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Digital Signage

Guidelines for Digital Signage

Digital signage within the School of Professional Studies offers a platform to promote Northwestern events, student groups, and select university announcements. For more information on how to post a digital signage ad, please refer to the guidelines below.

Please adhere to the following guidelines for signage files, slides will be shown for up to 30 seconds each:

  • File Format: JPG, PNG, and GIF
  • Size: 1920px X 1080px
  • Orientation: Horizontal and vertical accepted
  • Quality: Blurry or low-resolution files will not be accepted
  • QR Codes are required for links to event information or forms
  • Please keep the text to a minimum, focusing on the key information:
    • the event title and/or speaker
    • the date and time
    • the location

Submitting Your Ad
Submit all ads to: sps-it@northwestern.edu. Include the following details in the body of the email, do not add files to the email body, only submit files as an attachment.

  • School and department or organization
  • Official event name
  • Time frame on signage (Start and end dates)
  • Attached files

Note: SPS IT will not modify or make changes to the submitted files. Please check spelling, orientation and image quality before sending your files. Incomplete files will not be accepted.