Internal and External Vendors

While the Office of Strategic Communication provides marketing and communications guidance to campus, there are also unit-level marketing, communications, and visual needs. Given the breadth and size of campus, there are multiple options to get these needs met.

Internal partners

For unit-level marketing, communications, and visual needs, we recommend connecting with one of a number of on-campus options:

Billing, payment, and service options may vary by internal vendor. Please visit the vendor’s website for details.

External partners

With support from the Division of Business Services, the Office of Strategic Communication creates and maintains a contract (2023-UWMSN-00137RFP) designed to offer users a variety of qualified vendors to assist the units with marketing and communications services when their needs cannot be fulfilled internally. Vendors on the contract list have already gone through the formal bidding process and do not require additional work prior to purchasing the needed services. All vendors are required to adhere to UW brand guidelines.

Our approved vendors have expertise in the following areas:

  • brand strategy
  • marketing research & insights
  • marketing planning & creative development
  • digital and traditional media advertising & placement
  • inbound marketing
  • web development
  • video production
  • photography services

Approved vendor list

Vendors on this list have already gone through the formal bidding process and do not require additional work prior to purchasing the needed services.

Download vendor list

Additional details about the contract and vendors included in the contract can also be found in ShopUW+ Essentials. The contract title in ShopUW+ is Brand Strategy, Marketing Services, Web Development, Photography and Videography Services. You can find the contract in ShopUW+ by searching any of the keywords featured in the title.