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 Fresh off another win.
May 2010 - Late in the evening on April 30, 2010, Suitcase emails and mobiles started to buzz with a simple message from Lisa Sutherland, one of our account leads – “We won!” With the Flames out of the playoffs, we quickly learned that Lisa was letting us all know the our Athletes World website had just taken home Best Commercial Website honours at the MediaFRESH 2010 Digital Alberta Awards. The MediaFRESH Awards recognize outstanding digital work created in Alberta in 15 categories. This year judges sifted through numerous entries – so we’re excited to have our work attract their kudos. We should also mention that our website for Coast Mountain Sports was a finalist in the Best Commercial Website category – and it was also a finalist at the recent Ad Rodeo awards. Both of these accounts are part of The Forzani Group, and it goes without saying that it takes a great client with cool brands to help us produce equally great and cool work. Stay tuned, Suitcase is up for other prestigious awards, and we’re looking forward to more late-night messages from Lisa.  We had a feeling that 2010 was going to be a good one.
May 2010 - More than spring has arrived at our offices, as Suitcase is happy to announce that three companies have also arrived on our roster. A couple of months ago we joined up with Spruce Meadows, an internationally recognized entertainment and event brand, to design and deliver a new online experience to riders and fans alike. The new site is live and you can check it out at www.sprucemeadows.com We also shook hands with Carma Developers to help bring their Seton community online. The development is a mixed commercial / residential project that with create a new “urban” core in Calgary’s southeast quadrant. Initial work has begun figuring out functionality and user experience design, and we’re stoked to have been given the opportunity to help Carma tell this story. More recently we rekindled a relationship with WestJet. We worked with them a few years back on their internal branding and digital interaction. This time around we’re working with them on the digital component for their summer promotion. Trust us – we’ve seen the plans and it’s going to be a good one. Not a bad start to the year, and we’re looking forward to even more fun – stay tuned.  We’ve got big plans for 2010, and that starts with adding to our team
December 14, 2009 - Early December has been an exciting time as we welcome six people to Suitcase. For both our clients and our current team members these additions bring diversity, talent and renewed energy as we look to take Suitcase to the next level. Joining Suitcase at our Calgary office was Eleanor Chow (project manager) who made the switch from Rare Method. We also found desk space for Bruce Ramsay (copywriter) and Asim Kirmani (art director) both formally of Comrade Agency, as well as Igor Barbashin (developer) who made the jump from Chandran Media. To support Suitcase’s business development efforts in the U.S. market we’ve added Lisa Kern in New York, and Jess Roberts in Atlanta.  Coast Mountain Sports Online Catalog
October 2009 - We’re excited by the recent launch (just in time for holiday shopping) of the new Coast Mountain Sports fall and winter online catalog. Not only did we find a way to allow shoppers to browse even more items, we also added a nifty Shopping List feature that can be used for sharing helpful hints for what they’d want to find under the tree.  Helping Shaw take care of Business Solutions
October 2009 - The team at Suitcase was pretty excited to have played a role in helping Shaw Business Solutions redesign and relaunch their website. As a division of Shaw Communications, Shaw Business Solutions provides reliable phone, data and Internet to small, medium and large operations. By creating a more accessible user experience, and a highly functional mobile site, we helped Shaw’s sales team through enhanced lead capture and automation. We also created an interactive map to illustrate Shaw Business Solutions’ more than 625,000 kilometre fiber network across Canada and the United States.  Suitcase helps Athletes World crown new brand "Ambassadors"
September 2009 - Q: How do you convince Canadian youth that your brand is cool? A: Let their friends do it! That's the strategy behind Suitcase's social media initiative for Athletes World, a national retailer of casual athletic apparel and streetwear. Through an online campaign, Suitcase helped Athletes World find the most ambitious and socially connected teens and students in Canada, and engaged them as official Ambassadors to spread the word about Athletes World by word-of-mouth and via their social networks. In return, AW Ambassadors are awarded points that can be redeemed for AW merchandise and exclusive gear from all the top AW brands.  Suitcase seizes shiny something-somethings at seriously swanky show. (try saying that 3x quickly – we did)
September 2009 - What’s that saying about good news arriving in threes? We were honoured to find out that the Web Marketing Association recognized a trio of our accounts their annual WebAwards in Connecticut. The big winner was the Coast Mountain Sports Online Catalogue that was awarded Outstanding Website in the Website Development category. We also received Standard of Excellence nods for the Calgary Zoo website (Non-profit category), and Shaw Snailskis (Internet Service Provider category).  Ryan talks Project Smile with Alberta Primetime
May 12, 2009 - Alberta Primetime recently stopped by to have a chat with Suitcase Interactive CEO Ryan Gill about a longstanding, yearly Suitcase philanthropy initiative in Mazatlan, Mexico. Project Smile brings health and hope to children in need. See the clip here.  Suitcase starts work with Jayman Homes
May 12, 2009 - Suitcase Interactive is proud to report that we've started work with longstanding leading Calgary homes builder, Jayman Homes, to give their current web presence a complete overhaul.  Health is the New Wealth
May 12, 2009 - Suitcase Interactive recently kicked off work with Alberta Health Services on their new 'Stand Up For Your Life' campaign. The initiative educates people on changes they can make to help reduce their cancer risk. See the campaign's TV spot here.  Suitcase takes Gold at the W3 Awards
February 11, 2009 - The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, videos and marketing programs.  Ad Rodeo Awards Suitcase Interactive Top Interactive Award
February 11, 2009 - Suitcase Interactive earned top spot at the 2008 Ad Rodeo taking home the award for Best Interactive for work executed for our long term client Shaw Cable Systems. The honors came from work on www.snailskis.com microsite and campaign named "Say No To Slow". Suitcase worked in parallel with White Iron Productions and Shaw's Internal Marketing team to build this entertaining digital execution.  Suitcase in the Spotlight
December 19, 2007 - The staff at Suitcase have hit primetime! Recently, CityTV chose to spotlight us on two of its programs. The first clip – airing on the channel’s evening news broadcast – features interviews with CEO Ryan Gill and Project Director Chris Dykstra, and focuses on our pro-active health & wellness policies. Early risers in Calgary also saw Ryan’s appearance on Breakfast Television, where he promoted Project Smile with Cabbie from The Score.  mediaFRESH 07 DMAA Awards
May 3, 2007 - Suitcase Interactive was proud to accept 2 DMAA 2007 mediaFRESH awards; Media Design Company of the Year & Programmer of the Year! Five other nominations for Suitcase Interactive: Best Designer. Best Corporate/Self Promotional Site. Burger Boat Company site, "Thousand Barrels A Second" site and M. Bolke Veneer Corp. site were all nominated in the Best Interactive in the Over/Under $20,000 categories. Thank you to our clients for the opportunity to work with you!  Partnering with an agency of change
October 17, 2006 - United Way of Calgary and Area chooses Suitcase Interactive for the redesign of their website.  Twin tower condo wins best website
September 3, 2006 - The Gateway Midtown project wins a Sales and Marketing (SAM) award for their unprecedented condo sales in 2005.  Industry leader launches mbveneer.com
July 23, 2006 - Suitcase launches M. Bohlke Veneer, which features some of our most ambitious (and appropriate) uses of Flash to date. Definitely worth a look.  Best selling artist launches book site
May 21, 2006 - The highly touted book "A Thousand Barrels a Second" by Peter Tzertzakian gains some great digital presence with the launch of 1000barrels.com. |
