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Jeep is combining its new US campaign "This Is Jeep Country" with classic reach channels, streaming, social media, events and user-generated content. The campaign launched on 9 September 2026 and aims to connect the 85-year brand history with current community signals.
According to Stellantis, the campaign runs across TV, digital, social, streaming, out-of-home and experiential channels. It includes the Wrangler, Gladiator, Grand Cherokee, Cherokee, Compass, Grand Wagoneer and the new Jeep Recon.
UGC becomes part of the brand story
What stands out is the use of real Jeep owner moments. Stellantis describes short scenes from the community as part of the campaign. This means user-generated content is not just used as a social media afterthought but is built directly into the wider brand communication.
For marketing teams, this is a familiar but increasingly important pattern: community content can deliver credibility and recognisability when it is not merely collected, but cleanly built into an overarching campaign idea.
Starbucks follows similar logic with its social-first campaign for the Pumpkin Spice Latte, combining UGC with well-known faces and classic media. Our UGC guide for 2026 also explains which rights and labelling brands should clarify when reusing such content.
Social, streaming and football work together
Jeep is not relying on social media alone. According to Stellantis, the media mix includes NFL and football environments as well as connected TV and streaming platforms such as Disney+, Paramount+, Max and Peacock.
The campaign was developed together with the Chicago agency Highdive. In addition, there are digital and online extensions for Hispanic and African American audiences.
Marketing Dive places the approach within a new marketing course designed to respond to a more fragmented audience. For brands, this interplay is exactly what matters: one big core idea stays central but is carried forward in channel- and audience-specific ways.
Brand heritage as social media raw material
Jeep builds "This Is Jeep Country" on its own history. The claim links the brand with American landscapes, off-road culture and the community of drivers. At the same time, the new Recon is integrated into the same brand world.
In this way, the campaign tackles a typical problem of established brands: history should not feel like a look back, but should serve as material for current content. UGC, social clips and live activations help translate the old brand idea into new formats.
A similar system idea also lies behind Hyundai's "Mark of a Warrior" campaign with social, Strava and real-world activations.
What marketers can take away
The campaign offers three practical takeaways:
- Heritage works better as a content system than as an anniversary spot. A strong brand idea can be extended across multiple channels and formats.
- UGC should be part of the campaign architecture. Community material has more impact when it is used deliberately as a creative element rather than just as a repost.
- Fragmented audiences need a shared core idea plus variations. Jeep keeps the central claim stable and complements it with audience-specific digital extensions.