Cruise through some of our work.

We are the public relations agency-of-record for the Trust. In 2018, we provided ideation, outreach and storytelling support for On the Table, a citywide initiative connecting thousands of people working toward a thriving metropolis. We created the event’s call-to-action, “Meet. Share. Do.”, scripted and cast its promotional PSA, helped overhaul its new website and launched a Facebook community. The results: Communication tactics to inspire action and impact, and dozens of stories and civically engaged Chicago residents.

As agency-of-record, we work with the program team and a collaborative of 17 steering committee organizations to use communications tactics to define, shape and promote equitable transit-oriented development (eTOD) in Chicago. Our work has included developing the logo and website, reframing the name, producing videos, launching social-media accounts, crafting messaging and earning media coverage. The results: Helping to win public and media support of eTOD.

Our work has supported this grant-making initiative since 2017, when we created its first website and social media accounts, and conducted outreach to neighborhood-based organizations across Chicago that led to a doubling of applicants.  For 2018, we were retained to lead the communications strategy. The results: Relationship management with 131 grant recipients, more than 75 narrative and video stories, and broadcast and print news coverage.

We were hired to develop a strategic plan and refined messaging for this nonprofit STEM program that helps prepare youth for aerospace and aviation careers. We led a day-long meeting of its program team and volunteers, helping them whittle down a major to-do list to a series of 21 organizational priorities. Then, we aligned those priorities to time, people and funding resources, creating an execution road-map. The results: A path for growth, including renewed major-donor support, new board member engagement, and participation in a university-run accelerator program.

We created this 70-year-old philanthropy’s first contemporary logo. Also, we overhauled and rebranded its website to reflect the cohesion of its giving 

in three geographic areas and the thoughtfulness of its grant-making decisions. The results: A fresh logo that celebrates the Trusts’ origins, a clean and clear website that welcomes curious visitors, and a first-time Instagram account that celebrates grantees.

We were hired to launch a new, monthly digital newsletter for Chicago United, a business organization established to advance corporate diversity and inclusion as tools for business success. We helped the internal team innovate a fresh editorial approach, 

tone and content, creating news stories and opinion pieces suitable for CEOs and thought leaders. The results: A higher newsletter open rate and an effective complement to the organization’s members-only events, website and social media accounts.