Lamar University Homecoming 2025 campaign — cinematic film still
CASE STUDY · HOMECOMING CAMPAIGN

Lamar University Homecoming 2025

Client

Lamar University

Project

Homecoming 2025 Campaign

Our role

Video Production & Social

Year

2025

THE PROJECT

A record-breaking digital campaign for a campus celebration

Good Word Agency helped Lamar University turn Homecoming 2025 into a digital-first campaign — authentic storytelling and cinematic content built to drive engagement and build community pride across students, alumni, and the wider Beaumont community.

Deliverables

Hype reels, highlight videos, and social-first films

Timeline

2025

Role

Video production & social

Platform

Multi-platform social

102K+

Total campaign views

33,700+

Accounts reached

604%

Rise in profile visits

5

Campaign films produced

Challenge & Goals

The Challenge

A campus event only travels so far on its own. The campaign needed digital-first storytelling that could scale across platforms — capturing the energy of Homecoming and turning a local celebration into a story with statewide reach.

Goals

Make Homecoming 2025 live online as powerfully as it did in person, drive engagement across every feed, and build momentum heading into Homecoming 2026.

THE CAMPAIGN

The films that fueled it

Hype reels, highlight videos, and social-first storytelling — the content that carried Homecoming 2025 across every feed. Produced and directed by Jordan Laessig.

The Campaign

The films that fueled it

Hype reels, highlight videos and social-first storytelling, the content that carried Homecoming 2025 across every feed. Produced and directed by Jordan Laessig.

Film 01 · Student Story

Jazmin Infante

A Lamar student on what Homecoming means from the inside, cut for social and built to travel.

Watch on YouTube

Film 02 · Campus Event

Big Red's Roundup

The Homecoming roundup as it happened, a hype reel carrying the energy of the day out to students, alumni and the wider Beaumont community.

Watch on YouTube

Film 03 · Student Story

Kristian Pugh

One student, one camera, and the case for why Homecoming still matters to the people living it.

Watch on YouTube

Film 04 · Student Story

Brooklyn Williams

A short, social-first profile built to be watched on a phone and shared without a caption explaining it.

Watch on YouTube

Film 05 · Student Story

Mikayla Montanez

Closing the series on a student's own words, the piece of the campaign that drove the rise in profile visits.

Watch on YouTube
THE TAKEAWAY

Authentic storytelling turned one campus celebration into a record-breaking digital moment — over 102K views, 33,700+ accounts reached, a 604% rise in profile visits, and real momentum heading into Homecoming 2026.