The way you share your story can make all the difference.
Our Work | Your Story
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Alumni Relations.
Our work in alumni relations is grounded in original storytelling. With experience in alumni relations, storytelling for development, and constituent communications, Cardinal Creative helps to highlight the people who make any institution a family.
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Innovation.
Cardinal helps innovative companies simplify their message and develop an overarching brand. We’re proud to work with Vertx Partners, a company that connects entrepreneurs, researchers, small businesses, and other entities to solve national security problems.
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Patient Care.
We believe the best patient stories focus on a patient’s improved quality of life as they return to their careers, passions, and loved ones. At the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, sharing these stories led to triple-digit increases in social media engagement and web traffic.
United In Purpose | United Way
United Way of Monongalia and Preston Counties works with 27 agencies in the community to fund 34 programs working to help those in need across both counties. This film features an in-depth look at three of those great agencies and gives more insight into United Way's mission and process.
Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute Patient Stories
At the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute, we put an emphasis on branded storytelling, sharing positive patient stories about neurology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, neuroscience, and behavioral medicine & psychiatry. Sharing these stories led to triple-digit increases in social media engagement and web traffic over the previous year for the RNI.
Vertx Films | AmeriCarbon
Vertx Partners is a company that connects entrepreneurs, researchers, small businesses, and other entities to solve national security problems – all while working to improve West Virginia's workforce.
Additional Cardinal Creative Stories
THE OLD GUARD
About this story: “The lasting memory a family will take is an Old Guard soldier paying final respects to their loved ones with the honor and dignity that they deserve.” - LTC Dave Taylor, Commander of the 1st Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry, The Old Guard at Ft. Myer.
In this alumni spotlight, LTC Dave Taylor describes the honor of laying fallen service members to rest at Arlington National Cemetery.
DECEMBER 7, 1941
About this story: In this spotlight for West Virginia University’s Alumni Association, Lt. Jim Downing describes the attack on Pearl Harbor and his journey back to the sinking USS West Virginia in order to help his fellow crew mates.
THE BASE JUMPER
About this story: Marcus Ellison grew up watching people jump off of the New River Gorge Bridge on West Virginia’s “Bridge Day”. At 24, Ellison became the first Fayette County local to jump from the bridge.
Birds of Prey
About this story: The Avian Conservation Center of Appalachia rehabilitates sick and injured birds of prey. Our work features the team at Cheat Lake Animal Hospital as they provide the final checkup and flight test for an Eastern Screech Owl that has been recovering after an injury.
DEEP BRAIN
STIMULATION
About this story: In this spotlight, we follow Van Armstrong, a Police Officer at the West Virginia Capitol Building. Armstrong was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and visits the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute for a Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) procedure with the Neurosurgery team.
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