PODCAST + MARKET YOUR EXPERTISE
THE PROBLEM
Budget cuts. AI disruption. A chaotic media landscape. A crisis of confidence in higher ed. The pressure is real—and rising.
THE SOLUTION
SPEAK.STUDIO’s award-winning Marketing and Podcast Group helps world-class educators and their institutions turn expertise into influence. We help you attract and grow funding streams, rise above the noise, own your media channels, and stay empowered—no matter what the future holds.
Andrea Ghez - Nobel Laureate
Terrence Tao - Fields Medal Winner
Omar Yaghi - UC Berkeley Endowed Chair, Chemistry
OUR SPEAK TEAM
The SPEAK Marketing + Podcast team has elevated the brands of some of the premiere academic and scientific institutions in the world, including professors, institutions like UCLA, Harvard, University of Chicago and more.
We’ve worked with Nobel laureates, Fields Medal Winners, CERN Astrophysicists, NASA astronauts, to tell their stories for recruitment, monetization, professional advancement and more.
CASE STUDY_ UCLA
THE SET UP
Budget cuts in the state of California that dropped UC support to below 8% of fiscal funding, meant the crown jewel institution of the Golden State had to find other ways to make ends meet, stave off more furloughs, and continue to create new knowledge. From a $4.3B cap campaign, to an evolving admissions challenge, the job was big.
THE STORY
SPEAK leveraged thought leaders, such as Nobel laureate Andrea Ghez, Fields Medal-winner Terence Tao, and Erik Hoek to amplify their work and elevate their individual brands. Our leadership helped in-house marketing along with 160/90 create a tidal wave of innovative video podcasts, Out of Home content, broadcast commercials, earned media, capital campaign-specific print, digital, experiential projections, film and more.
THE PAYOFF
UCLA successfully raised over $5.49 billion to stabilize funding for the next 100 years; supporting student scholarships, faculty positions, research initiatives, and capital projects. This work empowered yielded the largest (146,500), and most-accomplished group of applicants, retained top-tier faculty, and in countless other ways helped UCLA continue to be a beacon of enlightenment in the West.
CASE STUDY_META
THE SET UP
Meta had a problem with their Facebook international small business, and user-base that couldn’t easily use the tools they needed to advance their business.
THE STORY
SPEAK produced in remote and in-person Facebook Boost education modules that helped brands and individuals across the globe leverage their expertise and make money.
THE PAYOFF
5.1.x growth across user categories, and a successful relaunch of Meta’s Facebook Boost division.
CASE STUDY_SUMMIT SD
THE SET UP
The Summit School District in Summit County Colorado needed to address the social and emotional well being of their student body.
THE STORY
SPEAK took a bold, wholistic approach to solving the problem. We harmonized with the internal marketing group, and designed a suite of experiences for students and faculty, including an instructor recruitment push for new talented International Baccalaureatefaculty that could read the room and “speak the language” literally, and figuratively.
THE PAYOFF
Better faculty and student retention and reporting of happiness and positive school environment.
