DIGITAL MARKETING & BRAND EXPERIENCE
EVENT EXPERIENCES (ONLINE & OFF)
COMPANY STRATEGY & EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCE
“From engaging with your audience or top clients, to bringing your brand to the streets or the screens — your job is to show up, our job is to make the entire experience kick-a$$.”
Our CEO, Michael Donnelly delivering the closing Keynote at the OnBrand Summit in 2019.
Red Suede Shoes is a national experience design studio providing strategic consulting and creative services. Born in Chicago in 2014 and raised in a fast-paced high-energy environment by our CEO Michael Donnelly. We live by our guiding principle ‘Business gets done when people have fun’ and we’re here to help you make that happen.
We started as an event planning company, grew our offers to include more holistic marketing, and are now hyper-focused on experience design as the catalyst for creating lasting impact for your brand and bottom line.
We have engaged in projects with clients and partners ranging from tech giants (AWS, IBM, DHL, Microsoft, Intel) to start-ups; from corporate (L’Oreal, Entrepreneur Media, Biolage) to small biz (Walker Sands, Table XI, Foodservice Equipment Reports Magazine, dscout) and non-profit organizations (American Marketing Association, Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago, Refresh Miami, Networking for Non-Profits).
Mandela SH Dixon delivering a Keynote at VentureFWD San Francisco ‘17, produced by Red Suede Shoes.
We create connection.
Ok, it’s a bit more strategic and complex, but at the core, it’s that simple…connection via intentional experience design.
We have worked on projects:
From Shaking up the way 'things have always been done' to developing a tactical strategy to rev-up sales.
From launching a new concept or product with a laser focus on quickly bringing dollars in the door, to unpacking and restructuring old systems, and building bridges towards professional inclusion.
AND — we have been the force behind conceptualizing, building, producing, “virtualizing” and expanding award winning large-scale tech, business, and social events.
Our work and methodology is rooted in the practice of experience design, which is all about marrying marketing, business development, operations, and real-life (and virtual) experiences. Whether we’re focusing on bringing your brand to the streets or the screens, we work with you to make the entire experience kick-ass, and to create a meaningful impact for your brand and bottom line.
We’re fun, we’re good at what we do, and we pride ourselves on deep attention to detail coupled with connections and experience ‘walking the walk’. We value creating lasting impact. And let’s face it, you don’t need another headache, let us help you get set up for success.
Photo from extreme adventures for C-level executives event series for Red Suede Shoes client.
