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Shults Auto Group · Brand Character · Meta + Connected TV

Shults Auto Group
Meet Derek.

A character campaign built to make a dealer group impossible to forget — across social and the living room.

Campaign FlightJan 1, 2026Jun 10, 2026
676K
People reached
$98.9K
Media managed
98%
CTV video completion

The Challenge

Be remembered, not just seen.

Deal spots drive leads today, but a dealer group also needs a face — something that builds familiarity and trust over time. Shults needed a brand campaign with a creative hook strong enough to carry across very different channels.

The Work

Meet Derek — one character, every screen.

We built “Derek,” a recurring brand character, into a full creative system — Sign Spinner, Finger Guns, The Announcement, The Waiting Room and more — and cut all 20+ versions for both Meta and MNTN Connected TV. Then we ran it like a performance campaign for six straight months, auditing delivery and rebalancing budget toward the cuts that earned attention.

The Result

$98.9K of media across two channels, 676K reached.

Over six months we put $98,923 of media to work across two very different channels — Meta for precision and interaction, MNTN Connected TV for living-room reach. Connected TV alone reached 584,000+ people, completed 98% of the spot, and drove 6,293 view-through site visits; Meta carried 2,180 social interactions. Together the campaign reached 675,000+ people — and ongoing optimization keeps pushing budget toward the creative that works.

By the Numbers

$98,923
Media managed
675,892
People reached
1.5M
Impressions
20+
Spots produced
6
Months live
2
Channels

Meta

Social — precision & interaction
Spend
$20,925
Impressions
720,704
Reach
91,134
Interactions
2,180

Connected TV

MNTN — living-room reach
Spend
$77,998
Impressions
801,203
Reach
584,758
Completion rate
98%
Conversions
415
View-through visits
6,293

The Spots

A handful of the 20+ cuts — Derek ran in :15 and :30, across Meta and broadcast.

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