Submit a design brief to Creative Services

Due to increasing project numbers Creative Services have refreshed and reinforced existing rules around project distribution.

The process for completing this project brief is as follows:

• Work is distributed every Tuesday. 
  • Briefs supplied by Monday will be considered for distribution that week. We cannot guarantee to be able to take on the project due to the volume of projects and the size of our team but we will notify you either way. If we do take on the job, the designer allocated the job will be in touch.
• Design Services are working to a 10 working day (two weeks) turn around for all projects. 
  • This should be reflected in the Project Deadline Box on the next page. Please do not put ASAP in this box. This is not a deadline and will exclude the project from the process.
• If your project has a cost factor involved, for example: printing, this should also be factored into your timeline. 
  • External printers typically work to a 10 working day turnaround. Please remember to add this to the design time required.
• We don’t begin a project without a cost code. 
  • We do not have the resources to chase cost codes at a later date. To back this up, we ask for the project to be authorised by the budget holder (section line manager). Please remember to include their name on the form.
• Once the project brief has been approved, one of our designers will arrange to meet with you to discuss your requirements. 
  • That meeting will nail down the requirements for the projects to establish any needs not captured in the brief form and to establish a solid timeline for any agreed actions.
• It is very important, both for your project and for the designer, that all information is captured and agreed in the initial meeting. 
  • For example, your project may require fresh photography, this has to be factored in. Equally, we expect that written copy is finished, edited, approved and written following the rules of the University Style Guide at the time the project brief is submitted. 

We would urge you not to involve Creative Services until your copy is ready.

The project brief on the next page should be completed in full. If there is no cost to the project add ‘not applicable’ in the cost code section. We also require you to acknowledge that you have read this page of notes.

* Projects will vary and other considerations will apply to scenarios. The designer will help you with the planning process.

Initial contact – mid October

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