Yalo Launches U.S. Air Force Recruiting Campaign for 139th Airlift Wing

ATLANTA — June 1, 2018 — Coinciding with local high school graduation and military recruiting season, Yalo recently helped the 139^th Airlift Wing in St. Joseph, Missouri, launch its largest-ever multi-channel recruiting effort. The agency handled everything from strategy and creative development/execution to media planning and buying.

The branded recruiting campaign rallies recruits around the idea that they can “Be A Part of Something Bigger” by choosing to join the unit as the next step in their career. Executions across local TV, radio, newspaper, and on social media show the 139^th as a unique career choice that’s more than just a job, with many opportunities to serve country and community, while learning valuable job skills and making lifelong friends. The campaign includes footage and photography of actual 139^th members on the job in a variety of roles shows the breadth of opportunities, as well as providing realism and local flavor to help recruits better see themselves as a part of the team.

“Not only does this campaign break new ground for the 139^th but it is also Yalo’s first major multi-channel consumer campaign.” notes Arnold Huffman, Yalo CEO. “This was a great opportunity for us to step out of the box with work that will be highly visible to a different kind of audience than the work we do for our B2B clients. We delivered some really compelling work and are looking forward to seeing what kind of results it delivers.”

As part of the design process, Yalo also developed a graphic badge for use on all campaign pieces. It combines iconic elements associated with the 139^th (C-130 plane and Pony Express) in a bold, modern design to appeal to our young audience when used on handouts like t-shirts, window clings and thermal cups. This new look for the 139^th will be applied beyond this campaign as a consistent, recognizable branding element for all recruiting communications.

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