Rochambeau

A bilingual approach to excellence

The Washington, D.C. area boasts an extensive list of outstanding private schools for all ages. As a hub for international relations, the nation’s capital attracts individuals and their families from all over the world to support the missions of diplomats and NGOs alike. The only French-accredited school in the area, Rochambeau, strives to be top of mind among local families for the benefits of its rigorous, multilingual, and pluricultural curriculum. With the opening of a brand new elementary campus fast approaching, the French International School reached out to Grafik to develop a strategy for building awareness and growing enrollment. 

The first step was to fully understand Rochambeau’s target audiences. After in-depth research, we developed two main marketing personas, each with their own distinct characteristics and motives: local families seeking to enroll young students in a bilingual learning environment, and expatriate families of French-speaking countries looking to continue within the world-renowned French curriculum. We used these insights to create a new strategy and advertising creative for an integrated marketing campaign that spanned social media, display and retargeting channels.

In addition to building out targeted segments that aligned with our personas, we leveraged digital platform capabilities to customize ads to the native speaker. Vibrant, eye-catching creative featured current Rochambeau students and were written in both French and English to emphasize the bilingual and diverse environment students will find on campus. 

Our integrated campaign efforts resulted in over 300 conversions, with Google retargeting ads generating a 6% click-through rate. Our bilingual social media ads garnered lots of positive engagement from local French and English-speaking families, furthering the reach of Rochambeau’s invaluable mission in and around Washington, D.C. 

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