JOSÉ LYON — Integrated & Product MarketingNew YorkAvailable for roles and projects
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Case study · Product Marketing · Integrated Campaign

From checking account to financial progress.

Repositioning Oriental's fee-free account and building the tier that made it worth a paycheck.

Client
Oriental Bank, via Yonder Consulting
My role
Strategy lead
Year
2025
Scope
Audience strategy, offer framing, value proposition, packaging and tier structure, messaging, creative brief

The challenge

Libre’s fee-free promise gave customers relief, but little reason to make it their main account. Oriental needed the account that receives the paycheck.

The shift

I reframed Libre around what it enables: financial progress. Libre became the gateway; Libre Plus became the accelerator, unlocking benefits through a savings account and qualifying direct deposit rather than a balance threshold.

The ladder

Libre is the gateway. Libre Plus is the accelerator, unlocked by a savings account and qualifying direct deposit.

Fig. 02 Original scope · The ladder

Product ladder slide showing Libre and Libre Plus tiers and how Libre Plus unlocks

My role

As strategy lead, I owned audience strategy, offer framing, value proposition, packaging and tier structure, messaging, and the creative brief. “The account that works for you” connected that proposition to the effort customers already put into their working lives.

Campaign rollout across channels for Libre and Libre Plus
Fig. 03Original scope · Rollout

The result

During the 2025 program window, Libre generated more than $20M in net-new retail deposits and roughly $70M in total production, with average balances near $1,000.

Campaign idea
The account that works for you.
Explainer creatives showing how to qualify for Libre Plus and its benefits
Fig. 04Concept extension · 2026 · Qualification and benefit explainer

Results · 2025 program window

  • $20M+

    in net-new retail deposits

  • ~$70M

    in total production

  • ~$1,000

    average balances

  • +66%

    quarter over quarter in digital account openings, 2025 program window

Concept extension · 2026 · The hour

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  • Key visual connecting the campaign idea to the account
    Fig. 05Retrospective creative application · 2026
  • Billboard mockup of The hour concept on a San Juan street
    Fig. 06The hour · Concept extension · 2026 · Billboard mockup
  • Marketplace benefit series key visual
    Fig. 07Concept extension · 2026 · Marketplace benefit series