NYSA 2023 Crosstrek

Influencer Marketing

Open Influence used creators to explore Subaru's National Park-themed display, teasing the new 2023 Crosstrek and building model awareness.

+449Ktotal engagements
+15.1Mtotal impressions
+8.4Mtotal video views
+958Ktotal followers targeted

About the campaign

Subaru needed to tease and build awareness for the new 2023 Crosstrek, and a physical National Park-themed display could only reach the people who saw it in person. New model introductions in the automotive category compete for attention before launch, so the campaign was framed as a tease rather than a full reveal. Interest in national parks and the outdoors runs wider than the small group who can visit a themed exhibit, and that gap is what the creator layer was built to close.

Open Influence used creators to explore the immersive National Park-themed display, producing content that teased the new Crosstrek and signalled Subaru's dedication to sustainability and National Park support. The platforms, timing and the number of creators involved are not stated in the archived page, which preserves the campaign framing but little execution detail.

An experiential display can be given a second audience through creator distribution, extending a physical investment beyond its visitors, and tying the model tease to Subaru's existing National Park and sustainability positioning gave creators a story beyond the product itself. The channel mix is not stated. The agency page lists follower, impression, engagement and video-view counters, but the archived capture preserves the metric labels and none of the values, so no numeric results survive. No independent source credits Open Influence and no platforms or dates are named, so the campaign's effectiveness cannot be assessed.

Case in 60 seconds

Subaru needed to tease and build awareness for the new 2023 Crosstrek, and a physical National Park-themed display could only reach the people who saw it in person.

Based on the campaign's premise, an in-person exhibit becomes far larger when creators carry the experience to their own audiences alongside the brand's sustainability story.

Use creators to explore an immersive National Park-themed display that teased the new Crosstrek and signalled Subaru's dedication to sustainability and National Park support.

Creators explored the display and produced content around it. Platforms, timing, and the number of creators are not stated in the archived page.

No verifiable results. The agency page lists follower, impression, engagement, and video-view counters, but the archived capture shows no numeric values and no independent coverage was found.

Strategy Breakdown

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

Not stated in the source. Based on the available evidence, the campaign reached the audiences of the participating creators.
Interest in national parks and the outdoors runs wider than the small group who can visit a themed display in person, which is the gap the creator layer was built to close. This reading is interpretation of the agency's stated brief.
New model introductions in the automotive category compete for attention before launch, so the campaign was framed as a tease rather than a full reveal.
Subaru is presented as a brand dedicated to sustainability and National Park support, with the new Crosstrek carrying that story.
Based on the available evidence, the bet was that people engage more with an experience shown through creators they follow than with a static product announcement. The source states only that creators were used to explore the display.

Creative & Execution System

Assets & channels

  • Creator content from the display visit, platforms not stated in the archived page

Partners

  • Open Influence (agency)
  • Subaru (client)

Participation mechanic

  • Creators explored the immersive National Park-themed display

Creator role

  • Explore the display and build awareness of the new model

Why Open Influence's strategy worked

  1. 1

    An experiential display can be given a second audience through creator distribution, extending a physical investment beyond its visitors.

  2. 2

    Tying a model tease to an existing brand association, here Subaru's National Park and sustainability positioning, gives creators a story beyond the product itself.

  3. 3

    Publishing results as animated counters makes an agency's own proof fragile; the archived page preserves the metric labels but none of the values.

  4. 4

    A tease framing lets an awareness campaign run ahead of a full model launch without needing a complete product story.