#LeeInMotion

Influencer Marketing

HireInfluence cast four male creators with active lifestyles to show Lee's Extreme Motion men's collection performing in everyday movement.

1.2Mreach
1.3Mimpressions
304Kvideo views
8.59%engagement rate

About the campaign

Lee needed to build awareness of its Extreme Motion men's collection, whose selling points, stretch, flexibility and comfort, cannot be judged from a product photo. Men's denim has traditionally traded on toughness and heritage while this line competes on features shoppers associate more with activewear, so HireInfluence's read was that the most credible proof of flexible denim is watching real people move in it as part of their normal lives, not a staged product demo.

The #LeeInMotion idea partnered with four vetted male creators whose content centres on movement through sport, dance, riding and travel, and let them style the Extreme Motion collection into everyday routines: racing, walking, running errands and dancing, in video-led content under the campaign hashtag.

Matching the proof format to the product claim made the benefit self-evident, and casting for behaviour rather than reach kept a tight four-creator cast coherent while capping scale. HireInfluence reports 1.3M impressions, 1.2M reach, 304K video views and an 8.59% engagement rate. The platforms were not disclosed in available sources. Every fact and figure comes from the agency's own project page: the launch date, platform list, creator names and the basis of the engagement rate are undisclosed, and the stated purchase and sentiment objectives have no published evidence, so the numbers should be treated as the agency's own account.

Case in 60 seconds

Lee needed to build awareness of its Extreme Motion men's collection, and the line's selling points, stretch, flexibility and comfort, cannot be judged from a product photo.

The most credible proof of flexible denim is watching real people move in it as part of their normal lives, not a staged product demo.

#LeeInMotion: partner with male influencers who show movement through sports, dance, riding and travel, and let them demonstrate how they move in Lee jeans.

Four vetted creators styled the Extreme Motion collection into everyday routines, racing, walking, running errands and dancing, in video-led content under the campaign hashtag.

HireInfluence reports 1.3M impressions, 1.2M reach, 304K video views and an 8.59% engagement rate. All figures are agency self-reported with no independent verification found.

Strategy Breakdown

The primary strategy-learning section — interpretation, not a press-release summary.

Men shopping for everyday denim who value comfort and freedom of movement. The agency describes the cast as creators with active lifestyles, which points the content at audiences who follow sport, dance and travel.
Based on the available evidence, men's denim has traditionally traded on toughness and heritage while the Extreme Motion line competes on stretch and comfort, features shoppers associate more with activewear than jeans.
Comfort and stretch claims are near-universal in performance denim and hard to prove in static advertising, so Lee needed a format where the product benefit is visible rather than asserted.
Lee acted as the enabler of movement, staying in the background while creators' routines did the demonstrating. The stated goals were awareness and education, directing purchase, and building sentiment through authentic content.
Seeing a familiar creator race, dance or run errands in the product is a more persuasive flexibility proof than any spec sheet, because the movement is incidental to content the audience already watches.

Creative & Execution System

Assets & channels

  • Creator video content on the influencers' own channels (platforms not disclosed)
  • Campaign sizzle reel on the agency's project page

Partners

  • HireInfluence (lead agency)
  • Four male lifestyle influencers (unnamed in sources)

Participation mechanic

  • #LeeInMotion branded hashtag

Creator role

  • Demonstrating durability, wearability, performance, motion and comfort by wearing the collection in everyday active content

Results & Evidence

MetricValueResult typeConfidence
Impressions1.3MdeliveryAgency reported
Reach1.2MdeliveryAgency reported
Video views304KengagementAgency reported
Engagement rate8.59%engagementAgency reported

Why HireInfluence's strategy worked

  1. 1

    Match the proof format to the product claim: stretch denim is best sold by visible movement, so casting creators whose content already centers on motion made the benefit self-evident.

  2. 2

    Casting for behaviour beats casting for reach when the benefit is physical; four creators chosen for how they move carried the whole story.

  3. 3

    Embedding the product in everyday routines, errands, dancing, racing, supported the stated aim of building sentiment through authentic content rather than staged advertising.

  4. 4

    A tight four-creator cast keeps a product story coherent but caps scale, consistent with the reported 1.2M reach.