Communications

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The College of Fine Arts has communications staff in the Dean's Office and in each department and school. We collaborate to elevate the college's best stories to engage the media, current and prospective students, alumni, the general public and campus.

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Communications staff in College of Fine Arts manage

  • College of Fine Arts website content 
  • College social media
  • College of Fine Arts alumni newsletter
  • College of Fine Arts parent newsletter
  • Arts Next, annual print magazine for the college
  • Issues/crisis comms (reactive) 
  • Announcements about leadership transitions/departures 
  • Development content and major gift announcements 

Communications staff in the departments or schools manage

  • Faculty news 
  • Student news 
  • Season promotional content 
  • Press releases related to season or exhibitions 
  • Program/event marketing for department programs 
  • Department social media Department newsletters 
  • Department website content 
  • Ad buys for department programming 
  • Ticketing systems for selling tickets

College and department/school comms staff collaborate on

  • Major press announcements 
  • Feature stories 
  • Alumni stories 
  • Recruiting/admissions materials 
  • Multimedia content 
  • Projects awards 
  • Media relations (proactive) 
  • Institutional marketing 
  • Brand awareness 
  • Faculty hiring announcements 
  • UT's Experts Guide submissions/updates
  • Media training for faculty