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A Creative Branding Agency Partners with Cushing to Provide Graphic Solutions for Saint Ignatius College Prep.

Account Manager: Valerie Ward
Project Managers: Conor Harmon and Julia Kaufman
Writer and Photography: Catie Duffy

Portfolio Details

Client: Gameplan Creative

What's the Gameplan?

Gameplan Creative, LLC is a CLIO sports award-winning branding agency with a reputation of providing innovative creative identity solutions. From ushering in the Golden Age of NBA Identity Systems in the 1990s to leaving today’s stadium fans breathless with eye-popping state-of-the-art video board and LED animations, their creative solutions have revolutionized sports design and are considered by many to be industry best practices.

Gameplan Creative Earn It Re-Earn It Wall Graphic
Gameplan Creative Wolf Wall Graphic

? GO WOLFPACK!

On the market for a graphics solutions provider for current and future projects, Gameplan Creative came across Cushing. Located just blocks away from Gameplan’s River North office headquarters, Tom O’Grady, Founder and Chief Creative Officer, and his team stopped in to learn more about the array of services Cushing provides. Previously VP, Global Creative Director for the National Basketball Association, O’Grady was looking to partner with a company as detail-oriented as he is.

HAT TRICK (DESIGN + PRODUCTION + EXECUTION)

Getting Creative

A partnership with Saint Ignatius College Prep brought Gameplan Creative to Cushing once again. SICP needed locker room graphics for the Saint Ignatius WolfPack Hockey Club (who plays out of recently constructed MB Ice Arena). They needed team graphics to brand the space and boost morale before games.

That’s where Gameplan Creative came in.
Gameplan Creative Wolf Pack Wall Graphics

They designed a series of bold, over-sized graphics, completed the final electronic files and reviewed with the team at Cushing.

Howling Wolf

After extensive site surveys and some back and forth questions and adjustments, the Cushing team got to work producing graphics that would fulfill Gameplan Creative’s vision for the space. “Cushing provided a clear plan of how they wanted to execute the project and executed without any on the fly changes or deviations from the original plan,” said O’Grady.

Several graphics were installed in the locker room space. Wall graphics including inspirational quotes and the school’s logo are displayed above players’ shared space. A door graphic depicting the school’s front gate gives players a taste of their home turf from a mile away.

“The end result was excellent,” says O’Grady, “Our client was very pleased with the final outcome and the overall graphics and installation went very smoothly.”

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“We were very satisfied with the attention to our project and the confidentiality to the high-profile nature of assignment. Cushing met our timelines and expectations on installation days. After successfully working with Cushing, we felt comfortable recommending our long-time client, Major League Baseball to reach out to their team when the league was looking for a series of print design services for both their Postseason and World Series events at Wrigley Field in Chicago.”
Tom O’Grady, Founder and Chief Creative Officer
Tom O’Grady, Founder and Chief Creative OfficerGameplan Creative

? THE GOAL

More than the Game

As a sports branding agency, having the chance to provide environmental graphics to clients and partners helps increase business for Gameplan Creative.

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