Kia France and Team Vitality announce partnership and launch an innovative and original digital campaign

Leading global esports organisation Team Vitality is excited to share it has partnered with Kia France. Inspired by esports since 2019, when it began its partnership with the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), Kia continues to be involved in this exponentially growing industry. Attracting millions of players and spectators around the world, esports has become an unmissable combination of sport, lifestyle, and performance. Kia is intensifying its links with esports and is partnering with Team Vitality, the number one esports team in France and home to some of the biggest esports players. Team Vitality is home to the world’s best players competing across eight titles and is one of only ten teams competing in the League of Legends European Championship (LEC). With more than 24 million followers across social media, Team Vitality is the most successful team in France with a huge global presence.

Kia France and Team Vitality are launching a unique pan-European digital campaign to kick off the collaboration. Creation and innovation are the pillars of this campaign, entitled Voyage to Inspiration, which will be broadcast on the social networks of Kia France and Team Vitality from 29 July for a period of three months. For this campaign, Kia France brings an innovative vision of its brand orientation, its identity, and its products. In turn, Team Vitality highlights its expertise in the field of esports and digital technology.

The campaign will feature Team Vitality athletes and ambassadors in France and EV6, Kia’s new 100% electric crossover, which offers a range of up to 510 km (WLTP combined cycle) and can be recharged from 10% to 80% in just 18 minutes, namely 100 km of range recovered in less than 5 minutes!

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Innovative digital activations will be carried out throughout the campaign through video content jointly produced by Kia France and Team Vitality using the new Kia brand signature “Movement that inspires”. A co-branded Kia x Vitality product embracing the Kia EV6’s design, performance, and technology features, will appear during the campaign.

“We are delighted to have set up this collaboration with Kia France, a leading brand in the electrification market and innovative in its approach. At Team Vitality we pride ourselves on creating content that goes beyond the traditional and it’s great to partner with Kia France to produce something unique for our fans. ” says Fabien DEVIDE, President of Team Vitality.

“Innovation and expertise are the key words of our respective industries, so creating this partnership was an obvious choice in view of this shared vision. But beyond this orientation, the strength of our partnership lies in our creativity and our desire to surprise our audiences. Esports is now a major sport discipline, so it is essential for us as a car brand to join this movement and to draw inspiration from it to reach out to these athletes of a new world,” concludes Olivier BOUELHARRAG, Head of Communications at Kia France.