Case study · Texas A&M · Mays Business School Mays Business School ran a Studio Pod pilot - faculty and staff first, then students. The automated pod brought professional headshots to the whole campus, and Mays bought an S3 pod when the pilot ended.
Utilization measured November 2023 - January 2024 at the Texas A&M Mays Business School campus.
Mays had been running headshots in-house and hit the usual walls: limited access for students, a post-production burden on the marketing team, and inconsistent quality. They reached out to Studio Pod, and a pilot began in November 2023.
Mays opened access to faculty and staff first; two weeks later students were invited to book. Studio Pod's automated system brought access and ease to the whole headshot process - now anyone on campus can walk up for a professional headshot.
When the pilot wrapped, Mays elected to purchase an S3 pod - the flagship - to keep professional headshots permanently on campus for students, faculty, and staff.
The Studio Pod on our business school campus has not only elevated the quality of our headshots, but created substantial bandwidth for our marketing team. Instead of hours scheduling, shooting, and managing repositories, we have an automated system that frees up our time - and consistent, quality headshots for every faculty and staff member that elevate our brand. As we expand to students, professional headshots will help them stand out to recruiters.
Brooke Perry '17
Chief Marketing & Brand Officer · Texas A&M University
Pods are always ready and fully automated. Professional lighting and a real camera deliver immediate results, with no photographer required.
A student walks up and signs in with their email address - no appointment, no staffer running a camera.
On-screen posing guide and lighting options walk them through a software-guided session in about five minutes.
An auto-generated email with Texas A&M branding delivers the gallery; photos are ready right away.
High-res and social-res downloads, ready for LinkedIn, applications, and recruiter platforms.
95% of recruiters use LinkedIn to source and screen candidates, and a first impression forms in about a tenth of a second. A professional headshot is where it starts - and now thousands of Texas A&M students get one, free, on campus.
What Mays did, your career center can too - a Roadie for events, an S1 station, or a flagship S3, funded on a budget line, a grant, or a recruiter sponsorship. Reach out with the subject "NACE" and we'll scope it on a 30-minute call.
