Estimated Project Lead Times
The typical amounts of time required for the Office of Public Relations and Community Outreach to turn around specific types of online and print publications are listed below. These timelines are meant to serve as a guideline on how much lead time should be built into your request to ensure that it is printed or posted online by your deadline. Individual projects may require more or less time than these estimates, depending on a number of factors.
Type of Project | Lead Time |
Online only | 2-3 weeks (4 weeks for extensive website changes) |
E-card/E-mail | 1-2 weeks |
Poster/Flyer | 4 weeks |
Print monthlies | 6-8 weeks prior to publication |
Print weeklies | 3-4 weeks prior to publication |
Subdivision/neighborhood print newsletters: - Champions - Krenek |
2 months prior to publication 1 month prior to publication |
School publications | Varies with frequency of issue |
Quarterly publications | 3-4 months prior to publication |