Case Studies

Cultural-event work

Comic Con Ibadan

Developing an event brand and carrying it through the encounters that build participation.

Theophilus Femi Alawonde · Media, publicity and public relations; brand and audience strategy

The situation

Comic Con Ibadan needed a recognizable identity and an audience-development approach for a new pop-culture event in Ibadan.

How the work connected

What informed it
The event’s market context, audience-development requirements and participation objective.
The direction
Connect the event’s identity to local relevance, community and participation.
What was developed
The Why Ibadan campaign, messaging, advertising, publicity and partnerships.
Evidence → direction → developed work.

The work

Identity and positioning

Theophilus developed brand identity and the Why Ibadan campaign to shape how the event was understood.

Audience development

The work connected acquisition, community and partnership activity, including personalized WhatsApp communication.

Campaign execution

Delivery combined digital channels, billboard marketing, social advertising and earned-media tactics.

Results

More than 1,000 people attended the maiden event, against an expectation of 500. The event identity, Why Ibadan campaign, audience development and partnerships carried the event direction into participation.

Relevance to Missionwright

Brand development includes practical participation-building work. The case shows identity and strategic decisions carried into a coordinated campaign, with a defined audience response.

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