Marketing and Communications
The Marketing and Communications department at the Swanson School of Engineering offers in house digital, print, and media solutions for all faculty, staff, and student organizations. Our mission is to the support the brand of the University of Pittsburgh and the Swanson School, contributing to its visibility, enrollment, and impact on the community.
MarComm Requests
- Graphic Design: Contact Leslie Karon-Oswalt, senior graphic designer
- Website/Sharepoint: submit your content updates or new website requests here to Amy Wisenbaker
- Public relations and research promotion: submit your ideas here
Website Accessibility
Having trouble using our website? An unclickable link? Text going off screen? Zoom function broken? Page too full of clutter? Have you found an aggressive popup window? Let us know about it. We strive to meet or exceed the schools AA Accessibility rating and review our accessibility regularly. Use the link above to report any issues and we'll work it into an update.
- Digital Accessibility at Swanson - What you need to know
- Our How-to documents - Optimizely CMS 2023
- Additional Accessibility Resources
Event Photography
Please be aware that on- and off-campus photographers have very busy schedules. Event photography should be scheduled at least 6-8 weeks in advance.
University Communications & Marketing provides event photography on a case-by-case basis. To request a photoshoot, please fill out the request form here. Please do NOT use this form to ask questions or inquire about photographer availability. Instead, please email questions and inquiries to photo@pitt.edu.
If UMC is unable to photograph your event, professional photographers are available for an hourly fee. Please contact Paul Kovach for additional information.
Pitt Branding
- PowerPoint templates
- Research poster templates (also for student use)
- Report templates
- Electronic letterhead
- Font examples
- Swanson School shieldmark (automatic zip file download)
- NOT TO BE ALTERED
- NOTE: The University seal is RESTRICTED to diplomas and official institutional documents. It is not available for download and should NOT be replicated on posters, PowerPoints, etc.
- NOT TO BE ALTERED
- Swanson School Department Wordmarks (not to be altered)
- University colors
- University writing style manual
- Campus stock photography (requires Pitt login)
- Virtual backgrounds
