Competition for good graduate talent is always fierce, so we were tasked with developing an experience that would take Softcat’s on-campus presence to a different level. With events planned at 6 key universities around the country, we took their employer brand and created a striking exhibition stand which featured an interactive memory game.
The game was one we’re all familiar with; a memory/matching pairs game played on an iPad stand and displayed on a big visual screen to show the game in action. A 30 second timer counts down as the player has to remember the position of an ever growing number of matching images that would appear – and then disappear – on rotating tiles. Depending upon the number correctly remembered and clicked upon, and how quickly that was achieved, the player would rack up a points score.
Their points and position on the top 100 would be confirmed on the screen at the end of their game. And for added spice, a manual leaderboard akin to Top Gear’s was also there where the top 10 players were written to a magnetic strip and added to the board with a degree of fanfare. At the end of the day, the winner for each location was notified and they were sent a Google Mini for their efforts!
The stand and game undoubtedly generated some of the best interest at those events. If there was any down time at all, the screen played their stop-motion animation which again was very different to other organisations and caught the eye.
The game – which can be used independently of the stand if so required – and stand will be used at next year’s graduate fairs, and will also be rolled out at internal staff events, office open days, and local outreach activities.
