We are SON, a digital advertising agency

We are obsessed with quality, inspired by people and big on ideas. We design integrated strategies and campaigns that create lasting and meaningful relationships between people and brands.

Grand design in motion

SON was chosen to design the identity for the 2013 edition of Grand One, the biggest and most important annual awards gala for digital marketing and communications in Finland.

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Wanted: Senior Web Developer.

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Talking tummies with Valio

The challenge: come up with a natural way to talk about digestion. SON's solution: put people in a booth, ask them quirky questions about their tummies and let the cameras roll. Their answers were used to create a teaser video, web and Facebook campaign and competition.

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A galactic campaign for DNA and Samsung

Introducing the new Samsung Galaxy S III for DNA meant creating a print and web campaign that was out of this world. The campaign encouraged customers to preorder the much-awaited Samsung Galaxy S III, and preorder they did. DNA sold out of handsets before they even hit stores.

A soulful video for Funck Helsinki

Funck Helsinki approached SON when they needed a video that would introduce their concept and company to the world. We designed and produced a stop-motion animation that conveyed the company's hands-on approach and people-centric philosophy.

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  • Lovie Awards Animation Shortlisted
  • Vuoden Huiput Digital Design Shortlisted

Visual design that did the job for SAK's new website

"SON did a great job with the relaunch of the SAK.fi website"

— N2, Joakim Schonert

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Wow browsing for the interested man

When Otavamedia was on the hunt for a fresh way to reach new readers for its family of print and online magazines, BOB Helsinki teamed up with SON to find a solution. In the process we discovered a brand new species: "Homo Studiosos – the interested man". Because a new species deserves a new way of communicating, we combined video and web to tell a unique and exciting story.

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  • Awwwards Site of the day
  • The FWA Public shortlist

Telling moving stories for Nokia

Nokia Asha is a massively successful line of phones that are changing the game and lives all over the world. Nokia approached SON to produce a series of videos that tell the story of real people, real lives and the all the amazing things Nokia Asha is helping them do.

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Getting Itella's message across

"SON people are professionals in concept design, writing and digital marketing. They are easy to work with, reliable, exact and prompt. I can warmly recommend SON Helsinki to challenging digital marketing projects."

— Leena Poutanen, Marketing Director, Itella Mail Communication

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Gearing up generation mobile

When Golla needed an awesome new brand and product site to help get its accessories into the hands of generation mobilites worldwide, they called on SON. We created a fast, easy-to-browse site with awesomeness written all over it.

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Rethinking Stora Enso's visual identity

Inspired by changing worldviews on people and planet, Stora Enso launched an internal growth process called "Rethink". SON worked with N2 to create a new kind of website to reflect the new vision. The award-winning concept and website showcases SON's strength in design, strategy and execution.

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  • Grand One Best B2B Winner
  • Grand One Best Design Honorable mention
  • Vuoden huiput Digital Design Shortlisted
  • Awwwards Honorable mention

Shaking things up for Valio

SON created a new web site and branded content and social media campaign to build buzz around the new Valio PROfeel® product family. Athletes of all shapes, sizes and levels used Spotify, Facebook and the valio.fi site to compete in the battle of the best workout playlist.

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Iconic design for DNA

DNA needed a new set of icons that is as simple as it is beautiful. SON designed an icon set that gives DNA an easy-to-understand visual language that speaks volumes and translates across multiple platforms.