Rapyd, the global fintech-as-a-service platform trusted by brands like Uber and Ikea, tapped Known to help them reach the very niche audience of developers who traditionally tend to … read morespurn ad campaigns. Through creative testing, the research team discovered developers love two things - space and problem solving. These insights led Known's creative team to put together a challenging, fun and engaging 6-month program that gamifies technical problem solving. To capture the attention of computer engineers and developers, tap into their interests and bring together the development community, the team designed “Hack the Galaxy” a hybrid sweepstakes in which Rapyd drops weekly brain-busting logic puzzles on their developer community to offer a truly out of this world incentive – a trip to the edge of space – or extraordinary prizes (cash) to help them continue to develop their projects and dreams. Rapyd and Known partnered with 'Puzzlemasters', David Kwong (Magician & NYT crossword writer, The Enigmatist Show) and Dave Shukan (MIT Mystery Hunt, The Enigmatist Show) to create challenges for participants to complete and will offer three clever developers the chance to win an exclusive ticket to the edge of space. How does it work? When puzzle answers are correctly solved, they unlock entries into a prize sweepstakes, with grand-prize winners floating their way to the stars on a Space Perspective Space Capsule. To get the word out, Rapyd and Known needed a spokesperson who could capture developers’ love of space and problem solving and understood them on a primal level. And that desire led the team to sci-fi legend William Shatner (known for Star Trek, Boston Legal and his recent trip to space). Shatner partnered together with Rapyd in a series of videos and stills announcing the sweepstakes and imploring developers to showcase their skills to earn a shot at visiting the edge of space. Full campaign elements include Digital Video and Static, Social (Organic and Paid), Industry Trade Events, a Microsite and Email Campaign. The campaign rolled out on Monday (June 7th) on the 'Hack the Galaxy' microsite (HackTheGalaxy.dev), welcoming developers into the competition. The contest will be promoted across Rapyd’s site and paid social channels with 15- and 6-second spots featuring Shatner, as well as organic posts. Other 30-second videos will pop-up on YouTube and CRM emails. Rapyd also has plans to host virtual hackathons and live events under the HtG umbrella.
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