Social media post examples

Summary

A sample-application slide demonstrating Arts Midwest social posts: three square tiles in a row, with the center one styled as a real Instagram post (profile header, action icons) holding a big lime quote card.

Visual description

Light page with the "SAMPLE APPLICATIONS / Social Media" running header and page number 39; horizontal logo in the footer. Three square image tiles sit side by side, the center one raised and chromed in Instagram UI. Left tile: an autumn photo of a tank-style water tower with a periwinkle ripple sweeping across it, captioned "NEW STORY / It's a Coffee Pot, It's a Corn Cob..." in white sans-serif over the lower image. Center tile: a saturated lime-green card carrying large dark sans-serif copy "Arts Midwest is commissioning stories about the history of Midwestern creativity in arts and culture", a "Pitch us a story" line with a long arrow, and the Arts Midwest logo lower-right; above it a profile row ("art_midwest / Lansing, Michigan") with a round avatar and a meatball menu, and below it like, comment, share, and bookmark icons. Right tile: a green-canopy photo of carved wooden figures with a coral corner triangle, captioned "NEW RESOURCE / Is Anybody Out There? Tips for Reaching Rural Audiences".

Key takeaway

Mocking the quote card inside an actual post chrome (avatar, location, action icons) so the guideline reads as it will appear in feed. The oversized dark type on a flat lime field is a strong, reusable quote-post template, and the consistent corner ripple/triangle accents tie photo tiles to the brand.

Reuse notes

A practical reference for a social-media section of brand guidelines, showing both photo-led and type-led post formats together. The three-up layout contrasts a "real" framed post against bleed-to-edge story tiles. Lime, periwinkle, and coral accents are brand-specific; the post-in-chrome device and quote-card grammar are broadly reusable.