IMC Connect! 2024 Sponsors

Presenting Sponsors are our event’s primary financial partners and are recognized as a top-level sponsor (capped at three total for IMC Connect!).

Named Event with Verbal Recognition and Address to Students Provided: Presenting sponsors receive a named event in the program (e.g., Organization Name Dinner). At this named event, they will be verbally recognized for their sponsorship by UM leadership, and presenting sponsors will receive the opportunity to address students and key stakeholders. They will also be honored with a branded signature cocktail, preferential table placement, and a banner with the organization logo front and center.

Career Fair: Presenting sponsors will have the opportunity to participate in our invitation-only Career Fair during the event and can bring a recruiter to this event. They will have a sponsored table during the entirety of the event.

Program and Social Media Exposure: Presenting sponsors receive key recognition with a double-page ad (5.5 x 8.5 in per page, X 2 side-by-side pages) in the event program, 3 special social media mentions on the UM School of Journalism and New Media platforms (one post per platform: LinkedIn, Facebook, and Instagram—or the sponsor may choose to have all on one platform). Instagram is most popular with our students, while Facebook reaches more alumni.

Event Website: Presenting prominent recognition on the event website, including logo placement and a link to their organization’s website (e.g., Career Recruitment page).

Premiere Swag Bag Logo Placement: Their logo will be printed on “swag bags” that are distributed at the event. They will be given the opportunity to contribute items to be given away in swag bags and as raffle prize giveaways for brand recognition and will have the chance to provide other branded materials for our event swag bags (given to the first 250 student attendees).

Top Placement on Tiered Sponsorship Banner: Their logo will also be printed centrally and given prime placement on a sponsorship banner listing all sponsors.

Campus Newsletters and Recruiting Opportunities: Finally, presenting sponsors will be individually featured in an issue of the School of Journalism and New Media Monday Morning memo (distributed to ~1,800 students) and in the Powder Blue campus-wide student newsletter (distributed to ~20,000 students) with content that the sponsor helps to inspire and/or develop to meet their sponsorship goals (e.g., recruitment and directing students to their Careers page).

Verbal Recognition: Navy sponsors will be verbally recognized for their sponsorship by UM leadership during the event.

Career Fair: Presenting sponsors will have the opportunity to participate in our invitation-only Career Fair during the event and can bring a recruiter to this event. They will have a sponsored table during the entirety of the event.

Program and Social Media Exposure: Navy Blue Sustaining Sponsors will receive a full-page ad (5.5 x 8.5 in) in the program, and two mentions on the School of Journalism and New Media social media accounts (LinkedIn, Facebook, and/or Instagram- platforms of their choice). Instagram is most popular with our students, while Facebook reaches more alumni.

Event Website: The organizations’ logos will appear on the event website.

Swag Bag Insert: They will be the opportunity to contribute items to be given away in swag bags and as raffle prize giveaways for brand recognition and will have the chance to provide other branded materials for our event swag bags (given to the first 250 student attendees).

Mid-Placement on Tiered Sponsorship Banner: The organization logo will be placed just under the presenting sponsors’ logos on a banner at the event.

Campus Newsletters and Recruiting Opportunities: Finally, Navy-Blue sponsors will be featured (as a group) in an issue of the School of Journalism and New Media Monday Morning memo (distributed to ~1,800 students).

Career Fair: Powder Blue contributing sponsors will have the opportunity to participate in our invitation-only Career Fair during the event and can bring a recruiter to this event. They will be given a sponsored table.

Program and Social Media Exposure: Powder Blue sponsors will receive a half-page ad (2.75"w X 4.25"h) in the program. They will also receive 1 special social media mentions on a UM School of Journalism and New Media platform of their choice (LinkedIn, Facebook, or Instagram). Note: Instagram is most popular with our students, while Facebook reaches more alumni.

Swag Bag Insert: They will have the opportunity to contribute items to be given away in swag bags and as raffle prize giveaways for brand recognition and will have the chance to provide other branded materials for our event swag bags (given to the first 250 student attendees).

Tertiary Placement on Tiered Sponsorship Banner: The organization logo will be placed just under the Navy Blue sponsors’ logos on a banner at the event.

Company Logo included on IMC Connect! Program and website

Sponsored table for 8 guests at the event

Career Fair participation

1 group social media mention

Company Logo included on IMC Connect! program

Company Logo included on event sponsors’ banner

Company Logo included on event website

Company Logo included on IMC Connect! program

Company Logo included on IMC Connect! banner

Company Logo included on IMC Connect! program

Peer institutions can purchase a branded table for 8 students. This includes breakfast, a boxed lunch, and attendance at the closing reception.