Chevrolet,
   General Motors and
   Manchester United

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And when the club played Real Madrid in a friendly at Michigan’s The Big House in Ann Arbor, it became the largest match ever attended in US soccer history.

109,318 fans sang along as the spot played on the jumbotrons.

Role:
Creative director/ AD
Co-director (interactive video)

Agency:
Commonwealth//McCann

with

Creative:
Greg Collins 
Andreas Dahlqvist
Linus Karlsson

Account:
Dave Paxton
Derek Chappo

Production:
Craig Mungons 
Jeff Beverly

PM:
Jenny Convery