Cascade Communications

Cascade Communications is a Chicago-based agency, founded in 2001, working with launch-stage startups, growth-stage businesses, and companies going through generational or post-acquisition transitions. The team is small (1-10 people) and describes its client base as spanning architectural and historical organizations, arts and entertainment, associations and nonprofits, and B2B companies. Its site references past project experience with larger consumer brands including Jim Beam Brands, DeKuyper Schnapps, Maytag, Red Bull, Motorola, and SC Johnson. The agency operates under a model it calls Cascade360, an integrated approach intended to coordinate PR, brand design, web, content, SEO, and video under a single strategy rather than treating channels separately. For launch-stage clients, it describes building brand identity from the ground up, media strategy for early credibility, SEO and content for discovery, and investor-facing positioning. For growth-stage businesses, services include brand audits, PR campaigns, and content/SEO work aimed at compounding results across channels. For companies in generational or ownership transition, it offers rebrand strategy, leadership transition communications, and repositioning for new audiences. Listed service lines include brand and design (identity and packaging systems), website and SEO (Wix-built sites), video and photography, PR and media relations, content strategy, and social media strategy.