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Ally Financial: The Great Reddit Caper


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In an activation called 'The Great Reddit Caper', Ally Financial became the first official bank to accept Reddit Gold, offering back Argentium (a super-high value currency worth 40x Gold) in return. Creating a history-making 'gilding' frenzy for the platform. The 'bank' manifested as a simple Promoted Post, propositioning Redditors to make their Reddit Gold 'work smarter at Ally' - a nod to Ally’s latest campaign - by simply gilding Ally’s post with Gold, immediately receiving Argentium in return. The result: 'Ally’s Great Reddit Caper' is already the most Gold-awarded Promoted Post in Reddit’s history, smashing the previous record 40-fold in just three days. And it was the most Gold-awarded post outright on Reddit in all of 2020. Redditors, notoriously allergic to brand involvement and advertisements, surprisingly rallied around the activation in droves – calling Ally everything from 'Reddit Jesus' to 'marketing geniuses'. Reddit, for non-Redditors, is a platform built on community and reputation, often called 'the front page of The Internet.' The caper is the result of a collaboration between Ally, R/GA, MediaCom and Ally’s PR partner, Tier One. It has got the halls of Reddit buzzing with excitement for what’s next from the digital banking pioneer.
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Group Production Director: Lisa Greenleaf

Managing Director: Ben Hall

Account Director: David Mintz

Senior Strategist: Maya Goldberg

R/GA Content Studio

Director, Content Studio: Chris Detoy

Executive Creative Director: James Dick

Creative Director & Senior Technical Director: Wing Luo

3D Art Director: Natasha Saenko

Senior 3D Artists: Cristina Kuong and Ivan Joy

3D Artist: Calvin Lee

Motion Design Director: Gavin Shapiro

Associate Video Editor: Christian Heilman

Senior Sound Designer: Pete Karam

Senior Content Producer: Purvi Sheth

Senior Manager, Business Affairs: Natalie Roback

Media: MediaCom

Ally Business Lead: Mariana Dimitrova

Media Director, Senior Partner: Robert DeSena

Director, Performance Media: Andrew Ettinger

Associate Director, Digital Investment: Sean Stapleton

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PR: Tier One

Managing Partner: Sue Parente

Senior Director: Allison Salzberg

Client

Chief Marketing Officer: Andrea Brimmer

Senior Director Brand, Consumer Marketing and Research: Jennifer Brockington

Senior Manager, External Communications: Cristi Vazquez

Senior Director, Digital Marketing: Kevin Howard

Executive Marketing Director: Saloni Janveja

Director, Deposits Marketing Strategy: Megan Audette

Digital Marketing Director: Lisa Fulks

Social Media Director: Mackenzie Bright

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