All Conditions Media

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Heads up – we’re out of office on 27 September. We’re heading for pow. In Covent Garden. Fancy it? If you’ve placed an ear to our digital office door recently, you’ll have heard the “bang”, “crash”, “wee wah wee wah”, and “try turning it off and on again?” of the ACM full-service machine purring away as we brought the next level of store launch to life. That launch? A monumental ski jam on the concrete and cobbles of the famous Covent Garden to mark the arrival of our client, Peak Performance, into the UK. We’re talking concept ideation, event strategy, design mastery, press relations, influencer and athlete collabs, creative briefing, full production management, media seeding, and red-tape limboing skills to unite every corner of UK snow culture in the heart of the capital and live out the Swedish mountain brand’s MO: to bring the spirit of freeride to the world. Maybe we’ll finally grab that drink. Maybe you’ll nab a tuition slot on the rails with a Peak Performance pro. Either way, it’s gonna be another one for the ACM history books. Event info here > https://lnkd.in/ewXw56Ym

Breaking (absolutely NOT breakdancing) is about to burst its way into the Olympic arena for the very first time this week, and we for one - or 20, as is the new size of our team) will be glued. Why? Mostly to big up and cheer on the “artletes” we spoke to for the whopping insights and research report we pulled together for Breaking GB last year. It was a hefty and in-depth piece of work that aimed to secure the not-for-profit organisation essential funding and sponsorship that would help get the team out to Paris. And given we’ll be watching B-Boys Kid Karam and Sunni while finishing up our pre-weekend to-do lists, it did its KPI proud. Not bad for a service that, let’s face it, you probably didn’t know we regularly pull out of the toolbox for our clients. Wanna learn more, find out exactly what an “artlete” is, why saying “breakdancing” is a huge no-no, before you assume the position of breaking’s expert armchair commentator? Hit the link in bio. https://lnkd.in/e3efgbC7

If we were betting folk, we’d place a couple of matchsticks on guessing you’re here because you’d like to work with us. It wouldn’t be a hugely random assumption, either – almost everyone on our team found their way to ACM through one of our social media posts. Interesting intel that, right? And maybe this is the post that lands you your gig at ACM, too. We’ve totally revamped the entrance to our “Excellent People We’d Love To Work With” portal – its door is now neon yellow, and its letter box refuses to accept ye olde cover letters (those cringy single pagers that nobody has ever enjoyed writing, ever). Hit the link to give it a spin, share this post with an ACM-primed pal, or heck, maybe even fill it out if you fancy pinning yourself to our radar. https://lnkd.in/e5qBB26B

Feeling a little… dizzy? A touch… sweaty? Suddenly come over all… giddy? Hmmm, something’s definitely going around. And you know what that is: a serious case of Olympics Fever. Looks like you got it good, too. Best hit the sofa this weekend. Doctor’s *cough cough* orders. Not to jump on the old quintuple-ringed bandwagon with a healthy dose of culturally relevant social media medicine, but we’ve got a pretty great relationship with this year’s comp. We’ll be proudly watching the first-ever breaking (tip: definitely don’t call it breakdancing, or a sport) event on 9 August proudly, knowing the strategy we helped not-for-profit Breaking GB pull together last year played a small part in helping get our homegrown medal contenders out to Paris for their Olympic debuts. But it’s not the first time our work has helped enable Team GB athletes to reach their full potential on the world’s greatest competitive stage.  Take ‘Radical Gains’ – the all-encompassing, easy-to-grasp four-year brand, partnership, comms, social and content plan we masterminded on behalf of the (as it was then) GB Park & Pipe team in the lead-up to Pyeongchang 2018. The aim? Increase sponsorship revenue, and help empower GB athletes to deliver their best-ever Olympic return. The result? Perhaps our favourite campaign KPI to date: watching the team produce their best-ever performances, and bronze medals for GB skier Izzy Atkin and snowboarder Billy Morgan. Big up Team GB. Go get it, legends!

If we were a traditional agency, our local printing shop would be rubbing their inky palms together, what with the amount of new business card, er, business we’d have sent their way this year.* The latest reprints we’d be asking for? A couple of extremely deserved job title changes for our Andrew Josty and Eleanor Mayle – two pillars of the ACM culture, driving forces in the rise and rise of our creative work and client list, and shining examples of our outdoor expertise and successful remote working approach. What Josty, ACM’s new Junior Account Manager, doesn’t know about Wales’ most out-there wild camping spots ain’t worth knowing. And we can’t ever be entirely sure where PR supremo Ele, our Senior Account Executive, is working from this week. Might be Sweden. Could be Portugal. You’ll have to ask her. Anyway, heck yes to promotions, and big up to these two. Onwards! (*please support your local printing shop. We do, just not with business cards.)

ACM 🤝 Fjällräven The timeproof outdoor clothing and equipment brand that celebrates slower and more meaningful adventures meets ACM’s long-term, quality-driven, advocacy-building approach to comms and influencer relations. “The ACM team has been incredibly successful in communicating and amplifying brand stories in the outdoor space through their passion and understanding of the market and their commitment to the brands it represents. This is why we’ve decided to partner with them, and why, over the next few seasons, ACM will bring Fjällräven’s DNA to the forefront of conversations across the UK.” - Paul Griffiths, Fjällräven Managing Director, UK & IRE Umlauts for days. Let’s gö! 

Incoming: the most socially awkward caption you’ll read all day. As the ten fingers (inc. thumbs) behind ACM’s copywriting, it falls on me to produce my own “We’ve got some promo news!” social post. I tried to get out of it. I really did. But with the conclusion to my search for freelance words still a week or two off, and my track record for breaking the fourth wall, dear reader, this one’s on me. So yes. Hello. I’m Chris, and I’ve been bumped up to Head of Creative at All Conditions Media. These are three things I’d probably reel off to you, should we meet at a speed dating event (we won’t, don’t worry; I’m very married): 1. Having an 18-month-old son with a terrible sleeping pattern has been the most creatively beneficial thing to happen in my career – it seems my best ideas now arrive at around 3am (my WhatsApp conversation with myself is a log of evidence). Many of the more decipherable ones have been hammered into shape with my team before going on to win some mega pitches lately. And that’s very nice. 2. I started at ACM as a senior copywriter back in 2022, after 10 years of working in magazine editorial and five-ish years helming social media channels for action sports brands that are almost definitely bulking out your coat rack right now. At no point during this period in my life do I feel I’ve mastered or understood LinkedIn. 3. This is the job on my to-do list that I’ve been putting off for the longest time so far this month. Next up today: a meeting with our new clients, Peak Performance, to discuss the huge idea we’ve had for a [censored] and [redacted] with [not sure how to spell it] later this year. Save the date! Okay, all done. Cheers now. x

We’re pretty sure our decision to go fully employee-owned is one of the best things we’ve ever done. But we would say that, wouldn’t we. That’s why, for this week’s newsletter, we’ve drafted in journalist Tristan Kennedy to give the ACM: A Collective Movement tyres a fair old kick. His interview with co-founders Matt Barr and Jojo White is a good 'un. Read it here:

ACM 🤝 Peak Performance The bold Swedish mountain brand hardwired to spread the freeride spirit meets ACM’s never-settle-for-standard approach to creativity and communications. “We were initially attracted to ACM due to their rich history in partnering with leading outdoor brands, providing cutting-edge communication services, and delivering innovative creative ideas. Their deep understanding of our brand and shared values makes for a perfect fit, and we are beyond excited to launch Peak Performance in the UK in partnership with ACM.” - Ricardo Rodrigues, Global Head of Brand Marketing, Peak Performance How’s that for big news?