Y Digital, a student-run digital- and social-media agency, opened a year ago, with the goal of preparing BYU communications majors and minors for a digital-first professional world. And over the past year, more than 60 students have done social-media analytics, social-media listening, digital-media production, content creation and search-engine marketing for such real-world clients as Pepsi Co., Marriott International, Subaru and the NBA.
“The more society turns to the internet, the more we need people who are savvy with the internet and technology to produce work for companies,” said Adam Durfee, public relations instructor and the lab’s director.
And he’s passionate about helping students become savvy. “We have a whole range of skills — advertising, strategic messaging, writing, pitching, design and video — we help students put together to coexist online. That great writing is nothing without great visual. That great video is nothing without great targeting. Those are the connections we want them leaving with.”
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Y Digital was also featured by BYU Magazine in their Spring Issue. Read the story here.