Putting Indianapolis on the Map as a Talent Hub

Indianapolis needed talented leaders to help transform its struggling K-12 education system. That’s why nonprofit The Mind Trust has pushed to draw the best and brightest talent to the city to help develop great schools so that every student has the opportunity to receive an excellent education.

When The Mind Trust started the Innovation School Fellowship in 2014 to entice leaders to move to Indianapolis and start a new type of public school that blended the best of district schools and public charters, it enlisted our team to help entice candidates to apply.

The Solution

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A Digital Push

Our team set out a brand awareness campaign to help The Mind Trust increase Innovation School Fellowship exposure through targeted social media marketing on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn. This involved creating compelling content, including a video script and web landing page, to tell prospective applicants about the promise of the Innovation School Fellowship. VOX developed and executed an online reputation management program in digital marketing to drive traffic to the video landing page, where viewers engaged with interactive content and information about how to apply for the fellowship.

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Greater Awareness - and an Impressive Crop of Fellows

The effort heightened awareness of the fellowship among key national audiences, education reporters and prospective fellows. The Twitter campaign generated nearly 850,000 sponsored Twitter and LinkedIn impressions and an expanded Twitter follower base for The Mind Trust. As a result, The Mind Trust attracted a robust pool of candidates and awarded three fellowships to four talented leaders who are in the process of launching best-in-class schools through the program in Indianapolis