Samuel Silverman (OSU Athletics Graphic Design)

[Dryden]

Since SammySilv doesn't have his own thread, I'm creating one for the OSU alum & Youngstown native whose work has become instantly recognizable across social media and Buckeye message boards.

Scout Free: http://recruiting.scout.com/story/1548502

THE MEN BEHIND RECRUITING GRAPHICS
Allen Trieu
National Recruiting Analyst

Meet some of the graphic designers hired by colleges who are now key figures in the recruiting process.

Any recruiting fan has undoubtedly seen the arms race that is today's recruiting flyers. Recruits ask for edits and receive mail and photos online of them photoshopped into college uniforms, holding the national championship trophy, the Heisman Trophy, and in any other way that might help that school stand out from the sea of other mail these kids receive.

From Georgia getting hand-drawn portraits done to Oregon creating a comic book for Jonathan Stewart, getting creative with your mailers is now as much a part of the recruiting process as visits, phone calls and cookie cakes have been.

While no recruit picks a school solely on how cool their edits are, kids admit that it makes a difference. It catches their eyes and the publicity these photos generate on social media is great advertising for any program. Good looking graphics are important. That's where these guys come in.

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[BuckTwenty]

Good call, Dryden. Silverman is WAY overdue for a thread.

He's done some beautiful work over the last 2-3 years with our team. Love his influence on the University and on recruiting through his craft.

 

[Dryden]

 

[Dryden]

https://frntofficesport.com/how-ohio-state-is-changing-the-game-when-it-comes-to-personal-brands/

How Ohio State is Changing the Game When It Comes to Personal Brands
#BrandU is the brainchild of Sam Silverman, Asst. Director, Creative Media & Branding for Ohio State Football.

May 21, 2018
By Adam White


If you would have happened upon Sam Silverman and asked him what he wanted to do after he got done with his undergraduate studies at Ohio State, he would have most likely told you a “sneaker designer”.

For the industrial design major, Silverman admits that while he was good at art he didn’t quite know what he wanted to do with it after high school. A self-proclaimed “sneakerhead”, Silverman gravitated to the major in which he could combine both his proficiency in art with his love for sneakers.

While in school at Ohio State, Silverman fell in love with the storytelling aspect of not only sneakers and their design, but just design in general. It was this love, mixed with the skills he had built up over the course of his four years at OSU that led him to taking a role with the athletic department as a volunteer intern after graduating in 2012.

“I was working for free, doing some graphic design work, because, at the time, they wanted to revamp their marketing initiative through graphic design,” said Silverman. “They were really lacking in the area of how to promote the program through physical mailers or through social media.”

Not a graphic designer by trade, Silverman was able to use the early days with the athletic department to dive deeper into the process and learn more about the history of the industry and what made it tick.


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[ORD_Buckeye]

Judging by what our rivals to the North have been putting out, it might behoove them to take the sticks out of their asses and hire some Ohio State graduates like Silverman to take over.

 

[sparcboxbuck]

Judging by what our rivals to the North have been putting out, it might behoove them to take the sticks out of their asses and hire some Ohio State graduates like Silverman to take over.

Pardon my French, but va te faire foutre.

 

[Dryden]

Sammy is moving on from OSU to start his own firm.

 

[starBUCKS]

Looks like Sammy’s replacement.

 

[ScriptOhio]

THAT WAS QUICK. Yesterday, EA Sports announced it will once again be making a college football video game. And Ohio State's graphics team wasted absolutely no time turning that into a recruiting opportunity.



Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...footballs-roster-size-problem-and-ohio-states

Just sayin': The thread title could be changed to reflect the current guy.

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/staff/christopher-charizopoulos/

 

[BayBuck]

THAT WAS QUICK. Yesterday, EA Sports announced it will once again be making a college football video game. And Ohio State's graphics team wasted absolutely no time turning that into a recruiting opportunity.



Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...footballs-roster-size-problem-and-ohio-states

Just sayin': The thread title could be changed to reflect the current guy.

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/staff/christopher-charizopoulos/

Probably makes more sense to give Charizopolous his own thread.

 

[BuckeyeNation27]

Probably makes more sense to give Charizopolous his own thread.

https://www.buckeyeplanet.com/forum/threads/osu-athletics-graphic-design.663250/

 

[LovelandBuckeye]

THAT WAS QUICK. Yesterday, EA Sports announced it will once again be making a college football video game. And Ohio State's graphics team wasted absolutely no time turning that into a recruiting opportunity.



Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/skul...footballs-roster-size-problem-and-ohio-states

Just sayin': The thread title could be changed to reflect the current guy.

https://ohiostatebuckeyes.com/staff/christopher-charizopoulos/

Notice it is sitting on top of NCAA 2014 which had Shoelace on the cover?

 

[Bestbuck36]

It's little things like this that people forget about when we think about recruiting. Sooooooo many weapons in the OSU arsenal