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General Information
How to request Marketing Services
Images & Videos Specifications

Services Provided
Posting Policy for the Art Building
Contact Information

General Information

Students, staff, faculty and alumni may send CVAD-related news or request marketing services. 

Important: These services and media are not open to entities external to UNT or the UNT College of Visual Arts and Design. Please contact the UNT Division of University Brand Strategy and Communications for information about advertising to UNT students, faculty, staff and alumni.

Please plan on at least seven to 10 business days  to have your request completed. This advance notice helps ensure that requests are managed efficiently without disrupting current priorities and requests submitted before yours. 

How to request CVAD Marketing Services

Email cvad.Information@unt.edu with "REQUEST" as the first word of your subject line, followed by the topic.

Example (yes, capital letters)

  • REQUEST: [name of department/office], [topic or type of service needed]
    • REQUEST: Art History, news story, digital signs and social media posts

Attach your images, Word documents, etc., and include complete information about your news, event or other request, including the suggested headline, event information, such as date, time, place, and names of the participants.

Important: Please extract pertinent information from any links you may have; do not send links for Marketing to research or curate your news.

  • Include the date you want your request fulfilled, such as "Deadline: [insert a date]." Please plan on seven to 10 days to have your request completed.
  • For updates to web pages, please include the URL of the page(s) to be edited. Then, copy the page content to a Word document and track changes to indicate what needs to be edited.
  • For updates to academic content (content covered in the UNT catalog) on the CVAD.unt.edu website: first, route your proposed changes to Dr. Heidi Strobel, Heidi.Strobel@unt.edu; once she approves them, she will send them to Marketing. Note: All videos must be approved by Dr. Strobel before they can be uploaded.

Images & Video Specifications

If you have images or video, follow the image and video requirements on the CVAD Technical Specifications page. Attach your images (.jpg, .png, .mp4 or .tiff) or a text document (.docx or .rtf) to the email.

  • Important: All videos for the CVAD websites or social media must be approved by Dr. Heidi Strobel before they can be uploaded.
  • Portraits for the CVAD directory pages should be in color, square, high resolution, 1080 x 1080 pixels and show only the head and shoulders. Professional attire is strongly recommended.

Services Provided

Services are provided for CVAD Students, Staff, Faculty and Alumni.

  • Posting of news content and images on the News and Views Newsfeed.
  • Promotion of CVAD news to the UNT Division of University Brand Strategy and Communications — for news with a broader appeal.
  • Adding your event to the CVAD Upcoming Events calendar
  • Reviewing for UNT and CVAD branding compliance before publication.
  • Placing of paid advertising with funds (chart string) you provide.
  • Posting to Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, the ID Blog
  • Posting to the Art Building digital signs
  • Updating CVAD.unt.edu or other UNT websites —
    • First, route your request to Dr. Heidi Strobel, associate dean for academic and student affairs, before sending it to CVAD Marketing as a request.
    • Website Updates: View the Website Update Guidance.
    • Dr. Strobel will send the approved content to Marketing.
    • Updates to faculty, staff and administrator directory pages, do not require Dr. Strobel's review or approval; send those directly to CVAD.Information@unt.edu.
  • Photography support — photo appointments depend on the photographer's availability.
  • Supporting third-party videography in the Art Building from the Division of University Brand Strategy and Communications and the Office of General Counsel.
  • Other: Need something else not listed here? Please describe the marketing support you're requesting.

Posting Policy

In accordance with UNT Policy 11.003: Signs, Posters and Advertisements, there may be no posting of flyers, posters, show cards, etc., except in designated areas. Nothing may be posted on doors, walls, windows, trees, or other surfaces on the campus. College faculty and staff, grounds and building custodial personnel will routinely remove all such material.

The Art Building has public bulletin boards above all trash/recycling stations throughout.

  • Prior to hanging any materials on the board, you must bring them to the CVAD Dean's Office. Each item will be stamped "approved" and assigned a "remove by" date.
  • Any posted item without approval will be removed and discarded. Any item in an alternative location will be removed and discarded.

Upon request, a copy of the CVAD Policy is available in the Dean's Office, Art Building, Room 101.

Contact Information