STORIES

CLA launches new site

At universities or any large organization (just like in families) it’s always a challenge to treat all units, departments and groups equally. Somebody always gets the hand-me-down sweaters or their big brother’s winter coat. Our College of Liberal Arts, despite being dynamic and diverse, as well as one of our largest colleges, has been doing […]

Whatever gets the job done.

In our department we value creativity. We have a pretty relaxed environment. Hours aren’t 100% scripted and our dress code is pretty relaxed. We have a voice in the design of our offices and creative spaces. In the Higher Education world I would say we operate outside of the norm. However, none of this would […]

Welcome to the Big Show!

Every year as a part of our paid sponsorship with Athletics we get to create a short video to be played during football games. Yes, that is accurate we (the university) have to pay to get a 30 second message up on the Jumbo Tron at each of our home football games. I understand it, but […]

Team Bonding

Part of us met with local team members to plan out our marketing strategies for the next two years.

Where marketing meets storytelling

Relentless, Justin Smith’s film about our student formula racing team, marks a major change in how we do online storytelling. We’ll be releasing the film on the web this Saturday, and hundreds of race fans and other teams are already queued up to see it as soon as it launches. It’s a strong, compelling piece […]

Fermenting creativity

Our Web Communications team visited OSU’s pilot brewery today to learn why our fermentation science and brewing program is arguably the best in the nation and unquestionably one of the top half-dozen in the world. Our team is charged with telling this story online, through images, narrative, video and multimedia. The great thing about working […]

Website quick start guide

With multiple departments providing web services and a host of different options for building and maintaining websites at OSU, it can be quite a daunting task to simply decide where to begin. So we created this quick start guide to help point you in the right direction. Your always also welcome to contact our office […]

Relentless: coming soon

We are going to be exploring a whole new level of rich web content with the upcoming feature documentary, Relentless: The Global Formula Racing Pursuit of Perfection. Our team’s multimedia producer, Justin Smith, has been following the exploits and dedication of a group of OSU engineering and business students for more than a year, and […]

New look for the OSU Admissions blog

Working with Blake Vawter and Derek Whiteside in Admissions and Enrollment Management, we’ve rolled out a new look for the OSU Admissions Blog.  It integrates some multimedia features and videos that are companion pieces to articles in the printed viewbook. The Admission’s Office pioneered effective blogging on campus, and they’ve led the way in using […]