• by Larissa Faw , September 18, 2017

The Trade Desk (TTD) and agency Walrus are hoping to help people understand the abstract world of programmatic advertising with the "Missed Connections" campaign.

TTD says this is a first-of-its-kind campaign because it aims to bring personality to an extremely complex topic: programmatic advertising.  

The creative features a polka-dot-loving woman who keeps “missing” the programmatic ads for a pair of pink polka-dotted pants, despite several attempts to get her attention. She misses the ad because, first, her tablet battery dies -- and then she has to answer her doorbell right before the ad hits her flat screen.

The spot ends with TTD saying "We bring people and ads together."

The paid media campaign runs across digital video, connected TV and native video. TTD is also retargeting those viewers with a display campaign.