Creative Communications
Student Life Creative Communications Guidelines and Procedures
The Creative Communications team oversees all Student Life design and multimedia projects and The Egg, Student Life's student marketing agency.
Designs type descriptions:
- Art: art curation, exhibitions and displays
- Digital: designs such as logos or illustrations, digital signs and web graphics to be displayed on a screen or monitor
- Environment: designs that are large formats, such as banners, clings, interior semi-permanent and permanent signage and wayfinding
- Print: designs that will be printed, such as flyers, posters, postcards, booklets, t-shirts, promotional items, etc.
Notes about design:
- Currently, we only support digital graphics for the media channels supported by Student Life:
- @UDStudents Instagram account
- Blue Hen Life newsletter
- Student Life Employee Newsletter
- All digital and print advertising space reservations must be reserved and confirmed before design.
- Student Life design projects are limited to three revisions and must be approved before printing, allowing for one round of design feedback.
- SL Comm retains oversight of all designs.
- Please adhere to semesterly submission deadlines.
Promotional Materials
- Promotional items with an imprint area under three inches will only have the UD monogram and Student Life due to the limited spacing.
- Promotional items will follow brand guidelines:
- Vertical stack: UD monogram - STUDENT LIFE - space - Department Name
- STUDENT LIFE - all capital letters
- Department Name - upper and lower case
- Reorders for promotional items will be handled by the SL Comm Project Coordinator
- Promotional items are subject to Office of Communications & Marketing (OCM) approval
Print Items
- Please be sure to reserve space for your print materials in advance.
- Printing orders and re-orders will be handled by SL Comm Administrative Specialist, Alex Colella at acolella@udel.edu.
- If you request print items, you are responsible for the distribution and associated costs for producing and for any installation or removal of these items.
Print Items Distribution
- If you request print items, you are responsible for distribution of these items.
- Read the SL guide for print distribution list.