case study — johnny depp's exhibition in Japan

18m+

views.

New York → Tokyo

Not luck. Not a big media buy. One connected system: bilingual content, paid advertising across five platforms, AR experiences, and a social strategy that sold tickets.
10%
ENGAGEMENT RATE
9×
OVERALL ROAS
−37%
ACQUISITION COST
the problem

Reach Means Nothing Without the System Behind It.

Getting 18+ million views is the result of a tailored content strategy for Johnny Depp's A Bunch of stuff Tokyo exhibit. Behind that number is a bilingual content engine, a meticulous distribution calendar across Instagram, TikTok, and X, and a paid advertising system that amplified what was already working organically.

Most event launches treat content and paid advertising as separate workstreams. We ran them as one — with every post, every ad, and every platform feeding the same conversion goal.

what's inside

See the Content and Distribution System That Drove 18m+ Views, 10% Engagement Rate, and a 9x Overall ROAS.

01

Bilingual Content Engine

How we localized every asset for domestic Japanese audiences and international tourists without running two separate campaigns.

02

Organic-to-Paid Advertising Pipeline

The exact process we used to identify top-performing organic content and turn it into paid advertising creative — so ad spend went behind what audiences already proved they wanted.

03

Platform-by-Platform Breakdown

What we ran on Instagram, TikTok, X, LINE, and Meta — and how each platform played a different role in the funnel.

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