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What Are You Training For

Scripting • Production • Post-production
Challenge
The Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) faced a need to reinvigorate national recruitment and reposition military service as a meaningful, purpose driven career path. In an increasingly competitive employment landscape, the CAF had to attract younger generations who often seek careers aligned with personal growth, adventure, and impact. The challenge was to create a message that resonated emotionally while maintaining national pride and trust in the institution.
Insight
Modern Canadians view career fulfillment as a form of self expression and purpose. The Armed Forces needed to reframe service not merely as a duty, but as an opportunity to train for one’s true calling. A message that aligns military values of discipline, courage, and unity with individual aspirations for growth and meaning.
The insight: recruitment should no longer be about joining the army, but more about joining a mission that shapes character, builds leadership, and serves something larger than oneself.
Insight
Idea
The campaign distilled this insight into a powerful, minimalist message:
“Train for your true calling with the Canadian Armed Forces.”
This line redefined enlistment as a personal journey of transformation, rather than an institutional obligation. The strategic simplicity of the statement ensured memorability and universality across audiences and media formats.
Idea
Execution
  • A striking film was produced as a national broadcast and digital spot, delivering a direct and confident tone to its audience. The campaign utilized brevity to capture attention and convey authority.
  • The creative approach emphasized:
  • Authenticity: A grounded, serious tone reflecting national integrity.
  • Clarity: Minimal dialogue and no embellishment, allowing the statement to carry full weight.
  • Credibility: Reinforced by the closing line, establishing official endorsement by the Government of Canada.
  • This execution served as a cornerstone for broader recruitment efforts across media channels, unifying the CAF’s message under a renewed identity of purpose and pride.
Impact
The simplicity of the message drove high recall and strengthened the perception of the CAF as an institution that values personal growth and societal contribution equally. While quantitative metrics were not disclosed, the campaign’s tone and phrasing effectively modernized the recruitment narrative transforming military service into a career of meaning, belonging, and national purpose.
Impact
Services Delivered
  • Strategic positioning and message development
  • Creative concept and scriptwriting
  • Film Production and post-production
  • Governmental compliance and approval coordination
Services Delivered

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