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CHICAGO RED STARS

PR CAMPAIGN
By: Bianca Palacios and Maya Villeneuve
Chicago Red Stars
● Based out of Chicago,
Illinois
● Team in the National
Women’s Soccer League
● Home stadium is SeatGeek
Stadium in Bridgeview,
Illinois
● Key Players: Mallory
Swanson, Yuki Nagasato,
Alyssa Naeher
History
• The Chicago red stars were established in 2007
• They started off in the WPSL with 6 other teams
• In 2011, they made it to the WPSL championship and lost to the
California Wave
• From 2009-2012 was another league that the Red Stars joined called
the WPS
• In 2011, the Red Stars bought the rights from the WPSL
• At the start of the 2013 season, the NWSL was formed
• In 2019, the Red Stars had their first championship appearance
• In 2021, the Red Stars had their second championship appearance
Current
● Two key players were missing in the 2021 season due to injury ( Julie Ertz & Alyssa
Naeher)
● Watt & Pugh entered the 2021 season bringing a new energy offensively to the team
● Boyd and Miller stepped into Naeher role making huge adjustments
● The 2021, season was the best winning season at home they’ve had
○ The record: 8-2-2
● Sarah Gordon received the “Feat of iron woman”
Coaches/Ownership
● Coached by Rory Dames
for 10 years before he was
fired from his position and
banned from the league
● Head Coach: Chris
Petrucelli
● Assistant Coach: Ella
Masar
● Ownership Board: Kim
Vender Moffat, Dean
Egerter, Abel Lezcano,
Colleen Mares, Brian
Walsh, and Kevin Willer
Goals and Objectives

Goal

• Bring awareness to families in the


Chicago area

3 Objectives

• Partnership with the Chicago Cubs


• Themed promotional nights
• Affordable youth clinics
Key Publics

Target audience is local YMCA famlies and


the eclipse select soccer clubs

Chicago Cubs fans are targeted due to


Mal & Dansby Swanson
• The trade was beneficial to the Redstars to help
bring awareness
Key Publics

● YMCA Members have different club sports

● Eclipse select soccer will help gain view ship to


the players being fans of professional sports
○ This will extend viewership to their families
● This helps bring awareness and interest to the
sport throughout Chicago
Key Messages
Chicago Cubs Fans

• Family Environment
• Inspire, motivate, and improve the community
• Chicago pride

Local YMCA Members and Families

• Community improvement
• Healthy spirits, Mind, and Body
• Implement inclusion

Eclipse Select Soccer Club

• Female Empowerment
• Equality for future generations
• Fight for your rights
Communication Channels
● A podcast with Mal & Dansby Swanson as The host
● The main goal is to create a family environment within Chicago
● Having Guest from different industries from Chicago
Communication
Channels
• Instagram and Tik Tok
accounts are another form on
communication
• This promotes any upcoming
events about the organization
and mission
• By using Tik Tok this allows
viewers to see highlights
weekly
• This allows fans to recognize
the whole roster
• Appearances in the
community is another way to
communicate
• This makes the relationships
with the community and The
Red Stars more personable
Campaign Budget
● Podcast
○ The podcast producer will make $60,000 to support the cost of living in Chicago
○ Equipment: Rodecaster, headsets, microphones, cameras, SD cards, editing software
● Instagram and TikTok
○ A salary of $45,000 will be paid to the social media manager to manage both the Instagram account and TikTok account
○ Equipment: camera, photo editing software, ring light, iPad
● Appearances
○ The cost for appearances would come in the form of travel for the staff and players
○ Costs: Vehicles, Food, Gas,
● Newsletter
○ The social media manager will also be in charge of writing the ad for the YWCA Newsletter
○ The expenses will come from putting the ad in the newsletter twice a month for the whole year
Campaign Budget
Campaign Budget $115,000

Social media Manager (Salary) $45,000

Podcast Producer (Salary) $60,000

Equipment for Podcast $2,100

Equipment for Social Media $1,230

Transportation $5,000

YMCA Newsletter $1,300

Total Cost $114,630


Execution
● Podcast
○ Create list of potential podcast guest
○ Schedule time to record with guest
○ Edit recorded film
● Instagram
○ Schedule shoot with partners and players
○ Get candid photos of players at events
○ Review and edit footage
○ Make a post on social media account
● TikTok
○ Record content using equipment
○ Edit film and review
○ Make post on Tik Tok account
Execution
● Appearances
○ Ask Eclipse Select Soccer (ESSC) to join the Red Stars at games
○ Schedule player appearances at ESSC practices
○ Arrange time to take photos of ESSC and CRS players together
● YMCA
○ Reach out to local YMCA camps
○ Arrange deal to place add in YMCA newsletter
○ Edit and review ad to be placed in newsletter
○ Share newsletter to members and their families
Evaluation

TICKET SOCIAL SOCIAL RETURN ON


SALES MEDIA MEDIA AD SPEND
FOLLOWING VIEWERSHIP (ROAS)
References
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Chicago Red Stars. (2023). Ownership. Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved February 8, 2023, from https://www.chicagoredstars.com/ownership

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