Design staff work closely with other areas within Communication & Marketing to collaborate on major initiatives, ensuring that editorial and visual messaging is consistent and communication goals for the project are met. We provide support for institutional priorities and ensure brand standards are implemented. And we handle the day-to-day needs of the entire campus while we’re at it! Design services are provided to the campus at no charge.
To Place a Request
You need two things:
- Design and Print Services Request Form
Request forms are available at my.newpaltz.edu in the Communication & Marketing link.
You need a completed Design, Print & Mail Request form sent to Design Services for all requests.
- Content
All copy, documents, and image files must be uploaded when completing a request form.
Copy
The copy for your project can be saved as a Word, Excel or PDF file. Please note: We are not able to accept Publisher files or hard copy materials to retype.
Images
For photos that are too large to upload, you can share them to a OneDrive or SharePoint link. Make mention of the link in the Project Description of the request form. If you are submitting hard copy please DO NOT staple or paper clip a photo. Use an envelope to avoid the scratches and indentations that permanently damage your image.
High res
For print, images must be at least 300 dpi at the size used. [example: An image reproduced at 5x4 needs to be 300 dpi at 5x4. Enlarging that image to 10x8 reduces the resolution by half and the image will be pixelated and not usable]. As a rule of thumb, an image should be at least a few megabytes in size.
Low res
For online applications, an image should be at least 72 dpi. High res images are not necessary.
How it works
- You submit your request.
- We receive your ticket in our queue, assign a designer and develop a first draft/proof.
- You receive an email stating that the proof is ready. Review it and make any corrections. Upload any updated docs and/or send a comment with your edits.
- We do corrections and send you another proof.
- Repeat proof and corrections - up to three proofs.
- You “OK to print."
- We send it to the printer. (Note: If the project requires off-campus services we will secure the quotes and ship the files to the vendor.)
Please give us enough time to do a good job for you. Our schedule is most often very full and we don’t want to rush or shortchange your project.
If you have any questions, please contact the assigned designer to your work order.
