Cates & Co Creative Design Inc

Cates & Co Creative Design Inc is a creative and advertising agency that began in 1989 as a one-person business. It has grown into a small team offering design and marketing across print, digital and events, with work reaching clients across North America. Clients deal directly with its senior staff rather than juniors.

What Cates & Co Creative Design Inc offers

• Corporate branding — identity work for companies.
• Print advertising — newspaper and magazine ads, magazines, tour and visitor guides and newcomer guides.
• Web and social media — website design and build, blogs, and pages for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
• Packaging — labels, bags and boxes.
• Event promotion — booth design, pop-up displays and promotion of national events.

Who it works with

The agency has produced the Smoke on the Water barbecue competitions at the Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, with a testimonial from the head of Landry's, Inc. Its graphics lead has worked in marketing since 1973, covering visual merchandising, print ads and direct mail.

Key facts

• Founded: 1989
• Reach: clients across North America
• Experience: more than 70 combined years across the team