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New Balance | Reach the Beach Relay Series

Transition area at dawn, New Balance Reach The Beach relay

Transition area at dawn, New Balance Reach The Beach relay

Capturing content through the night

Capturing content through the night

OOH across marathon expos and running events

OOH across marathon expos and running events

Video blog of Team Off Balance's 2012 Mass RTB race

Video blog of Team Off Balance's 2012 Mass RTB race

Video blog 2 of Team Off Balance's 2012 Mass RTB race.

Video blog 2 of Team Off Balance's 2012 Mass RTB race.

Building a full campaign ecosystem around the race

Building a full campaign ecosystem around the race

Summary

Through my independent creative consultancy, alotté, I was invited by the founders of Reach the Beach to join the business as Brand & Creative Director, helping evolve one of the US's largest participation endurance relay races into a more strategically positioned community and lifestyle brand.

Being a runner myself and having participated in the event myself a couple of times, I brought a close understanding of the culture and community behind it, which helped shape a more authentic approach to marketing, creative direction and audience engagement.

Alongside my concurrent work with digital health startup myGlu, I led creative brand communications across digital, sponsorship and participant touchpoints, while also supporting the expansion of the series into other markets and eventual acquisition.

The Sharp End

Brand & Creative Direction: Led the visual identity, tone and participant-facing experience of the brand across digital, print and event touchpoints, helping strengthen the series’ position as a community-led lifestyle event rather than simply a race.

Integrated Marketing & Communications: Managed the marketing ecosystem across website content, social media, participant communications, race collateral and branded materials, bringing greater consistency and clarity across touchpoints.

Community & Audience Growth: Supported the expansion out of New England, helping shape communications designed to broaden participation and attract more diverse running communities, particularly female audiences.

Creator & Partnership Activation: Worked with leadership on sponsor-facing communications and activation planning with New Balance, while also developing an early creator-led campaign approach by partnering with running and lifestyle bloggers to document the event through authentic first-hand storytelling.

The Impact

Successful Event Expansion: Helped build early awareness and participant momentum around the New Jersey launch during a key growth phase for the series.

Stronger Brand Cohesion: Introduced greater consistency across communications, creative and participant touchpoints while maintaining the informal culture that differentiated the event within the endurance race market.

Authentic Community Engagement: Contributed to organic audience growth through participant-led storytelling and community-driven social content rather than traditional advertising-led campaigns.

Business Growth: Supported the broader development and visibility of the platform during a period that ultimately culminated in the acquisition of Reach the Beach by Ragnar Race Series.

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