Plastic Bank

From 9,000 to 34,000 followers. In five months, with an app pitched to the CEO.

Digital growth and UX for a Vancouver social enterprise fighting ocean plastic: social strategy, campaign video and the Ambassador Portal app prototype.

Plastic Bank app on a phone, held by an ambassador
Role
Digital marketing and UX design
Year
2019 to 2020
Scope
Social, video, app prototype
Outcome
9,000 to 34,000 followers in five months

The brief

Plastic Bank turns ocean-bound plastic into currency for the people who collect it. The brand needed reach, and the collectors needed an app. I joined to grow the first and prototype the second.

Instagram followers, up from 9,000 in five months
34,000
app concept designed in Adobe XD and pitched to the CEO
1
represented the brand at Sustainable Brands Oceans, Porto
2019

The work

A growth-driven Snapchat and social strategy with geo-filters and a video programme, cut in Premiere Pro and After Effects. Then UX design and prototyping for the mobile Ambassador Portal, coordinated through design, testing and CEO presentations.