How creative industry digital platform design connected Ukrainian agencies with global partners
Project:
the project
Challenge:
The russian invasion disrupted the livelihoods of Ukrainian creative agencies, cutting off access to local markets and long-term clients. To remain sustainable, these agencies had to quickly reposition themselves on the global stage. This required a creative industry digital platform design that could clearly communicate their value, enable international collaboration, and connect Ukrainian talent with global businesses seeking trusted creative partners.
Approach:
We applied creative industry digital platform design to clearly communicate value and build trust with international companies. By combining emotional storytelling with clear, rational messaging, the platform helps global businesses understand the talent, expertise, and reliability of Ukrainian agencies, making partnership decisions easier and more confident.
The UkrainianPower site got more than 10 thousand visitors over the first 30 days after site launch.
More than 30 best Ukrainian creative agencies joined the project, including Fedoriv and Mozgi Group.
The project was heard about in Cannes, written about in Adweek and other top 10 Ukrainian and foreign media.
The Project’s
Discovery Phase
Introducing home page
We added a powerful video, persuading copywriting and red accents in text blocks to convey the emotional drivers behind the Ukrainians' desire to fight for work to survive.
Animated circles with 3D elements stop people to make a choice. We added a blur hover effect to tell that the pursuit of partnership is the main purpose of this site.
Emotional website design: how to build digital products that users feel
Idea and presentation of thought
We reveal emotions through video, and the blur effect on the main page conveys the pain of war, while bold, even text blocks express the strength and desire of Ukrainians to fight. We also knew that our site would be viewed by foreign creative agencies. So we planted the idea that we want to collaborate and not be competitive by erasing that option on hover.
Agency discovery
Pursuing a goal to first build empathy with the right agency and then drive action, we offered people to review showreel, highlights, and awards and then get directly routed to the agency website. Ourinteractive design and content blocks allow agencies to tell dynamic stories even with minimum words.
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