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Why I Switched to iPhone (Mexico)
Creator & Narrator Strategy
THE PROBLEM WORTH SOLVING
Device switch campaigns live or die on credibility. Apple needed real people to tell authentic stories about switching to iPhone in Mexico , but 'real people' in advertising is a category the audience has learned to distrust. The challenge: how do you find and activate narrators who are genuinely believable, not just demographically representative?
THE INSIGHT THAT UNLOCKED IT
Most casting processes look for relatability, people who look like the audience. I approached it differently: credibility comes not from who you are, but from why your switch story makes cultural sense. I brought in a sociological analysis of Mexican tech adoption behaviour and a data agency to map real user typologies — people whose device switch had a legible, culturally resonant rationale. The insight: authenticity isn't a personality trait, it's a structural quality of the story.
WHAT I DID
Developed the narrator strategy and typology framework, partnering with MAL and Adrenorama (sociology and data agencies) to define the user profiles whose switch stories would carry genuine credibility. Created the selection criteria and rationale framework used to identify, evaluate and brief the final narrators. This work directly shaped influencer and real-user selection across the campaign.
THE IDEA IT BECAME
A typology-led creator selection model: each narrator was chosen not for audience size or look, but for the cultural coherence of their switch story. Three distinct user archetypes, each with a different relationship to technology and a different reason for switching — making the campaign feel genuinely diverse rather than demographically ticked.
WHAT HAPPENED
Campaign rolled out successfully across Mexico, Colombia and Chile with consistent brand execution
Culturally resonant storytelling drove relevance at the point of sale — APR stores
Narrator selection model validated and used as the strategic framework for influencer and real-user casting