Always start by contacting your local communication partner, who will assess the scope of the task and advice you whether assistance from a graphic designer is needed.

Before ordering

Before ordering graphic design work, please consider the following questions. This makes the process faster, better and more flexible.

• What is the primary message?
• Which is the primary target group?
• Who is the sender?
•  How do you envisage the final product (type, size, scope)?
• What is the narrative form (stylistic, youthful, graphic, fact-based etc.)?
• What is the image style? Is it necessary to book photographers, or will you supply your own images?
• Prepare a flatplan/table of contents specifying all the content
• Agree how files, documents, updates will be supplied (WeTransfer, Google Docs, local shared drive?)
• Who is the project manager, and who is the final decision-maker?
• Estimated budget/time consumption?
• Deadline?
• Agree follow-up meeting, if necessary, once the product has been delivered 

Checklist for supplying material

Before starting work on the layout, it is a good idea to check the following requirements:

• All text content must be submitted in one folder, or in a single Word document (with clear page numbering), as well as X number of Excel sheets (with corresponding page numbering).
• The body text must be proofread by a native speaker. If a decision-maker needs to approve the linguistic content, it is a good idea to do it at this stage.
• The table of contents/flatplan must be supplied as an Excel file, and the number of pages should generally be divisible by four (12, 16, 20 pages...).
• All figures, tables and graphs must be supplied in Excel format, ideally with dummy artwork if figures need to be produced.
• Highlighted quotes must be simple and concise; facts and key figures must be double-checked for accuracy.

AU Design is based at Research and External Relations, Events and Communication Support, and is currently staffed by four employees. Each year, we undertake about 350+ graphics tasks at management, faculty, department, school and centre level.

Types of task

• Events, conferences etc.
• Campaigns
• Visual identity
• Printed matter
• Digital platforms
• Ads
• Signage
• Graphic design proofing
• Workshops in InDesign, Photoshop etc.
• And much more...

Graphic design work is carried out and invoiced at an hourly rate of DKK 500, which is settled via internal invoicing.