OCTAGRAM

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Brand Manager Nike Basketball

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire OCTAGRAM?

Creation of Nike Basketball Banners for NBA.com placements

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

Trustworthy and Experienced team

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

Creation and Ideation of Assets from a VC. Adapting and translating the banners for the different markets.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Octavian and Sergiu worked on it, best in class.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Octagram is always delivering the best results under difficult and challenging circumstances.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Amazing workflow, Octagram has an incredible capability of adapting to the strict timelines.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Their Ad-Hoc services.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Everything worked incredibly fine.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I work in digital marketing at a retail/e-commerce firm.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire OCTAGRAM?

To update our order tracking pages, we hired Octagram for asset updates for all the different locales available.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor and what were the deciding factors?

We looked for an efficient agency who is good at asset creation and localisation and enables us to shift things quickly. Octagram is very good at this.

Describe the project in detail and walk through the stages of the project.

We used Octagram for several projects. We brief in the project and deliverables with the specs, fonts and all the info needed. Afterwards, we go through review rounds.

How many resources from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

2

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

The approach of Octagram is very efficient - they show a hands-on mentality and they're great in communicating. Great collaboration!

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Very efficient. Octagram is very responsive, and they communicate efficiently and nicely.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

Octagram is very approachable in their ways of working. They deliver quality, always with respect to the deadlines. They think with you, and are willing to help and guide if needed. In addition, the flow of communication is very good.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

No, I'm very satisfied with their services!

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Marketing Manager

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire OCTAGRAM?

OCTAGRAM was hired to produce a creative with existing assets and adapt it for print usage.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

We worked with OCTAGRAM in the past on similar projects who turned out to be successful.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

After an initial brief shared via email, we went through several rounds of feedbacks on their proposals. OCTAGRAM has been very responsive.

What was the team composition?

Creative review by the design team, project led by the brand function.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Confidential

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Confidential

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their commitment, responsiveness, and ability to understand our brief are impressive.

Is there any area for improvement or anything that could have been done differently?

None

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

AdBirds combines former Google and Facebook employees working together across the globe in every time zone to provide digital marketing services in more than 60 countries, 365 days per year.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire OCTAGRAM, and what were your goals?

We needed a new website, new presentation decks, etc and hired Octagram for this as they were highly recommended by former Nike employees to us.

SOLUTION

How did you select OCTAGRAM and what were the deciding factors?

Mainly thanks to the positive 'word of mouth' about Octagram we decided to hire them. After their first project we decided to hire them for several other projects being very happy with the results.

Describe the scope of work in detail, including the project steps, key deliverables, and technologies used.

Completely new website to be built, which is in progress. The newly created presentation slides have exceeded our expectations. Not only because the look&feel is to our liking, but also the efficient way they work. Plus superb communication processes.

How many people from the vendor's team worked with you, and what were their positions?

Approx 5 senior developers were involved on average.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any measurable outcomes of the project or general feedback about the deliverables?

We get positive feedback from our clients about the work from Octagram

Describe their project management style, including communication tools and timelines.

They work in a highly efficient professional way.

What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?

The team's approach is lean and mean.

Are there any areas for improvement or something they could have done differently?

Met/exceeded all our expectations.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

I'm the digital marketing lead for 'Specialty Categories' - Basketball, Skateboard, Tennis, Golf at a large sports retailer.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire OCTAGRAM?

To adapt assets from our latest campaigns to fit Media Placements.

What were your goals for this project?

Being able to deliver premium Media Placements, on time, to our Partners.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

They reached out in the past to offer their services.

Describe the scope of their work in detail.

Adaptation of still assets to fit Media Placements. Creation of GIFs/HTML5/Animations.

What was the team composition?

I've worked closely with the team leads.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

Too early to share results on how the content performed but really happy with the deliverables provided.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

Really effective from my side. The guys have been super responsive and delivered great quality work.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Their will to do more.

Are there any areas for improvement?

Can't find anything at the moment.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

We're a European multinational company providing energy and automation digital solutions for efficiency and sustainability. It addresses homes, buildings, data centers, infrastructure and industries, by combining energy technologies, real-time automation, software and services.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire OCTAGRAM?

User Journey and Wireframing the a best in Class Shop in Shop

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

From my past experience I've had with Octagram I've recommended them to my employer.

Describe the project in detail.

They developed the user Journey and Wireframing the best in Class Shop in Shop

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?

They were supportive, goal-oriented, and customer-centric.

How effective was the workflow between your team and theirs?

It was well planned and communicative.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

Personally I love their simplicity and no political standards, very straight forward and easy going!

Are there any areas for improvement?

n/a

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Email Marketing Consultant at Nikon Europe B.V.

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire OCTAGRAM?

Transactional triggers

What were your goals for this project?

Redesign the look and feel of the transactional triggers that would be aligned with the overall brand guidelines of the company as they were outdated.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Based on previous work done as well as based on recommendations of some colleagues.

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

They have redesigned the transational triggers as per requirements needed for the company. That includes the actual content look and feel as well as html code that fits with the company's system.

What was the team composition?

The team consists out of 7 people where I am the lead of the project. We have the manager who oversees the project and gives the approval. Overall, the entire project has been lead mainly by myself with the close cooperation and work of other 3 people.

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

The project is not yet completed due to the internal project prioritization. However, Octagram has always delivered before the deadline and on time.

They have been absolutely helpful and understanding with all changing requirements. The work that is delivered is always was spot on without any mistakes and according to the requirements.

Octagram were very helpful in communicating difficult things in easy way understandable for everyone.

They have also made a few improvement suggestions which definitely made the creative of transactional triggers better. It's very easy, comfortable and absolutely realible to work with Octagram who are always hands on, helpful, assisting, supporting and fast in their work.

Overall, I am very satisfied with the work that has been so far delivered by Octagram and would recommend other companies to reach out to them about any assignments and projects.

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

Project management is very impressive. Octagram is always ahead and on time with the timelines and strict deadlines. They have been absolutely comfortable to work with. They have always followed up themselves, never had to be chased or reminded of things, never missed the deadline and never made a mistake or an error. The overall project management is with high quality, fast, proactive and assisting.

What did you find most impressive about this company?

I was most impressed by their speed, proactive communication as well as very understanding and keeping all the work under the agreed cost despite of hundreds of changes and requirements.

Are there any areas for improvement?

For the project that I have been working with them on, I don't have any recommendations for the improvement. Perhaps a very obvious one is to keep doing a great job as they already do.

BACKGROUND

Please describe your company and your position there.

Helden Van Nu is an internet service provider for SME in the Netherlands

OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE

For what projects/services did your company hire OCTAGRAM?

From the start of our company, Octagram Creative is responsible for all developments of our website www.heldenvan.nu.

What were your goals for this project?

Creating the company (responsive) website, based on Wordpress.

SOLUTION

How did you select this vendor?

Octagram was proposed by our webdesign agency (Bohemia Amsterdam)

Describe the project and the services they provided in detail.

Input for the project was the webdesign made by our webdesign agency. Based upon this Octagram developed the website really fast.

What was the team composition?

From our site: 1

RESULTS & FEEDBACK

Can you share any information that demonstrates the impact that this project has had on your business?

As a company based in the Netherlands, I was a bit skeptical because of the physical distance, when our webdesign agency proposed Octagram. But I was so wrong... These guys are just amazing. This is just a group of real professionals!

How was project management arranged and how effective was it?

At the start of the project, Octagram sets the expectations with a decent planning. And they stick to it!

What did you find most impressive about this company?

They are fast, flexible, creative and always find affordable solutions.

Are there any areas for improvement?

No. Just keep up the good work.