Best University Integrated Ad Campaign

Our journey to ELEVATED and UNMATCHED SUPPORT was exciting. Although we are a small team (three FTEs), we decided early to keep the rebranding process in-house, due to cost and because we believed in our skills and institutional knowledge to lead a successful rebranding effort.

Thanks to strong results from many studies and focus groups, we discovered what our audience–prospective students and their parents–want out of an education institution. Our new brand promise–unmatched support for career success and personal fulfillment–reflects those wants and needs.

This also led to the discovery of “Elevated” and the visual focus of the brand. We began a process of creating distinct, memorable marketing collateral using our own students and the talents of our team. We wanted to feature our students, because it creates an authentic sense of pride to have real students in our marketing campaigns. We built new collateral with visuals reflecting topography and rising to the top because prospective students want to see themselves in a place where they’ll succeed and be elevated. Our newly built admissions collateral, the billboards and ads, the vinyls and artwork across campus, it all reflects our value proposition: that the unmatched support a student receives at the Mount leads to elevated future successes.

In conclusion, we are extremely proud of the work we did as a team here at the Mount. After an initial 9% increase in enrollment and apps still trending up, we believe this work has earned quick results.

Contributors:

Vice President for Marketing & Communications:	Samuel Wagner
Brand and Visual Marketing Specialist:	Sean Steffy
Marketing & Communications Specialist:	Courtney Edmundson

MOUNT ALOYSIUS COLLEGE

Website: mtaloy.edu

Location: United States

About the Agency:

Tracing its roots back to 1853 and the Sisters of Mercy from Dublin, Ireland, Mount Aloysius College is a comprehensive, private, four-year institution providing career-focused education for first-choice employability. The Mount’s commitment to unmatched support for all students as they are impacted by our high-quality education, our liberal arts core, and our life-changing mission and core values. 99% of students receive some form of financial aid and thanks to our personalized aid and commitment to affordability, a Mount Aloysius degree offers lifelong value. Our dynamic partnerships with major area employers in nursing and health science programs offer even more value to Mountie students. With dedicated, state-of-the-art facilities for nursing, health science, American Sign Language, education, information technology, and our Cybersecurity Center for Excellence (designation from the NSA/DHS), our 193-acre mountaintop campus in Central PA offers students the perfect mix of outdoor beauty and a leading edge, career- focused learning environment.