Mean Greens Café 10-year Anniversary

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Press Articles

Dallas Observer

Fox 4

NT Daily

WFAA

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Deliverables

National Association of College and University Food Services

Silver Loyal E. Horton Award


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Creating the Event

Logo
• Banners
• Menu
• Tray passing identifiers

Legacy & Visibility

Mean Greens Café skyrocketed UNT into becoming a national leader in university food service when it became the first 100% plant-based dining hall in the nation. With the dining facility’s 10th anniversary on the horizon, leadership saw another opportunity for national attention and reputation positioning.

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Goals

Craft a cohesive theme for Mean Greens Café’s 10th anniversary that emphasizes plant-first dining.

Raise awareness about Mean Greens Café and accessible vegan dining options on campus.

Position UNT Dining Services as a pioneer of forward-thinking, food-inclusive campus dining among other universities.

Honoring the History

Tomato curry recipe book
• Recipe cards
Hanging timeline
• Employee bios/feature
• Video

Promoting the event

Website content
• Digital slides
• Posters
Button pins
• Social media posts

Farm to Table Marketing

Like Mean Greens Cafe’s cooking process, our marketing efforts were completed entirely in-house. From kickoff to the event day, we had less than 1 month to pull everything together with only 1 full-time designer and a handful of part-time, student designers.

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Timeline


Web


Video


Book


Full-time Job Hiring Campaign

In 2022, UNT Dining Services had many open positions with almost no job applicants.

Our challenge: No one was applying, and we were restricted from posting on Indeed and LinkedIn.

Analysis I

Job Post In-visibility

Originally, UNT’s Dining Services department relied on the generalized, university HR website and Indeed.com for recruitment.

When bureaucracy prevented them from using Indeed (and LinkedIn too), their job postings stopped receiving applications. 

Targeting the job seeker

Rather than waiting for job seekers to find us, I proposed and implemented a solution that would both solve the job bulletin predicament and allow us to target potential applicants directly. 

 

My English and Spanish Google Ads campaign increased our reach within DFW and was highly successful.


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Google Ads Campaign

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Analysis II

Obscure Information

Food Service professionals may not typically scour a university’s general website for jobs.

But the few that did were likely discouraged by a poor information architecture, lacking UX design and verbose copy—having to go through multiple lengthy pages for the information they were seeking.

Compiling the details

I built a /careers webpage dedicated to Dining Services careers containing only essential information and means to apply. 


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  • Direct links to all open position applications

  • Anchor tags linking to benefits, drop-in interviews and more

  • Information and contact information for Spanish-speakers

Web Content

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Analysis III

Low Awareness

The department had historically done little to promote full-time vacancies, having been able to rely upon internal connections and recommendations.

 

However, during the great resignation, many established staff members left and along with them, their network.


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Spreading the word


  • General: On YouTube and social media, we posted a video of employees discussing their favorite perks and parts of the job.

  • Discount-seeking college students: Our team broadcasted digital slides across campus TV monitors touting tuition benefits.

  • Traditional job seekers: We created a standing banner, business cards and an informational brochure to entice potential applicants at recruitment fairs.

Project Management


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Video


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Brochure