Arcade Studios

05/11/2026

We’re hosting a *free* Calgary Marketing Meetup with our friends at HeyOrca on Tuesday May 26 from 5:30-7:30pm.

Expect a panel on community-led marketing led by Joe Teo () featuring our very own Social Media Director Melanie Trottier, Danielle Dugan (), Shaniece MacNeill (SocialNext Events and ), as well as some fun networking, and the chance to win a $100 gift card to a business of your choice!

Spots are limited so grab your spot through the link in our bio!

05/07/2026

If you’ve been wanting to relive the glory days of the PlayPlace, you’d better book a plane ticket to Milan. McDonald’s has made its official Milan Design Week debut with a giant ball pit. The installation celebrates 40 years since the fast-food giant opened their first location in Italy.

The installation is camp, over-the-top, and causing some confusion. But the “design” of McDonald’s spaces is as much a part of the experience as the food is.

What’s changing? Why does it matter? And how does this relate to digital marketing? We break it all down in the latest issue of Scan Club (link in bio).

05/05/2026

April showers (or in our case, snow storms) brings May WINS.🏆 Here’s a peek at a few things we’re celebrating across the agency in April:

~ We welcomed our two summer social interns: Monica & Mariah!
~ Our YVR team wrapped a fun commercial shoot.
~ We were featured in !
~ Post-shoot happy hour hits different when the whole YVR squad is together.
~ We updated some of our client facing decks and they are truly chef’s kiss 🤌🏼
~ Our production designer .ro coded and created an interactive tracker to track our IG follwer count. What CAN’T he do???
~ Results like this. 👀
~ Had our agency-wide monthly Scan Club meeting where we discuss important topics like if laptops are considered cringe.

04/30/2026

We’re published! Thrilled to be featured in as an agency to watch. Read the full article via the link in our bio.

04/02/2026

In March, the wins just kept coming. Here’s a peek at things we’re celebrating:

~ Celebrated three birthdays at Arcade HQ
~ Our Social Media Director was featured in the Social Social Club with other industry pros
~ We surpassed 27K on Instagram!!!
~ Our Sr Social & Creator Lead spoke at an IWD event
~ Client feedback like this 🥹
~ Our trend report is still trending 📈
~ We hit 10K on a client account!
~ We did a major office clean out at our Calgary office
~ Our YVR team attended a very cool coffee event for our client
~ did the most and turned our YVR crew into cartoon characters

This is life in the fast lane, baby 🏎️

03/19/2026