Performance Campaigns · PUMA × Bengaluru FC · 2020

The City's Game

A campaign celebrating PUMA's partnership with Bengaluru FC — where football culture meets street energy and the Blue Army gets the visual it deserves.

Client
PUMA × Bengaluru FC
Role
Creative Direction · Direction
Production
Verrocchios
Agency
Causate Collective
01 — The Campaign
PUMA × Bengaluru FC — Visual 01
PUMA × Bengaluru FC — Visual 02
PUMA × Bengaluru FC — Visual 03
PUMA × Bengaluru FC — Visual 04
PUMA × Bengaluru FC — Visual 05
02 — Context

Football is a city's identity.

PUMA's partnership with Bengaluru FC wasn't just a kit deal — it was a statement about what the club means to the city. The campaign needed to capture that energy: the Blue Army, the streets, the pride that runs deeper than match day.

The Brief
PUMA needed campaign imagery that celebrated their Bengaluru FC partnership — visuals that could anchor performance marketing while feeling authentically rooted in football culture and city identity.
The Approach
Street energy, not stadium polish. The creative direction leaned into raw, urban aesthetics — shots that felt like Bengaluru, not generic sportswear advertising. Real environments. Real attitude. PUMA × BFC as a cultural statement.
The Execution
Causate Collective handled the full campaign — creative direction, shoot direction, and delivery. Every frame was built to work across the range of performance formats: social statics, digital OOH, and campaign hero visuals.
The Outcome
Campaign visuals that gave the Blue Army its moment — imagery that could carry the weight of a brand partnership while feeling genuinely connected to what football means in Bengaluru.
03 — Creative Approach
Identity
Not just a kit. A city's pride. The visual language was built around Bengaluru — its streets, its culture, its football identity.
Energy
Street-level, kinetic, grounded. The campaign avoided generic sportswear clichés — it went for the raw energy that lives between the stands and the city.
Format
Built to scale across performance channels — social, digital OOH, campaign hero. Every shot designed to hold its own at any size.