Branded email signatures are often overlooked, but are a powerful asset for enhancing brand identity and increasing credibility. Your email signature, automatically added at the end of Gmail messages as a footer, is more than just a personal sign-off — it’s an extension of the Miami University brand. It could be compared to a mini-billboard, reinforcing Miami’s brand with your contact information.
University Communications and Marketing has created various Miami University branded email signatures templates that you can utilize as a member of the Miami University community. These signatures have been designed to professionally showcase our brand: the beveled-M logo, preferred fonts, brand colors, and editorial style. Using one of these branded email signatures creates consistent communication and builds credibility with colleagues and external partners. Some of our email signature options even offer icons that link to your office or department’s social media profiles and webpages. When all Miami University faculty and staff use the provided signature format, we portray a unified front to students and partners.
Beyond aesthetics, the Miami University branded signature templates comply with accessibility requirements. Individuals who utilize screen reader technology will be able to read your contact information. Any graphics used in these email signatures contain alternative (alt) text.
These templates are customizable to your communication needs. You may add scheduling or calendar applications and accreditations or affiliations if they are included underneath the signature template with space to create separation. If the Myaamia Heritage Signature with Miami’s Land Acknowledgement is used, please make sure that any scheduling applications and affiliations or accreditations are not connected to that verbiage, there must be clear separation between the Land Acknowledgement and those additions.
Learn how to brand your Google Mail email signature by watching the video screen recording. Choose your Miami University email signature from the Gmail Signatures document.