{"id":480,"date":"2024-04-01T15:24:35","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/?page_id=480"},"modified":"2025-09-03T17:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T21:19:10","slug":"email-production","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/marcom-team\/departments\/interactive-design\/role-specific-info\/designers\/email-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Broadcast &#038; Template Design"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>President Broadcast Emails<\/h2>\n<p>Interactive Design will occasionally receive requests to help Boston University&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/president\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Office of the President<\/a> with what are called broadcast emails.<\/p>\n<p>If a broadcast email design request comes in, it will be announced and issued either in the <code>#broadcastemails<\/code> Slack channel, OR a Project Manager will reach out to either Damien Garcia, or a fellow Lead Designer to resource the task. We use a macOS application called Direct Mail to help assemble these emails.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/presentation\/d\/16drwCMytH5TKG8D7Y01aiBZ5RorRa1-XZFcJZtWmMTo\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">President Broadcast Email Training<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1oYg_qaLNbVrYQzZcKl1iVDjmJTLwQ7u6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">President Email Process Documentation<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/email\/broadcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">IS&amp;T Broadcast Email Policies<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/app.activecollab.com\/207970\/projects\/12059\/time-records\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">Time Tracking [FY24]<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Email Newsletter Template Designs<\/h2>\n<p>For newsletter designs, we occasionally offer support in designing templates, or provide oversight for most other clients, the email templates are built via MailChimp, which is I.D.\u2019s recommended newsletter service. Some clients can be an exception(CAS and DAR, for example), but how those are handled and determined are the discretion and direction of Jon Brousseau and Damien Garcia.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email Templates can be added to the BU HTML Email Makr app.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From Techweb: Information Services &amp; Technology has developed an exclusive online HTML editor that can help you format a Broadcast message (no HTML knowledge required). It includes built-in BU branded layouts, banner photos, and even has a dynamic preview as you edit your message \u2013 you can also submit your Broadcast directly from the site!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production App: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/html-email\/manage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/html-email\/manage\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Production Access Control: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/html-email\/access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/html-email\/access\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test App: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www-test.bu.edu\/html-email\/manage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www-test.bu.edu\/html-email\/manage\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test Access Control: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www-test.bu.edu\/html-email\/access\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www-test.bu.edu\/html-email\/access\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Documentation for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bu-ist\/phpbin-html-email\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adding email templates can be found in Github<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Readme and Wiki.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bu-ist\/phpbin-html-email\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">Email Makr Repository<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/bu-ist\/phpbin-html-email\/wiki\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"button-secondary\">Email Makr Wiki<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Broadcast Emails Interactive Design will occasionally receive requests to help Boston University&#8217;s Office of the President with what are called broadcast emails. 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