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Positioning

Owning a singular place in the minds of an institution's various constituencies is part of the effort to enjoy cult status. Often, our charge is to provide a market-ready expression of a previously established positioning model. Alternatively, we may shape positioning around vision and mission correlated with data and a well-informed understanding of institutional culture.

Sarah Lawrence College

Sarah Lawrence College

  • Research and focused interviews (staff, faculty, students, and alumni)
  • Guidance counselor survey
  • Campus tour audit
  • Positioning statement/value proposition
  • College graphic identity and standards manual
  • Admission communication strategy and sequencing
  • Undergraduate admissions print communications
  • Cross-channel Student Search coordination
  • Graduate admission print communications
  • Graduate admission advertising
  • Admission microsite design and development
  • Virtual tour design and development

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George Washington University School of Law

The George Washington University Law School

  • Research and focused interviews (staff, faculty, students, alumni, hiring partners)
  • Positioning statement/integrated marketing communications platform
  • Identity standards
  • Website information architecture, design, and content
  • Videography
  • J.D. and LL.M. admissions print communications
  • J.D. cross-channel Student Search coordination and mail flow
  • Dean's blog identity and design
  • Online law journal

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Randolph College

Randolph College

  • Research and focused interviews (Board, alumnae, faculty, students, and staff)
  • Positioning statement/value proposition
  • College identity and standards manual
  • Athletic identity
  • Admission communications strategy
  • Annual fund video feature
  • Name-change microsite design and development

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