DCU Brand Guidelines and Assets

Faculties and Schools should contact their Faculty Manager or where they exist their communications or marketing representative for guidance on design requests.

Here is a list of current contacts within each of the faculties:

• Faculty of Science and Health - Sharon Whyte 
• DCUBS - Sarah Coleman / Ciara Feeney
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - Sinéad Ní Chrualaoi & Carol Diamond
• Engineering and Computing - Áine Nolan
• IoE - Ursula Mhic Cártaigh

Each representative will then brief the design team and liaise on your behalf.

Units / Centres - requests should be submitted via a single nominated individual in order to better streamline projects. That nominated person should contact one of our graphic designers at branding@dcu.ie

When submitting a brief for a design or video project, please consider the following:

• Objective
• Audience
• Budget
• Deadline
  
   

Examples of graphic design projects/assets we can assist with and their lead times:

• Digital Design* Social media assets - 1-2 weeks lead time)
• Reports/Booklets over 36 pages - External**
• Invitations - Less than a week
• Leaflet /Booklets (16 pages or less) - 2 to 3 weeks**
• Booklets over 20 to 36 pages - 4 to 6 weeks**

Please plan ahead - come to us in the early stages of a project for advice and guidance.

*The timing for delivery of digital design depends on the nature of the project, requirements, priority and capacity of our team at that time.

**Lead times vary depending on the size and nature of the project. In line with  National Accessibility legislation, print products as outlined here can no longer be hosted on the website, unless all content is reproduced in HTML format. This is in keeping with best practices for digital accessibility. DCU’s websites are regularly audited by the National Disability Authority (NDA) to ensure compliance with accessibility under the European Union (Accessibility of Websites and Mobile Applications of Public Sector Bodies) Regulations 2020, which came into effect in Ireland in September 2020.

Examples of video formats we create and assist with:

• Testimonial/Course videos (60 seconds for UG, 90-120 for PG)
• Event Video (45-120 seconds)
• Informational/News videos (45-90 seconds)
• Promo (social content) (30-60 seconds)

External suppliers are consulted for larger projects that might require additional resources and expertise outside the internal team. For larger reports, or brand projects please contact one of the creative team to discuss in further detail.

Please contact one of our graphic designers to share the brand guidelines with you at branding@dcu.ie

For further information on the University brand guidelines, please contact branding@dcu.ie