Running Shoes Marketing Campaign Design.
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What we built for Running Shoes Marketing Campaign Design.
Walk Here Run Here is the active footwear and race sponsorship division of The Sandal Factory — a family of coastal retail brands operating across Florida and the Carolinas since 1981. When they needed a campaign website that could speak to runners, race organizers, brand partners, and vendor prospects simultaneously, VISIONEFX designed a bold, community-driven digital experience that puts the local running culture front and center.
This wasn’t a standard retail website assignment. Walk Here Run Here operates at the intersection of race sponsorship, brand representation, and community retail — carrying names like HOKA, Brooks, New Balance, ASICS, Saucony, Vionic, Aetrex, Balega, and GU across storefronts that serve athletes from the Florida Keys to the North Carolina coast. The campaign site needed to serve multiple audiences at once: runners looking for race events and gear, brand partners evaluating retail placement, and race directors considering sponsorship. A generic footwear template wouldn’t come close to solving it.
The hero opens with a full-bleed race-day photography backdrop and a headline that establishes mission before product: “Proud to Support Our Running Community.” The yellow underline accent and dual CTAs — Explore Our Brands and Become a Partner — immediately signal that this site serves two audiences in parallel. A scrolling brand ticker beneath the hero features the full vendor roster, communicating portfolio depth at a glance to both consumers and prospective brand partners.
“On the course, in the community,” is one of the most distinctive design choices on the page. Rather than listing events in a table, each sponsored race is presented as a branded event card — First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run, Southernmost Turkey Trot 5K, Running of the Elves 5K, PKS PTA Color Run — complete with location, date, and event type. This section makes the sponsorship story tangible and local, reinforcing that Walk Here Run Here isn’t just selling shoes but showing up where their customers actually run.
What we delivered
- Claude.ai Design
- Brand Expression
- UX/UI Design
- Digital Strategy
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