Editorial and Creative Services
If you’re interested in working with ECS please fill out a job request form. This is our standard form to get the process started.
Editorial and Creative Services (ECS) can help you determine the most effective way to communicate your message. Our clients include the President’s Office, all of the University’s academic divisions, and other offices ranging from Admissions, and the Art Gallery to the UNH Foundation, as well as the Undergraduate Research Conference, and many more. We produce annual reports, view books, Web sites, multimedia presentations, flyers, posters, and postcards. View our portfolio.
Planning and Process
After we receive your job request form we will set up a preliminary meeting with the ECS staff. An editor and a designer will meet with you and guide your thinking as you consider how to communicate your message. Be ready to discuss the following:
- Who is your primary audience?
- What is your central message?
- What action do you want to result from your message?
- When will you distribute your publication?
- When will you distribute your message?
- What is your budget for the project?
Costs
Editorial and design services are offered free of charge. ECS recoups only out-of-pocket costs. Such costs may include photography, printing, and distribution or mailing. Design and editing decisions are based on your budgetary considerations and limitations.
When the estimated cost exceeds $10,000, University System policy requires that we work with UNH Purchasing to get competitive quotes on production costs. Bidding takes a minimum of three weeks, so it is important to see us early on large projects.
Schedules
The best way to produce a quality publication is to build adequate time into your schedule. As you plan your project, keep in mind your deadline for completion. Working backward from this deadline, we will set up a schedule that includes stages for conceptualization, writing or editing, design, proofing by the client, photography, and production.
Distribution
Your distribution strategy helps determine the look, feel, quantity, and cost of your project. For print projects, knowing the quantity enables the printer to order the right amount of paper for the job. As soon as the job is printed, it needs to leave the printer (they don't have room for storage) to its ultimate destination. At any mailing house, including UNH Mail Services, the mailing labels need to be readied in advance of the publication (they don't have storage, either).
Printing
Editorial and Creative Services coordinates and supervises the entire production process—from printing to delivery of your job. Where necessary, we are present for press checks and work with the printer to ensure that the job is properly completed. Most often we work with Printing Services on campus, but we also work with many fine printers both regionally and nationally.