MEET
A dating app that doesn't play it safe. With bold visuals, cheeky wordplay, and campaigns that you would tag your bestie under. But here's the thing, calling THUNDR just a “dating app” is like calling your situationship “casual”. Technically true, but missing the whole picture.
Thundr is for whatever you're looking for. A serious relationship. A casual thing. A poly situation. Your first queer experience. Someone to go to concerts with. Someone to never leave the apartment with. All of it. None of it. Something you haven't figured out yet.
Straight, gay, bi, pan, poly, monogamous, Thundr doesn't care. We're not here to put you in a box or ask you to define what you want in 150 characters. We're here to help you find people who get it, whatever “it” is for you.
Think of it as a judgment-free zone, where your relationship status can be “it's complicated”, and where “looking for friends” might actually mean friends (but also might not, and that's cool too).
Thundr lives in the nuance. The creative strategy is being honest about what dating actually looks like in 2025, messy, diverse, and way more interesting than any algorithm can capture.
Every campaign uses visual puns, seasonal themes, and double entendres to create a brand world that's confident and inclusive.
IN YOUR FEED
THE SEASONAL CAMPAIGN (SPONSORED STORIES)
I had a great time making these. Every ad follows a consistent system: red studio backdrop, a floor that represents the season (soil for spring, sand for summer, leaves for autumn, snow for winter), and a visual puns brought to life.
It's cohesive enough to be recognisable, weird enough to be memorable. The kind of campaign where each piece works alone, but together they build a distinct brand world that doesn't look like any other dating app out there.
INSTAGRAM FEED POSTS
Feed posts live forever on your profile, so they need to work harder than Stories. These aren't just pretty pictures; they're the brand.
We didn’t want the feed to be submerged with UI screenshots and testimonials, but mainly look like an art gallery. Grainy film aesthetics. Intimate, editorial photography and visual metaphors, etc.
Each image is designed to stop the scroll, get saved to collections, and show up in group chats. The goal isn't just engagement, it's making people associate Thundr with a specific feeling.
ON THE STREETS
Billboards have about 3 seconds to make an impact. These ads use that time wisely.
The format is simple. Big, attention-grabbing words that form a provocative phrase from a distance. Small connecting text that reveals the actual (surprisingly thoughtful) message. It's a bait-and-switch, but one that makes people smile instead of feeling tricked.
The result? People stop, read, take photos, and share them. THUNDR becomes the dating app people actually want to talk about, not because of features, but because of personality.
