The Student Life Communication (SLC) team is happy to assist you by providing a branding and accessibility design review to ensure your project aligns with UA and Student Life branding and accessibility requirements. Please refer to the following to determine whether divisional approval is required for your visual assets, and which projects may benefit from additional design assistance from our team.
Do Not Require Divisional Approval
SLC is always happy to review these assets, but it is not required. Be sure to use a color contrast checker as part of your design workflow.
- Social media posts
- If the post may be controversial or sensitive in nature, please reach out to SLC first.
- Learn how to create accessible social media content
- Items printed in-house for total audiences smaller than 100
- Internal (on-campus) slide decks (PowerPoint, etc.) that are used for
student and Student Life audiences — If your audience is on campus
but includes people outside the student/Student Life audience, please start with a provided
template and/or request a review from Student Life Communication (SLC).
Divisional Approval Required
The following visual assets require divisional approval through the Design Approval Request form.
- Anything that requires University brand approval – divisional approval should be secured before you submit for brand approval
- This includes anything with UA logos or wordmarks and anything that utilizes University funds for printing
- University brand approval is the Strat Comm/Trademark Licensing/Procurement process in the “brand portal”
- New “looks” (often called “logos”) for divisional or departmental campaigns, initiatives or programs
- Any building or office signage (semi/permanent decals or wall art and/or flyers that are printed and displayed representing any Student Life department or initiative)
- Any items printed in house for larger audiences (approximately 100 or more)
- Buttons (including those printed in-house that might skip the University’s brand approval process)
- Digital signs
- Slides decks that include external audiences
Recommended to Request SLC Assistance with Design
For departments that do not have access to a full-time comm specialist and/or professionally trained graphic design student, it is recommended that you submit a communications request to SLC to create the following items:
- High impact pieces that have significant stakeholders (influential audiences) or reach (very broad/large audiences)
- Any building or office signage (semi/permanent decals or wall art)
- Other projects with longevity/reuse and wider impact:
- Looks/”logos”
- Departmental brochures or flyers
- T-shirt designs
- New campaigns
- Magazines