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Best of the Year
Best Marketing & Promotional Design of 2026
The marketing and promotional design that won a GDUSA award in 2026, each with the firm and the designers credited.
6 award-winning projects
Promotional design is the work that has to move product this quarter, and sports teams have turned it into a discipline of its own. The designer builds a launch system that works on a jersey and on a phone in the same week, and the energy has to come from the system itself. The winners here make a moment feel bigger without losing the brand. The Chicago Blackhawks' black jersey identity took the top award in the 2026 Sports Design Awards for a system that flexed across every touchpoint, and Gotham FC's playoff campaign ran on two colors and momentum. The best promotional designers in the awards are shown here. Open any campaign to see the pieces and learn what made it work.
Standouts of 2026
- Blackhawks Black Jersey Creative Identityby Chicago Blackhawks · 2026Overall First Place
- Wizards Cherry Blossom Uniform Launchby Monumental Sports and Entertainment · 2026Overall Second Place
- Gotham FC 2025 NWSL Playoffs Campaignby Gotham FC · 2026Category Winner
- CAPITALS X PRIDE JERSEYby Monumental Sports and Entertainment · 2026Category Runner-Up
- TCU Football Weekly Recruiting Graphicsby TCU Football, Zro_G · 2026Category Third Place
- Buford Indoor Golf & Academy—Digital Marketing Flyerby Kristine Kim · 2026Editor's Choice
Overall First Place2026
Blackhawks Black Jersey Creative Identity
Marketing & Promotional Design
Firm
Chicago Blackhawks
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Category Winner2026
Gotham FC 2025 NWSL Playoffs Campaign
Marketing & Promotional Design
Firm
Gotham FC
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Category Third Place2026
TCU Football Weekly Recruiting Graphics
Marketing & Promotional Design
Firm
TCU Football, Zro_G
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Overall Second Place2026
Wizards Cherry Blossom Uniform Launch
Marketing & Promotional Design
Firm
Monumental Sports and Entertainment
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Category Runner-Up2026
CAPITALS X PRIDE JERSEY
Marketing & Promotional Design
Firm
Monumental Sports and Entertainment
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Editor's Choice2026
Buford Indoor Golf & Academy—Digital Marketing Flyer
Marketing & Promotional Design
Firm
Kristine Kim
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Common questions
- How many marketing and promotional design projects won GDUSA awards in 2026?
- The gallery lists 6 winners from 2026 in this category, out of 73 across all years. Each one appears here with its firm and designer credits.
- Which firms won the most GDUSA awards for marketing and promotional design in 2026?
- Monumental Sports and Entertainment is the only firm with more than one winner, at 2. The ranking for the year lists every firm with its winning work. Best Marketing & Promotional Design firms of 2026, by award wins.
- Where are the marketing and promotional design projects from other years?
- Every year has its own page, from 2016 to 2026, and the category hub lists all of them together. All Marketing & Promotional Design.
- How do I enter next year's awards?
- Entries go through the GDUSA entry platform. A single entry costs $120 as of October 2026, and packages bring the price per piece down to $400 for ten to twenty entries. Winners who publish get a project page here with full credits, and publication is the paid step. How the awards work.