CAMPAIGN SCHEDULE
Carleton University · undergraduate recruitment ad campaign
Sep 2025 – Aug 2026 · aligned to admissions calendar
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Open House
Oct 25
opens
Nov
deadline
Jan 15
Open House
Mar 14
Apr 1
Jun 1
CAMPAIGN PHASES
Phase 1
Start a journey
A student walks forward as the world shifts around them — cities, landscapes, possibilities. This is the discovery phase. We are not selling a program. We are inviting curiosity and signalling that their journey starts with a single step.
Phase 2
Skills and value
Students do not choose programs — they choose identities. Buckets like media making, global systems, and policy translate complex degrees into clear story worlds. Students see themselves quickly. Friction drops. The path from curiosity to "this fits me" gets shorter.
Phase 3
Feelings, not facts
Short, authentic student videos. Waking up, transit, coffee, campus, friends. Nothing staged. Nothing explained. Just real life unfolding. The question students are silently asking before they commit: Can I see myself here? We answer it with atmosphere, not information.
SOCIAL PERFORMANCE
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