Creative Services
When you need creative, we provide the service! As part of our campus community, you have access to the university’s full-service, on-campus provider of marketing materials at no charge to you (aside from printing costs). We will work with you to understand your needs and use our expertise to develop creative solutions. You can contact us to create a brochure, postcard, website, custom illustration or any other marketing materials. All work produced by creative services automatically meets brand standards, so no need for further review.
PLEASE NOTE: Because we do not charge our campus partners for these services, we are often flooded with requests and timelines can run as long as 8-10 weeks. Please plan accordingly.
Graphic Design
Attention-getting design to communicate with your audience at a glance.
Please click the button above to access. This system is set up using ECU Single Sign-On, meaning you will use your PirateID and Passphrase to log in. You can click on your initials in the bottom left corner of the page and set your account up as you wish including how you receive notifications. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Creative Services at creativeservices@ecu.edu
Website Development
Expert website design and development of sites on ecu.edu
Photography
Photographers at ECU are available when you need to capture professional images to help tell your story. Appointments for official headshots for faculty and staff are available.
PLEASE NOTE: Only limited coverage of events is provided, specifically if it is for a news item or photos needed for a publication. Freelance photographers are available in the area for other needs and we can help you with contact information.
TO REQUEST PHOTOS ON FILE: Please email ecuphotos@ecu.edu for event photos. Include the event or person’s name and approximate date the photo(s) were taken.
Please email creativeservices@ecu.edu for Health Sciences headshot photos.
TO REQUEST AN OFFICIAL HEADSHOT:
Rescheduling/No-Show information: Out of respect for our photographer’s time, please email creativeservices@ecu.edu if you have a scheduling conflict and are unable to make your scheduled appointment for Health Sciences portraits OR ecuphotos@ecu.edu for Main Campus portraits and we will be happy to reschedule for another time. If you fail to notify us that you will not be at your scheduled appointment and do not show, it will be several weeks to months before a new appointment will be available to you as photography calendars fill up quickly. We will not accept appointment requests from individuals or groups responsible for multiple no-show appointments.
LCD Images
Submit a request to have your date-specific LCD image created and/or posted for university events, programs or deadlines; the promotion of a new feature or initiative, or to communicate important information that affects the health, safety and well-being of students, faculty and staff. Images play in a rotation with other ads across all 160+ screens covering Main and West Campuses and display for a period of two weeks prior to event, program or deadline at discretion of ECU Creative Services.
To be accepted for posting, graphics must meet the following criteria:
- Must be sponsored by a university entity and indicate the sponsoring department or organization.
- Include a date-specific event, program, deadline, or communicate critical information that effects the health, safety and/or well-being of a student.
- File size is now 1200px wide by 746px tall, at least 150 dpi, and saved as a JPG (PNG is not acceptable).
- Must include an element of ECU purple.
- Include at least the abbreviated ADA statement: ADA Accommodation: ADA Coordinator at ADA-Coordinator@ecu.edu or 737-1018.
- Primary fonts used should be ECU brand fonts: Avenir Next, Museo Slab, and/or Adobe Garamond, Roboto Slab, Figtree, or Crimson Text. Decorative fonts are allowed only for the event title of student events.
- Font size should be no smaller than 10pt.
- Please keep text and graphics a minimum of 1/4” from all edges of the graphic.
Please click the button above to access. This system is set up using ECU Single Sign-On, meaning you will use your PirateID and Passphrase to log in. You can click on your initials in the bottom left corner of the page and set your account up as you wish including how you receive notifications. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Creative Services at creativeservices@ecu.edu
Video
Video can be a very compelling and engaging way to tell your story and reach your audience. Our video team works with you through the entire production process from concept and script development all the way through your final distribution medium.
PLEASE NOTE: All video projects requests will begin with a series of questions designed to determine strategic need, distribution and appropriateness of the medium. Please download the marketing video questions (DOCX), fill out and attach to your request.
YouTube Submission
You can request to submit your video onto ECU’s YouTube channel, however this does not guarantee its posting. Contributors are responsible for the production, quality and subject matter of submitted content. Content must be consistent with the standards of East Carolina University and include accurate closed captioning.
Editorial Writing
When you need assistance crafting marketing copy for your project or just need someone to copyedit what you’ve written for adherence to university style guidelines, we can help. Submit your content with your project request for editorial review or submit your outline/talking points for original copywriting, and we will ensure your copy communicates with your audience.
(if editorial is part of a design project, it all goes on the design request).
Please click the button above to access. This system is set up using ECU Single Sign-On, meaning you will use your PirateID and Passphrase to log in. You can click on your initials in the bottom left corner of the page and set your account up as you wish including how you receive notifications. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Creative Services at creativeservices@ecu.edu
Social Media
Whether you’re looking to find a great photo of a campus event, reconnect with an old classmate or watch a recent lecture, you’ll likely find what you’re looking for on one of our social media channels. And we want to hear from you too!