CMC Meeting 1 - 9/23 · SGA at JHU

Meeting 1 - Sept 23, 2023 - ZOOM

Welcome to CMC!

CMC = Communications and Marketing Commission = Marketing/branding team of SGA
- Overview
  - Creating social media content
  - Spreading awareness of SGA
  - Creating interest in joining SGA
  - Managing SGA Website
  - Help SGA be more transparent
Intros
- Name, year, major, interests, position
Vice-chair: Connie
- Will assist in facilitating meetings and delegating work as needed
Will try to meet weekly at this time: Sat @ 4 PM
- Does this time work for everybody this coming week? (9/30)
- Subject to change in the coming weeks so please be flexible
Primary communication: Teams group chat, email
- Please download the Teams app
- SGA uses Teams which I will add you in if I haven’t already
  - Post stuff on CMC Channel
  - Milton (9/24) – add team members to the Teams CMC Channel
Work/project delegation: reach out as needed
Currently recruiting so please share the form link with any talented creatives you know!
- https://cglink.me/2dh/s77482
- Bigger team = bigger projects
Questions?

SGA doesn’t have its own brand identity/guidelines
- We rely on JHU’s branding guidelines: https://brand.jhu.edu/color/
  - Ingrained in our logo and helps keep the Hopkins vibe
  - Can deviate if necessary for creative illustrations but, for cohesion purposes, try to stick with it
  - Goal: trying to make everything look more cohesive in terms of feed
- Also fonts as well: https://brand.jhu.edu/typography/
Who uses what
- Who has Adobe? Or Procreate?
  - Jam: Adobe, Canva Pro, Procreate
  - Connie: Canva Pro, Procreate
  - Yuyu: Canva Pro, Procreate, hand-
  - Diana: Adobe, Canva Pro, Procreate
  - Joy: Adobe Ripoff, Vegas Pro
- Also note that you can go to the DMC to get free Adobe suite software on their computers for those crispy graphics
Or maybe do this in the next section - Ask who has infographic design experience (or is interested lol)?
- Connie, YuYu (dataViz esp), Milton

Graphic design

Milton (9/24 midnight) — preparing Student-Alum graphic
Connie (9/25) — Blue Jay with glasses (newspaper); more to come
Milton & Connie (10/1) – Finance ppt & post
Milton (10/1) – CMC and PRDC positions
Jam (9/29) — could you design some highlight covers? And then vectorize our logos
- The usual dimensions of highlight covers are the same as Instagram stories. That means they are 1080 x 1920 pixels with an aspect ratio of 9:16. (Link)
  - Make vectors to ensure to the highlight quality
- Also, experience with merch design? (Besides HH sponsor layout)
Diana / YUYU (9/29) — help with Exec intro posts and then promoting NYT, WSJ, Fin Times
- Have templates for you
Milton will reach out later today
Questions?
[HOLD] - CSE email
[HOLD] - SGA intro reels

Website

Milton (9/25) — figuring out the agendas, committee pages, roster, pages for (CSE, CMC, PRDC)!
Xinyue — could you help?
Questions?

Photography

Have two photographers—William Mesnick & Joy. Still getting in touch with him through email and confirming his interest
Come to SGA or SGA-sponsored events and document with photos that we use in promotional material
Upcoming:
- Crab Fest (Sept 30)
- Barbie on the Beach (Oct 7)
Questions?

Videography

Joy!
Do you have access to video equipment? Or rent out
Video project (Early Oct): Promote headshot photo booth from the Imagine Center
- Have a student (or Jay if we can) walk in the photo booth
- Mondays and Fridays good to shoot
- ~~Need to verify it’s still there lol~~
Later project:
- Interviewing Hopkins students in the wild!
- Maybe draft some topics or questions
Questions?

SGA updates/releases

General things

Read JHU Newsletter + SGA Updates + SGA Instagram to stay up-to-date with SGA (if you can’t attend Tues GBM)
- Beware - Newsletter articles are not always accurate reflections of SGA haha https://www.jhunewsletter.com/search?a=1&s=sga&ti=&ts_month=0&ts_day=0&ts_year=0&te_month=0&te_day=0&te_year=0&au=&tg=&ty=0
- https://jhu.campusgroups.com/sga/updates/
Will be touch soon with more details for your task
Let me know any ideas you have!
Questions?

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