Jillian Manges
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Case Study · Advertising Design

Dynamic Creative

Flexible ad templates that support hundreds of creative variations while keeping one consistent design.

Role

Digital Design Team Lead

Team

[Teams involved]

Timeline

[Year – Year]

Tools

Photoshop, Advanse

01

The Challenge

Dynamic Creative Optimization (DCO) campaigns serve multiple ad variations based on audience targeting, so a single campaign can need hundreds of versions. I helped reintroduce and expand Sojern’s DCO offering with templates built to flex without breaking the design.

02

Goals

  1. 01Support hundreds of variations from one template
  2. 02Keep every variation consistent and on-brand
  3. 03Give campaign teams more room to personalize creative

03

The Templates

Location, offer, state, color, and font variations, all driven by the same templates. Click any example to view it larger.

Animated remarketing ads for Hard Rock Hotel and Unity by Hard Rock, with one template swapping in each location’s photo and messagingLocation variations: Hard Rock Hotels
Hotel DCO template shown with five font options and different offer bannersOffer and font variations
Choice Hotels retargeting ads, one per state, each with its own headline and photoState-by-state variations
Flight DCO template in three color themes, each with seven font optionsColor and font variations

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Animated remarketing ads for Hard Rock Hotel and Unity by Hard Rock, with one template swapping in each location’s photo and messaging

Location variations: Hard Rock Hotels

Hotel DCO template shown with five font options and different offer banners

Offer and font variations: hotel template

Choice Hotels retargeting ads, one per state, each with its own headline and photo

State-by-state variations: Choice Hotels

Flight DCO template in three color themes, each with seven font options

Color and font variations: flight template

04

Results

12

reusable DCO templates

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campaigns launched with them

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faster than building variations by hand

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