Higher Ed & Nonprofit Marketing Resources

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  • trusted service providers

  • essential online tools

  • and free downloads.

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Bunmi Adeeko Collins, a Chicago-based African-American graphic designer, sits sketching impactful designs for nonprofits and universities in her modern studio. Her professional, modern workspace showcases a sleek MacBook and color swatches.
StickyNote Creative's studio exudes creativity with colorful sticky notes, a mesh-backed chair, and a strategic calendar, all symbolizing the nonprofit marketing expertise of graphic designer Bunmi Adeeko Collins. 
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collaborators we ♡ to recommend

  • Carolyn Leasure, Maypop Creative Studio

    Maypop Creative Studio designs Squarespace websites that charm the pants off visitors and work their butts off behind the scenes. Charlottesville, Virginia web designer Carolyn Leasure helps solopreneurs, coaches, and service-based small businesses by transforming their starter sites into seamless systems – making tech easier for everyone.

    Maypop Creative Studio

  • Jessica Norby, Social Media Strategist

    Grow your business and drive sales through social media with Jessica Norby.

    Jessica Norby

  • AAGD Vetted

    A directory to find African American graphic designers

    AAGD Vetted

  • O'Brien Advising

    O'Brien Advising collaborates with world-class nonprofits to help them improve net performance.

    O'Brien Advising

☆ freebies ☆ and tools

  • Common Filetypes Explained: A Cheat Sheet for Non-Designers

    DESIGNED BY STICKYNOTE CREATIVE

    An introduction to some of the most common filetypes you may come across when working with a designer. This cheat sheet will help you know how and when to use a specific filetype - saving you and your designer time and headaches!

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  • Canva

    TOOL

    A “no design experience needed” way to tackle your DIY marketing list

    Canva

  • Issuu

    TOOL

    Issuu turns PDFs and other file types into digital Flipbooks and shareable content types.

    Issuu

  • Loom

    TOOL

    An online communication tool that you can use to record both videos and screen captures and send to your desired recipients.

    Loom
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