Media pack

UWSU Media & Marketing Pack uwsu.com media@su.westminster.ac.uk 02035068239

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hello contents We have a broad range of students studying a multiple of subjects, each based at induvial sites so targeting a specific demographic is simple.

Thank you for enquiring to advertise here with us at Westminster University Students Union.

We are lucky at UWSU that we have a strong outreach to all our students at Westminster, we span across four different campuses across central London in some great locations.

Please take a look through our media pack which details all the opportunities available to external clients wishing to work with us here at UWSU, we can offer package deals for clients wishing to target across a range of activity and if there is something that is not listed in this pack please do get in contact to see if we can offer this service.

UWSU have a presence on each site including Students Union offices and in some of the locations our own venues.

We have an outreach to 23,000 students, with over 100 societies, 35 sports team, our own radio station & TV station, print newspaper and we even publish a magazine.

We look forward to working with you and your company.

Why UWSU? 5 Freshers Fairs Online and Digital Social Media Print Media Onsite Activities Sponsorship Venue Hire UWSU Directory

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why uwsu?

UWSU is home to a magnificant culturally diverse student body. Our rapidly expanding campuses in the heart of London are home to 23,000 students.

what can we do for you?

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A wide range of marketing and advertising opportunities that we can cater to your business needs, helping you tap into the lucrative student market.

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UWSU has an advantage of being spread across four major sites in Central London with more than four SU spaces!

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We can work with external clients to cater packages to best suit their needs and products, whether that be advertising on our ever growing social media platforms or offering you the opportunity to come on site and grab the attention of our students face to face.

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freshers Fresher’s is one of our busiest

freshers fairs

times of year the first opportunity

We host four Fresher’s fairs across our main Central London sites.

Each fair is a mix of internal departments, externals, sports and societies. Hosting a fair at each site means we can target every student during their enrolment timetable.

to promote your business to Westminster Students.

We have 7,000 new students and loads of fun fresher’s opportunities for you to make a great impact on students “It’s great to network with companies. I love to atmosphere on campus over freshers.” – Helsio ( Marylebone Third Year Student)

Each fair runs from 10am till 4pm, we provide a table, blue back board, chairs and access to wifi and power. We offer discounts for multiple site bookings, encouraging our externals

“I have always enjoyed freshers. My society have a great time meeting new students every year. They’re so much fun.” – Lauren (Regent Street, Third Year Student)

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CHARITY Rate £100

1 fair £400

2 fairs £750

1 2 refreshers refreshers fair fairs £300 £550

3 fairs £1100

4 fairs £1400

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student mailing We will be mailing all new arriving students when their places have been confirmed at Westminster.

The pack will be sent directly to the new student’s home address, giving them detailed information about the Union, University and Local Area.

We will be offering opportunity to insert leaflets into the mailing, we can hold three external leaflets in the mailing, due to weight restrictions.

main insert

1 insert

(EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS TO MAILING)

£2000 For 1200

£5000 FOR 1200

GOODY BAGS UWSU will be giving out 7000 goody bags during the fresher’s fortnight, for all students attending the fairs and enrolment days. For externals who can’t make the fairs, this is the perfect opportunity to still get your marketing into student hands. We fill the bags with Students Union promoted items, information regarding the Union and internal information from the university. All our bags are given out via our Promotional Team.

We recommend making the items you place in the goody bags a promotional item, as people pick up goody bags for the freebies.

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1 INSERT £1000 FOR 7000

online & digital

screens

Our digital and online marketing options offer a great way to get your message across to our students across a selection of platforms.

From Social Media to emails we aim to provide a productive communication between client and student body. All online and social media advertising is 24 hour, so night or day you can guarantee your message will be seen.

We also have a busy Marketplace on UWSU.com where you can post articles to promote your event or campaign.

our reach, your market...

6,532

4 MINS

WEB HITS PER MONTH

AVERAGE USERS PER MONTH

AVERAGE TIME SPENT ON UWSU.COM

11K

We have interactive plasma screens located outside of each Students’ Union office across our four main central London sites. Harrow, Marylebone, Cavendish and Regents.

We offer the opportunity to advertise via these screens. We offer a 20 second slot on a roll of 6 adverts.

SIZE STUDENTS UNION VENUES

6.6K

On consultation

10920 x 1080px

PRICE

LOCATION

£300 Month £1000 Term £300 Month £1000 Term

Harrow Regent, Marylebone, Cavendish Harrow

NUMBER AVALIABLE 8

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1920px

66,470

plasma screens

web prices RATE

WIDTH

HEIGHT

£350

Per Month

1920 px

£700

Per Term

1920 px

350 px

£250

Per Month

1170 px

150 px

£400

Per Term

1170 px

150 px

350 px

1920px

£100 £55

300 Words + 140 Characters

*An extra is either a conversion from JPEG to PDF, a banner (incl. a moving image), a banner (incl. sliders) or any requests that require the work of our in house team.

For more information please consult with the member of staff you are in contact with.

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Creative types

clour mode

format for static

format for video

“Very High” Quality image Resolution: 600dpi

1080x1920 or 1920x1080 MP4 (High Bitrate)

RGB

Video: MP4 Static:JPEG,PNG

1080px 1080px

MAIN BANNER MAIN BANNER HOME PAGE AD BANNER HOME PAGE AD BANNER EXTRAS* MARKET PLACE POST

TIME

support creavtive@onedigitalsolutions.co.uk

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SOCIAL MEDIA

SMOKE MEDIA

USWU has a large social media presence across our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

We offer companies the opportunity to advertise their goods and services on these platforms.

If you are interested in advertising on our social media please get in touch!

THE QH The QH is the University of Westminster’s Official Student Newspaper distributed across all four campuses with 8 issues a year. The paper covers News, Sports, Lifestyle and Features and goes to print once a month. Written by students, The QH also has a digital arm http://uwsu.com/qh/

SMOKE MAGAZINE 3 day pack 2 tweets

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10 day pack 4 tweets

+

1 facebook post

2 facebook post

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£100

Smoke Mag is a 40 page magazine giving students the latest in Fashion, Culture, Arts and London Lifestyle. Published every month and distributed across all four campuses, dedicated student team also provide the latest article to student online at http://uwsu.com/mag/

SMOKE RADIO

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£150

While currently holding the title of best Student Radio Station in the UK, Smoke Radio deliver daytime, discussion and specialist radio to the students at the University of Westminster. They stream online 24 hours a day via http://uwsu.com/ radio/ and work from studios in both Cavendish Campus and Harrow Campus.

1 TERM

YEAR

1 TERM

YEAR

7 3 HALF PAGE HALF PAGE ADS ADS £300 £600 7 3 HALF PAGE HALF PAGE ADS ADS £300 £600

SPONSOR A SHOW 7 7 ON ad per week ad per week CONSULATION 30 30 wWITH seconds PRESENTERS seconds each each COMMITTEE AND £100 £130 UWSU premium ad

on air ads

*A Premium Ad means Smoke Radio will design and record your advert for the price stated, taking the work off you.

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ONSITE ACTIVITIES

COME TO CAMPUS

Get your message across to our students by having posters located around our vibrant sites; they will be on our poster boards and offices windows.

Promoting your business onsite is a great way to increase brand awareness and have an opportunity to speak face to face with students at any of our sites.

All our poster locations are in prime advertising spots around our campuses and are seen by hundreds of students daily. We offer the opportunity to advertise with A3 or A1 posters, with up to 5 per site.

We have four main sites where we offer onsite advertising across central London.

Flyering on our sites is also a great way to interact with our student body as well as getting real time feedback; you will be safe with the knowledge that your marketing is being put in the hands of the students you want to attract.

We offer stalls in our social spaces of our Marylebone, Regent, Cavendish and Harrow sites from 10am till 4pm Monday – Friday.

Depending on the site and activity you wish to advertise we can recommend the best location for highest footfall and day you would gain highest interaction rate.

We offer the opportunity to have flyers in our SU office spaces, promotional staff to distribute or for clients to come on site to flyer themselves.

Prices COSTS & SPECS A3 A1 FLYER IN STUDENTS UNION OFFICE STUDENT PROMOTIONS DISTRIBUTION EXTERNAL ATTENDANCE TO FLYER

COST

DETAILS

£40

10 per site per week

£55

3 per site per week

£100

Per site per week

£300

6 Hours (can be split across days and campuses)*

£350

semester 1st

PRICE

1st (discount)

£150

2nd and 3rd

£250

2nd and 3rd (discount) evening

£100

£350

£450

PACKAGE INCLUDES

Table (6ftTtx4ft), Blue Board (7ftx4ft), 2 chairs Table (6ftx4ft), Blue Board (7ftx4ft), 2 chairs Table (6ftx4ft), Blue Board (7ftx4ft), 2 chairs Table (6ftx4ft), Blue Board (7ftx4ft), 2 chairs Table (6ftx4ft), other items by request

Per day (5 hours - staff)

stalls need to be booked at least one week in advance

*As Student Promoters are current students, we can not guarantee the 6 hours will be in the same day.

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SPONSORSHIP

VENUE HIRE

EVENTS

UNDERCROFT

Event sponsorship is one of the best ways to get your organisation recognised by the student population.

Undercroft is our Students Union Bar, holding 250 standing and is open daily from 12pm till late. We host a range of events at Undercroft from our weekly student nights to day events.

Sponsorship offers your organisation the opportunity to establish a lasting association of your brand with the students here at Westminster.

We have a busy events calendar that runs throughout the academic year, covering everything from cultural, diversity, education and evening events.

The Undercroft bar serves hot food daily and has the capacity to cater for 150 standing in the venue.

Our main events of the year include UWSU Awards ball, Boat Party, Elections and Varsity.

We offer a wide range of opportunities to cover external marketing.

SPORTS & SOCIETIES

We currently have over 30 sports teams ranging from Football to Martial Arts and Horse Riding; the majority of our teams compete in the BUCS University League, training at our Chiswick and Harrow Sports grounds.

We have over 80 societies at UWSU, covering all areas from academic, hobby, religious and special interest.

We offer the opportunity to sponsor one of our sports teams or societies; each team has between 15-40 active members, who wear branded uniform during games, training and on sports days.

Each society membership can range from 15-200 members who wear branded clothing and can promote branded items at their events.

We currently have over 30 sports teams

OVER 80 societies at UWSU 16

each team has between 15-40 active members

FEATURES Fully installed proffesinal PA system and lighting rig.

Outdoor garden area with seperate moveable bar

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VENUE HIRE

UWSU DIRECTORY The UWSU Directory is a full colour, easy to carry A5 booklet which contains offers, adverts and discounts from both local and national companies. It is produced four times a year.

THE LOFT The Loft, situated above The Undercroft, is a fully fitted live music space. The Loft is a newly refurbished performance space, fitted with a bar and separate entrance.

UWSU understand students and we know that they love a discount which is why this directory is the perfect way to get your information out to the growing student market in London.

The Loft can seat 100 and has standing room for 350, making it a highly versatile space.

YOUR BUSINESS OUR DIRECTORY OUR STUDENTS

FEATURES Staging with exensive lighting rigand proffessional PA.

5K

FULL

A5

PRINT RUN

COLOUR PRINT

EASY CARRY

FULL PAGE £300

HALF PAGE £150

FULL FRONT PAGE £400

FULL BACK PAGE £135

Moveable technical booth.

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QUARTER PAGE £75

Sarah Parsons Business Development Assistant s.parsons1@westminster.ac.uk 020 3506 8237

Ashish Chakraborty Commercial Manager a.chakraborty@westminster.ac.uk 020 3506 8239

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