Select the spend category that aligns with the marketing service provided.

Photography (3865): Photography and related activities, including art direction, photo capture, photo editing and delivery, location scouting, etc.

Video Production (3855): Video production and related activities, including video editing and delivery, scripting, directing and interviewing, storyboarding, location scouting, stylizing, etc.

Please contact [email protected] with any questions, and we are happy to help. We will help you identify the right path to complete your project, whether it be working directly with the creative teams in the Office of University Communications or with an external vendor. We provide consultation and guidance for all types of marketing communications projects.

If you hire a vendor that has not been approved into the DVP, the University may require you to suspend the project, pay the vendor for services rendered, and restart the project with an approved vendor. All DVP vendors have entered Master Service Agreements with the University and require a Scope of Work Agreement for each individual project.

University Communications and Purchasing evaluate the Designated Vendor Program periodically. During this evaluation, we consider the volume and types of services that offices and departments are using, as well as overall satisfaction with individual vendors. We make decisions about ways to improve the program, including potentially adding vendors in certain service areas, as we seek to maintain the right level of vendor relationships to meet the needs of the community and retain vendors in the program.

For the purposes of this program, a marketing service is defined as any creative service that promotes the University, its people and/or its activities that is not considered news or documentary. For example, a freelance photographer or writer hired for a news article or magazine feature story would not fall under the program. A freelance photographer or writer hired for a promotional brochure would fall under the program. Contact [email protected] if you are unsure.