Strategy & Creativity: Working Together

Caldwell & Gilley has been providing marketing and promotional services to Chicago's North Side and beyond since the year 2000 when we began developing marketing initiatives for a local Special Service Area (SSA) and Chamber of Commerce. Since then we have gone on, jointly and individually, to produce marketing and grassroots organizing solutions for political campaigns and referendums, improvisational comedy festivals and everything in between.

Individually, the pair have been designing, writing and organizing for a combined total of over 30 years.

Elizabeth Caldwell, Client Relations

Political Organizer & Consultant

Liz Caldwell has been involved in progressive politics on Chicago’s North Side for a long time, most recently on Michele Smith's successful campaign for Alderman in the 43rd Ward.

Liz has worked as a Precinct Coordinator and on the office staff for Alderman Helen Shiller, as a Fundraiser for State Representative Larry McKeon, as Lakefront Coordinator for the JB Pritzker Congressional race and as Executive Director of Central Lake View Merchants Association.

She has worked on numerous other political campaigns and initiatives and considers her greatest strengths to be field organization and volunteer coordination.  Direct voter contact is her specialty and phone bank operations are her favorite part of campaigning.

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Dave Gilley, Art Direction

Design & Brand Identity

Dave Gilley has been a designer and illustrator in Chicago for nearly two decades.

He has worked on visual design and identity for a wide variety of clients, from multinational banks and pharmaceutical firms to local theaters and neighborhood organizations. No client is too large or small if they have an interesting design problem to solve.

Dave strives to create unique looks for clients that not only suit their message, but create positive impact and brand-building opportunities with every impression.




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