• The Tom Sawyer Effect

    Playing at the frontiers of Technology

  • The Tom Sawyer Effect

    Playing at the frontiers of Comms

  • The Tom Sawyer Effect

    Playing at the frontiers of Culture

Playing at the frontiers of Culture Technology Comms Immersive

Introduction to TSE

Innovation drives engagement

The Tom Sawyer Effect is a boutique consultancy that has consistently punched above its weight for the last 15 years. 

We have supported many of the biggest comms agencies in the UK and worked on award-winning campaigns locally & globally. 

The common denominator is an obsession with compelling digital content and innovative experiences that genuinely move the bar for audiences as well as our clients.  

THE TOM SAWYER APPROACH

15 Years Incorporated

15 Years Incorporated

Engaging Through Innovation

We have been using emerging technologies throughout our 15+ year history, from a Gigapan ultra high resolution image taken from the Tate Modern to hide the last words of Stephen King’s novel Under the Dome, to augmented reality Smurfs hiding in mushroom houses in gardens across the nation, to full-on mixed reality zombie encounters for Resident Evil. 

Crucially, however, the technology is always embedded in both the experience and the contextual narrative. So in our immersive XR horror experience at the Vault Festival, the VR headset was the torture device used by the corrupt Foundation. In our launch of the first TomTom standalone Smartwatch, the device was used to track people’s heartrates throughout the launch to reveal their spikes of excitement through a graphical readout at the end. 

We also remain human-first, though using AI and technological platforms to reflect back on ourselves. 

taking people on a journey

Attention shifting

ENGAGEMENT IS EVERYTHING, HOW YOU EARN IT IS CHANGING

Engaging social storytelling around your brand and people. Designed to drive engagement and then measurable business impact.

Taking people deeper through a combination of interactivity, agency, entertainment and reward.

Emerging tech powers new opportunities to interact, entertain, inform and engage across web, social, XR and the real world.

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BRAND EXPERIENCE

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