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( CASE STUDY — TBWA\MEDIA ARTS LAB )

APPLE TV+BUILT FROM ZERO.

★ WEBBY WINNER 2022

AGENCY
TBWA\Media Arts Lab
CLIENT
Apple / Apple TV+
ROLE
Jr. → Copywriter
PARTNER
Cam Tribe, AD

A platform doesn't launch with meaning. It earns it. We built the language before anyone knew what to say.

01 — ( CONTEXT )

NO CATALOGUE. NO PRESENCE. NO PLAYBOOK.

In 2019 Apple TV+ launched with no catalogue, no audience, and no social presence. There was nothing to point at and nothing to inherit. The brief turned into a point of view: be a tastemaker. Curation, editorial, taste rendered as a feed.

“If a title is on their grid, it's worth my time.”

02 — ( ROLE )

DIDN'T INHERIT IT. BUILT IT.

Joined junior, promoted mid-tenure, and co-led the social account with Cam Tribe. Invented the carousel format, wrote the language system, and wrote every line of social copy. The playbook outlasted the team that made it.

03 — ( CONSTRAINT )

FEEL LIKE A PERSON. NOT A PLATFORM.

Confident, dry, generous — and durable. It had to scale across titles, formats, and team turnover without thinning out into corporate.

“IT HAD TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO OUTLAST US. IT WAS.”

04 — ( THE BET )

A PLATFORM IDENTITY BUILT BEFORE THE PLATFORM EXISTED.

05 — ( SYSTEM )

THE GRID BECAME THE BRAND.

MASTHEAD LOGIC
The grid read like a publication, not a promo reel — every post knew where it sat on the page.
SWIPE PACING
The carousel had rhythm: a hook card, a turn, a payoff. You felt the edit before you read it.
TITLE PERSONALITY
Each show got its own register inside one voice — the platform never flattened the work.
SCALABLE TASTE
Rules anyone could run: new writers, new titles, new formats, same point of view.

06 — ( THE WORK )

FOUR PROOFS. ONE SYSTEM.

01

THE SPREADS

Numbered, collector-style carousel covers that turned a feed into an issue. Won the Webby for Best Overall Social Presence, Media/Entertainment.

( IMAGE SLOT — THE SPREADS / CAROUSEL COVERS )
02

CHEEZUS CRUST

For Servant S2 — a pizza brand built from inside the show's world. 5 channels, 4 platforms, real deliveries.

( IMAGE SLOT — CHEEZUS CRUST / BRAND ACTIVATION )
03

FRIEND CHECK

An interactive quiz for experience.apple.com. My proudest piece of writing from this period.

( IMAGE SLOT — FRIEND CHECK / INTERACTIVE QUIZ )
04

LOG LINES

One-line show angles. Knowing when to stop writing was the entire job.

( IMAGE SLOT — LOG LINES / COPY SYSTEM )

07 — ( RECOGNITION )

WEBBY WINNER 2022.

AWARD
Webby Winner 2022 — Best Overall Social Presence, Media/Entertainment
ACTIVATIONS
4 distinct activations
LEGACY
1 playbook that outlasted its team

08 — ( REFLECTION )

SYSTEMS THINKING IS CREATIVE THINKING.

The idea isn't the line. The idea is the system the lines come from. Build that, and the work keeps writing itself after you leave the room.