From identity refreshto digital growth.

Client
Gladiator Tennis
Sector
Sports
Capabilities

01The challenge

A competitive tennis league needed to evolve its brand to reach a broader, more modern audience.

We led an end-to-end transformation, redefining its identity, rebuilding its digital ecosystem, and reimagining the player experience to unlock scalable growth.

A workshop in progress: sticky notes placed along a large paper map on the table

02How the work came together

Workstream

  • Workshops to align stakeholders around vision, positioning and roadmap
  • Branding to establish a distinctive, scalable identity system
  • UI/UX design to create intuitive, high-performance digital experiences
  • Customer insights to validate concepts and inform product evolution

Our approach

  • Facilitated collaborative workshops to clarify brand strategy and product priorities
  • Designed a bold, modern identity system built for consistency across all touchpoints
  • Built a player app focused on usability, performance and scalability
  • Used AI-driven tools to collaborate in real time with product and engineering
  • Partnered with a design counsel of users to co-create features
The product, in use

03Key outcomes

+34%Player growth, 2023 to 2025
10+Markets in the expansion footprint
~19,989Matches logged, trailing 12 months

04In their words

shUX is far more than a design agency. They’re an extension of our product team, constantly challenging traditional workflows and helping us move faster without sacrificing quality. From interactive prototypes and an AI-first design system to shipping production-ready UI through Claude Code, they’ve fundamentally improved how we design, iterate, and deliver products at Gladiator Tennis.”
Chris Nielsen, Chief Product Officer · Gladiator Tennis

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