Creative and Marketing Services

Overview

Marketing, Advertising & Social Media

Fairfax, Virginia, United StatesPosted 2 months agoDeadline: April 2nd, 2026

Fit Score

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SUMMARY

Seeking a vendor to provide comprehensive creative and marketing services, including content creation, event marketing, media placement, and digital campaign development for a one-year contract in Virginia.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Provide creative design and concepting
Provide website user research, planning, design, maintenance, and production
Provide copywriting, proofreading, and copyediting
Provide visual and multimedia storytelling
Provide primary market research, analysis, and strategy formulation
Provide media buying and placement services
Provide experiential and event marketing
Provide staff augmentation

BUDGET

Estimate

$50,000 – $500,000

CONTRACT DURATION

12 months

TIMELINE

Issue Date: March 2, 2026

Contractor Questions Due: March 11th, 2026 by 4:00PM ET

George Mason Response to Contractor Questions: March 18th, 2026 by 5:00PM ET

Proposal Submission Deadline (Bonfire ONLY): April 2nd, 2026 by 2:00PM ET

Committee Evaluation Period: April 6th, 2026 – May 8th, 2026

Negotiations (tentative & subject to change): Week of May 25th, 2026

Anticipated Contract Start: June 2026

QUESTION DEADLINE

March 11th, 2026

Issuing Agency

George Mason University

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DESCRIPTION

This RFP seeks a vendor to provide comprehensive creative and marketing services for a one-year contract period. Scope includes portrait, headshot, and event imagery creation, as well as modification of photos and videos—including substantial editorial alterations, likeness changes, and AI-enhanced media, which must be properly captioned.

The successful vendor will be responsible for creative design, concept development, website user research, planning, design, maintenance, and production. Services also comprise copywriting, proofreading, and copyediting, as well as visual and multimedia storytelling, motion graphics, animation, and graphic design.

Additional requirements include conducting qualitative and quantitative market research, strategy formulation, media buying and placement, experiential and event marketing, and designing and producing branding campaigns across print, out-of-home, broadcast, and digital media. Vendors will also be tasked with creating enrolment and direct response campaigns, and custom illustrations and graphics. All questions related to this RFP must be submitted no later than March 11, 2026.

Source attribution

This Settle analysis is based on the issuing organization’s public RFP listing.