05Service
Star powerwith a planattached.
A celebrity post is the most expensive single asset in most campaigns and the easiest to waste. The value is not the announcement. It is what the rest of the ecosystem does with it in the seventy-two hours afterwards.
The fee buys a moment; almost nobody plans what happens after it
Talent is signed for fame rather than audience fit, the post goes live with nothing sequenced behind it, and the spike disappears by the weekend. The content cannot be reused because usage was capped at one post, and the brand has bought a photograph rather than a campaign.
- 01Talent chosen by recognition, not by whether their audience buys the category
- 02One post, no ecosystem, no second wave
- 03Usage rights so narrow the asset cannot run in paid
How the work actually runs.
AApproach
- 01
Shortlist against audience, then affinity
Recognition is table stakes. We look at who actually follows the talent, whether they have credibility in the category, and what their last three brand associations did to that credibility.
- 02
Negotiate the whole package
Fee, deliverables, exclusivity, territory, duration, paid usage, appearances and approval rounds are negotiated together, because agreeing them separately is how budgets double.
- 03
Build the ecosystem before the drop
Creators, media and community activity are lined up to catch the moment. The celebrity supplies the spark; the creator layer supplies the fire.
- 04
Protect both reputations
Claims review, disclosure, category-conflict checks and a crisis plan agreed in advance. A talent partnership is a shared reputation, in both directions.
- 05
Reuse what you paid for
The shoot produces cutdowns, stills and paid variants under the usage you bought, so the asset works for months rather than a day.
What you get.
BIncluded
- Talent strategy
- Category-fit analysis, audience overlap with your buyer, and a shortlist with honest risks named.
- Approach and negotiation
- Direct approach through management, commercial negotiation and the full contract.
- Production
- Shoot planning around talent availability, with a crew and a shot list that serves every downstream format.
- Ecosystem plan
- The creator, community and media layer that turns one post into a week.
- Compliance
- Disclosure, claims review and category-conflict checks appropriate to Indian endorsement guidance.
- Asset library
- Cutdowns, stills and paid variants delivered under agreed usage.
Formats this produces
- 01Announcement films
- 02Talent-led Reels
- 03Long-form interviews
- 04Event and launch appearances
- 05Co-created product moments
- 06Creator response wave
- 07Press and PR stills
- 08Paid cutdowns
What we report against.
CMeasurement
- 01Earned coveragePress and creator posts the fee did not buy
- 02Search liftBranded search in the week after the drop
- 03Second-wave reachReach from the creator layer, not the talent
- 04Asset reuseMonths the shoot keeps working
Targets are set per brief, never quoted from past work
Questions we get asked.
DQuestions
Sometimes. Celebrity buys legitimacy and press in a single move, which matters at launch or when entering a category cold. Creators buy frequency, credibility and content volume. The honest answer depends on whether your problem is being known or being believed.
Connected work
Relevant industries
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