Whether you’re sending an event invite, newsletter or one-time announcement, UCLA has pre-made templates optimized for current content and design best practices. For detailed instructions on how to use each template, refer to the User Guide PDF included with each template download.
The event standard template works for a variety of event marketing communications: invitations, reminders, surveys and thank-you emails. It contains basic building blocks (header, title, copy) as well as additional, optional content blocks (hero image, speakers, add-to-calendars, sponsors and related info). Use or remove any sections marked “optional” to suit your needs.
Use this simple event template to create save-the-date and invitation emails that require minimal copy, including lectures, panels, discussions and performances.
The announcement template works for general, non-event, non-periodical communications such as letters, announcements, reports, donor communications and calls for volunteers.
Designed for monthly and quarterly newsletters, this template is a stack of content blocks including top story, features stories, short copy and long copy.
The newsletter lite is a simpler stack of non-hierarchical content blocks, designed to accommodate emails with one or two types of content.
For announcements and events where campus units display other graphics in addition to a department logo, follow the examples in these templates.
For instructions on how to use the new UCLA brand templates with Salesforce Marketing Cloud software, download the technology help guide below. Follow this guide to create emails that employ the best coding practices and render across major email clients, web browsers and user devices.
The guide assumes basic knowledge on usage and terminology of Salesforce Marketing Cloud. For more information, please refer to the Salesforce Marketing Cloud Training Manual provided by UCLA External Affairs, Advancement Services | Application Development. If you have any questions on the help guide or want to request training, contact:
UCLA's official internal mass email service, BruinPost, is one of the primary ways in which UCLA leaders communicate with audiences across campus.
Approved BruinPost message types include the following per UCLA Policy 316: BruinPost Messaging Service:
View approved templates that will be used by the BruinPost Administrator to create your message. The standard header (at left) is most often used for routine campus matters like policy updates and the vibrant header is used for newsletters, special announcements or other occasions:
For more information and to request service, visit the BruinPost website.
