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Program

/ Case Study

2024

Illinois Innovation Vouchers

Program launch and experience design connecting Illinois startups with statewide innovation funding.

Role

Communications & Experience

Timeline

2024

Services

Program launch · Experience design · Campaign support · Content

01 — The Challenge

The Illinois Innovation Vouchers program needed a clear, approachable way to reach startups and guide them into statewide funding.

02 — The Approach

Shaped the program’s launch communications and participant experience.

Developed content and campaign support to drive awareness among founders and partners.

Aligned messaging with the broader innovation-ecosystem strategy.

A funding program only works if the founders it’s built for can actually find their way in.

03 — Deliverables

  • Launch communications

  • Participant experience

  • Founder-facing content

  • Ecosystem messaging

04 — Results

A cohesive launch experience that made a complex funding program feel accessible to the startups it was built for.

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