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Creative Formats

Formats built for the way people browse.

User-first Social Display and Immersive formats, built in-house to drive intentional engagement, never forced clicks.

User-first design, by design.

PIQ inventory supports standard IAB formats plus Picnic’s own Social Display and Immersive range. Every one is built in-house around user-centric design, for intentional engagement over forced interactions.

Engaging design

Every unit is designed to drive intentional user engagement, inviting a tap, not forcing a view or an accidental click.

No disruptive pop-ups

Picnic ads integrate seamlessly within publisher environments, working with the user’s journey, not interrupting it.

No forced clicks

Inspired by popular social experiences, formats help your brand stand out, there’s a unit for every audience, KPI and vertical.

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Stories format example
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Stories

The original Picnic format. A multiframe experience inspired by the Stories found across social media, users tap backwards and forwards between frames, with optional customisation baked in.

Best for
  • Brand awareness campaigns that need intuitive engagement.
  • Hyper-customisation, shoppable hotspots, emoji reactions and polls.
  • Video & static assets, side by side.
Posts format example
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Posts

A familiar format inspired by the simplicity of a social feed ‘post’, seamlessly combining hero imagery with descriptive text. Drives clicks with an intuitive footer click-out, reaching consumers outside the walls of social media at no extra production cost.

Best for
  • Driving clicks to a landing page.
  • A caption and messaging within the format, up to 3 lines.
  • Showcasing a range of images with multi-frame capability.
Carousel format example
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Carousel

A multi-frame format that drives clicks to image-specific landing pages, each with tailored product detail. Instant-build a Carousel in Picnic Studio from an existing social post URL, extending the reach of your content at no additional production cost.

Best for
  • Driving CTR and engagement.
  • Showcasing 2–10 products, each with its own info and landing page.
  • Social extension, repurpose social assets for the open web in a few clicks.
Clips format example
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Clips

Captivate users with short, entertaining videos on the open mobile web through a vertical ‘reel’ that drives dwell time and encourages clicks. Easily repurposes existing video assets, overlaid with intuitive interactions inspired by the latest trends in social media.

Best for
  • Brand awareness campaigns with strong dwell time.
  • Repurposing social video assets for the open web at no extra creative cost.
  • Showcasing multiple video assets.
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Swipe Right format example
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Swipe Right

Picnic’s novel, engaging format inspired by highly-popular dating apps. The first mobile ad format to give users the choice between products or brand content with swipe ‘dislike’ and swipe ‘like’ functionality.

Best for
  • Driving user engagement and creative attention.
  • Gaining granular insight into user preferences.
  • A customised ‘It’s a match’ card with additional brand information.
Showreels format example
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Showreels

Turn existing 16×9 TV/YouTube assets into a high-impact, user-controlled experience. Inspired by social formats, this ad combines video with a carousel of static frames to boost engagement, immersive, clickable touchpoints that drive action.

Best for
  • Brand awareness campaigns.
  • Seamlessly repurposing YouTube assets for the open web.
  • A short caption with additional brand messaging.
Messenger format example
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Messenger

A conversational ad format with attention-driving interactions that spark conversation between brands and users. Messenger empowers users to guide the conversation and take control of their personal ad experience.

Best for
  • Brand awareness campaigns with high in-unit engagement.
  • Gaining granular insight into user interactions.
  • Providing a highly tailored ad experience.

Find the format that fits your next campaign.

Tell us your objective and audience, we’ll recommend the Picnic format, build it in-house, and run it across quality-curated inventory.