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Esports: The dawn of a new arena

Jack Morton’s Dan Lord explains how the immersive nature of esports marketing opens huge opportunities for brands to get closer to audiences.

Let’s face it, out-of-home (OOH) advertising is having its deserved moment in the sun with the rise of three-dimensional (3D) anamorphic billboards and mixed reality computer-generated imagery (CGI) catching advertisers’ attention. 
Social is still moving at the speed of your thumb, fuelled by its negative dopamine hits, and global mega events continue to draw the eyes and wallets of marketing executives wanting to see their brand perform on the biggest sporting stages. 
But as global stages go, is it still more beneficial to get your logo into the background of a Messi masterclass at the World Cup or should a brand think and act on a deeper level? 
Sit back and imagine: as you jou


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Shantelle Nagarajan is Campaign Middle East’s Junior Reporter who covers marketing news which focuses on FMCG, real estate and brand retail industries. Her features delve into brand strategy, appointments, trends in consumer behaviour and CX. Shantelle also contributes to social media coverage, editorial event programming and print content work. She previously worked in PR and marketing, most recently at Edelman, where she was part of the Brand team. When she’s not writing for her day job, you can find her with her nose buried in a book, playing at a weekly open mic night or doom-scrolling the latest make-up challenges on TikTok.