Case Study

UF Scripps: Strategic Communication for Scientific Impact.

UF Scripps connects scientists, clinicians, and partners to accelerate impact. SCAD Media supports this mission by delivering integrated messaging, visual systems, and campaigns that highlight the science, people, and breakthroughs driving human health forward.

Executive Summary

Consistency

Social Media

Media Reach

Scientific
Breakthroughs,
Communicated

The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology (UF Scripps) conducts leading biomedical research and education. Following its 2022 integration into the University of Florida, the institute required expanded communications support. SCAD Media delivered targeted branding, design, video, and editorial execution, ensuring clear, consistent messaging that aligns with UF Scripps’ scientific mission and growing institutional visibility.

Advancing Vision
Through Execution

The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology (UF Scripps) conducts leading biomedical research and education. Following its 2022 integration into the University of Florida, the institute required expanded communications support. SCAD Media delivered targeted branding, design, video, and editorial execution, ensuring clear, consistent messaging that aligns with UF Scripps’ scientific mission and growing institutional visibility.

Brand Elevation

We align messaging with research excellence, translating complex biomedical discoveries into clear, public-facing narratives and adaptive visuals for the general public as well as the scientific community.

Visual Cohesiveness

All materials—from event collateral to editorial content—operate within a unified design system tailored to UF Scripps’ dual role as a research engine and educational institution.

Supporting Ecosystem

Our work extends across departments and audiences: from graduate program promotion and media production to faculty profiles and stakeholder communications.

Developing Visual Consistency for Scientific Communication

Through a multi-phase engagement, SCAD Media was tasked with implementing and extending brand alignment during a period of institutional transformation. As UF Scripps integrated into the University of Florida system away from it’s founding California institution and expanded its identity under UF governance, we supported the development and application of a unified visual system across digital, print, and environmental assets.

This work directly supports UF Scripps’ internal and external communications infrastructure, which is tasked with managing brand messaging, social media management, content production, outreach collateral, and cross-platform enrollment strategies. Our deliverables—ranging from social media promotions across all major platforms to print programs and digital public displays—operate within this infrastructure to ensure coherence, adaptability, and fidelity to the institute’s scientific mission.

The result is a visual language designed to translate biomedical complexity into a clear institutional presence, supporting faculty engagement, donor alignment, recruitment, and scientific credibility in equal measure.

Supporting Ecosystem

Our work spans departments and audiences—supporting faculty storytelling, graduate recruitment, program promotion, and institutional events with targeted, audience-specific deliverables. This includes campaign development for student outreach initiatives such as the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURF) Program and the Kenan Fellows High School Internships, helping UF Scripps attract both national college applicants and local high school participants through focused digital engagement.

Performance
and Outcomes

SCAD Media’s digital storytelling and campaign execution for The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute has delivered strong, measurable results across social media, website engagement, and institutional visibility.

Our video-first content strategy contributed to a 12% increase in LinkedIn followers, reaching over 7,700 followers and generating 117,344 impressions. Instagram Reels, Twitter/X graphics, and Facebook posts helped broaden public visibility and support recruitment and event attendance. Campaigns promoting events like the RNA Symposium and faculty research spotlights gained consistent traction across platforms, showcasing Scripps as a leading voice in biomedical innovation.

Employee Spotlight LinkedIn Campaign
Employee Spotlight LinkedIn Campaign

SCAD-developed visuals and messaging were integrated into landing pages and digital reports, contributing to: 337,500+ page views (+5%), 113,337 active users (+21%), and 94,237 event counts (+35%). Video and design integration helped retain user attention and guide them toward key CTAs, supporting both engagement and conversion metrics.


Our communications support also elevated media visibility: Mentions of UF Scripps increased by 10%, totaling 1,110 press pickups, while total media reach extended to 1.3 billion

Coverage highlights included stories in MSN, The Palm Beach Post, WPBTV, and South Florida PBS, many of which were supported by SCAD’s video assets, event materials, and coordinated messaging strategies.

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