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Illinois State Sponsorship Opportunities

Take advantage of the wealth of marketing opportunities available through corporate sponsorship with Illinois State Athletics! Join The Redbird Team and support over 350 student-athletes while receiving tremendous advertising and sponsor benefits.

As a corporate sponsor, your affiliation provides a wide range of opportunities to develop brand awareness and loyalty, and enhance your company's exposure to targeted groups. We also have access to many advertising and media outlets, which will provide your company with exposure to maximize your business' bottom line.

Sponsorship Benefits

Entertain clients and/or employees

Exposure to a captive audience

Generate positive image advertising

Increase consumer traffic and sales

Introduce new products and/or services

Multiple branding opportunities

Strategy of Sponsorship Packaging
The Marketing Department offers an array of opportunities. Our staff works with your company's corporate marketing strategy to develop a positive combination of marketing, advertising and promotional elements to reach your specific objectives and provide a powerful message to reach your target market.

Tailored Packages
A corporate sponsorship package is a compilation of creative ideas that you, the partner, and the marketing staff jointly develop. All advertising and sponsorship programs are tailored to the needs of each sponsor in order to maximize objectives.

Corporate Sponsorship Pricing
The marketing staff emphasizes flexibility when coordinating a sponsorship package. The values of each element within the package are consistent with the values offered to all other prospective or current sponsors. Payment schedules are flexible and contents of all contracts are negotiable.

Sponsor visibility through a corporate package may include �

Permanent signage

Print sponsorships

Game promotions

Game sponsorships

Internet sponsorships

Event hospitality

Tournament sponsorships

Special events (golf outings, student events, banquets, etc.)

Community outreach programs

Product display opportunities

Traffic building programs

Season or individual game tickets

Media Support
Our partnership programs are supported by a variety of external media to better deliver to fans, consumers and potential customers, your brand and corporate message.

For more information, contact:

Brad Ledford

Assistant Athletics Director/Marketing and Promotions

Illinois State University

Redbird Athletics

Campus Box 2660

Normal IL 61790

Email: jbledfo@ilstu.edu

Phone # (309) 438-8471

Fax # (309) 438-3880

Tracy Patkunas

Director of Sales