Enterprise & Industry Video Case Study: Expedia - Return to Office

Expedia – Return to Office Readiness 

Corporate Communications / Industry Video 

Completed December 2021

The Challenge

After years of remote work, Expedia needed a way to welcome its global workforce back into the office safely and wholesomely. The goal was to communicate best practices for workplace readiness while reigniting company culture across continents.

The challenge? Turn procedural, HR-driven content into an engaging visual narrative that resonated equally across global offices. And with shoots happening worldwide during ongoing travel restrictions, Element 7 needed to orchestrate everything remotely.

Our Approach

Element 7 designed a dynamic, movement-driven concept: one continuous global “walk and talk.” The camera follows Expedia Team Leads and employees as they share updates and safety guidance, with match cuts transitioning seamlessly between continents — from Seattle’s HQ to offices abroad in Singapore, London, and India.

We developed a detailed storyboard animatic to align teams across time zones, ensuring that every cut, frame, and motion matched. Our director worked virtually through live camera feeds, guiding local crews in real time to maintain stylistic consistency and tone.

The result is a video that feels alive — fast-paced, inclusive, and full of momentum — turning what could have been a corporate PSA into a celebration of reconnection.

Production Highlights

Filming spanned six locations — Seattle, San

Francisco, Austin, Singapore, London, and India — requiring precise coordination across time zones. Using storyboard animatics and real-time video feeds, Element 7 directed each team virtually, monitoring live camera output to match tone and composition.

Our producers worked through late nights and early mornings, connecting with crews from halfway around the world. The project became a testament to creative collaboration without borders — proof that the right process can unify any production.

The Result

The finished video premiered internally to Expedia’s workforce of over 15,000 employees, helping prepare global teams for the return to office and reigniting excitement about reconnecting in person.

The video succeeded in transforming a procedural update into a piece that felt personal, positive, and representative of Expedia’s international community.