SSW Communications, Marketing, Recruitment, and Graduate Admissions

Communications

The School of Social Work Communications Office creates, writes, and produces visual and written products to distribute to internal audiences and external news outlets. The office locates, prepares, and promotes experts to address Social Work issues in mass media.

News Stories

Our Communications Team is here to help tell your story and to write the on-brand message for the school's audience. Whether you have earned a research grant, uncovered profound revelations as a result of your study, or want to celebrate a student you are proud of, we want to share that message.

Marketing

The School of Social Work Marketing Office develops marketing and advertising materials for communication, recruiting, and brand reputation functions.  The office monitors return on investment for more than two dozen campaigns and maintains relationships with our internal university marketing staff and external commercial vendor partners.

Social Media

The Marketing Office also manages SSW’s social media platforms, including; Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X, and Threads. We are here to help promote our students, staff, and faculty on our social media. Want your event to be featured on the School of Social Work Social Media Pages? Here are a few things to know:

• Creative must be submitted at
  • Minimum: 1080 x 1080 px
  • Maximum: 1080 x 1350 px
• Creative must meet all UTA Accessibility Guidelines
• Creative must be submitted in a PDF format
• Creative must be submitted at minimum 10 business days before event

The Marketing Office reserves the right to deny any submissions that do not meet the guidelines above. If you have any questions or concerns please contact jessica.davis@uta.edu.

Special Events

Special Events under the Marketing Office is here to help you understand UTA event planning processes, find vendors, ensure your event is communicated effectively across channels, and act as your resource for all questions events. 

Screen Displays

The School of Social Work monitors multiple screen displays throughout the School of Social Work and SMART Hospital building we can also help you submit your event flyers and announcements to UTA Screens across campus. Ready to submit? Ensure your creative meets the following criteria:

• Creative must be submitted at
  • Landscape: 1250 x 750 px
  • Portrait: 450 x 750 px
• Creative must meet all UTA Accessibility Guidelines
• Creative must be submitted in a PDF format.
  • If your creative is in another format, please contact jessica.davis@uta.edu for questions and assistance
• Provide start and end date for when you would like your creative to be live.

Creative Products

The School of Social Work Marketing Office provides marketing services and graphic design for the School of Social Work.  The Marketing Office is happy to assist with any School of Social Work departmental requests for flyers, graphics, presentation design and more. The Marketing Office may not create any flyers for student organizations, student initiatives, or non-SSW events.

Digital Media & Technology

The School of Social Work’s in-house studio is a state-of-the-art facility with video production resources to enhance your academic and promotional vision.

Photography

Whether you are looking to update your headshot or get coverage of your upcoming event we are here to capture your moment.

Videography

Have a project that requires a video? Our studio can help you with that. Our studio is equipped with professional grade cameras, audio equipment, a “never-miss-your-mark" teleprompter and more! To ensure a quality product we request that you provide as much time as possible for the development process, we begin each initiative with an in-take session to understand your mission, we will then assist you in creating a script, before scheduling you for a session in the studio. Finally, we will also handle all post-production editing your video may require. 

Tips on How to Prepare

• Brainstorm: How would you like to present your content? Develop a script or use your PowerPoint notes. If you need suggestions, contact us here at the studio for tips and tricks.
• Decide what you would like to say: Are you concerned about staying on track on video? No worries. We can place your notes directly in front of you on our teleprompter. 

Virtual Reality

For our SSW Digital Learning and Simulation/VR Center, Home Health Center, and the Distance Education Training Room we will provide faculty, students, and staff with the capabilities to support pedagogical approaches that are engaging and innovative.  This technology supports better learning outcomes for online students, as well as integration with in-person classes.  The production spaces have professional full-time staff members present to support the needs of faculty, staff, and students with teaching, clinical practice simulation, virtual reality, research, and communication.

SIMULATION/VR Center Capabilities & Services

• Live Webcasting/Live Stream – Supports Simulation and Virtual Realty Training
• Dynamic visual imagery and video editing/during recording and in post-production
• Produce professional and engaging lecture videos for online, hybrid, and in-person courses
• Capabilities of live streaming clinical practice courses for role playing both for in-person and online classes (simultaneously with both modes)
• Conduct media interview training for faculty, students, staff, and alumni
• Sound Booth incorporated into the studio to produce high-quality professional products
• Set-up for Talk-Show format - live-streaming and recorded sessions
• Set-up for live streaming with guest speakers from the studio, virtual reality, simulation theatre, and some classrooms.