The #1 AI Video Generator for Colleges and Universities
Video builds trust. But creating it is too slow, too costly, and too complicated. Lumen5 empowers schools, universities, and training organizations to produce on-brand videos in minutes, not weeks. No video expertise, no agency delays. Just scalable, professional video that students, faculty, and stakeholders actually engage with.
Limited resources and budgets
Educational institutions often lack the time, staff, or funding to produce high-quality video content at scale.
Complex and diverse audiences
From students and parents to faculty, alumni, and donors, communicating effectively across audiences requires adaptable, engaging formats.
Slow content creation processes
Traditional video production takes weeks, leaving institutions struggling to keep up with fast-changing academic schedules and student needs.
Accessible video creation for all teams
Faculty, administrators, and staff can easily create videos without prior editing experience, making video accessible across the institution.
Templates designed for education
From online courses and admissions marketing to alumni relations, Lumen5 offers frameworks tailored to educational needs.
Scalable content production
Produce professional videos for lectures, events, and outreach campaigns quickly and consistently, no matter the volume.
Lumen5 is built for speed, scale, and brand safety
We combine the best of both worlds: the quality and consistency of agencies, the insider knowledge of your video team, and the efficiency of AI-driven automation. With Lumen5, any team can produce professional, on-brand videos at scale without sacrificing quality or control.
Stronger student engagement
Turn lessons, updates, and announcements into compelling videos that capture attention and improve learning outcomes.
Increased enrollment and awareness
Use professional video to showcase programs, campus life, and success stories that attract prospective students and families.
Enhanced alumni and donor relations
Create polished, impactful videos for fundraising, community outreach, and alumni engagement campaigns.
Teaching and online learning
Transform lectures, course materials, and study resources into engaging video lessons that boost retention.
Admissions and marketing
Promote academic programs, campus highlights, and student testimonials with professional videos that inspire action.
Events and community engagement
Share recaps of graduations, orientations, and school events to strengthen connections with students and stakeholders.
University of Georgia Case Study
With greater access to tools and a more efficient process, the University of Georgia was able to increase consistent, effective, and engaging video content. The central video team can now focus on higher-level projects while colleagues across campus create timely, on-brand content.
NC State University Case Study
Using Lumen5 allowed NC State University to increase its number of videos created and in less time. Drew Sykes and his team saved, on average, five hours per video and saw production time become 8x faster.
“With the traditional agency, the time is usually about one week. But with Lumen5, it’s cut down from weeks to hours.”
Visual content director at Siemens AG
“Lumen5 is especially helpful for business people who don't have the technical experience to make their own videos.”
Media relations and content manager
“Thanks to Lumen5, we have been able to cut down on the time and costs related to video making.”
Global advertising and sponsorships
“We’re able to create a video quickly with a turnaround of five minutes versus trying to coordinate with an agency and see if they have time to fit you in. With Lumen5, you could just get it right then and there.”
Social & digital content manager
“The best part about Lumen5 is that it's not time-consuming. It's really easy and you only need a couple of minutes to create a video because everything is included.”
Senior online marketing manager
“We have scaled Lumen5's use across our marketing organization, realizing benefits across many team layers. As company communicators, this agile tool enhances each customer's experience and engagement.”
Director of global integrated marketing, Emerson
“We saw increasing demand within Communications for an intuitive self-service video production tool and Lumen5 filled the gap.”
Creative & digital assets manager, Corporate Voice, Swiss Re
Many of our customers like Cisco, KPMG, and Siemens also have internal teams. They use Lumen5 to offload high-volume, everyday content so their video experts can focus on high-impact projects.
Canva is flexible for general design, but Lumen5 is built for scalable, structured video creation. With custom templates, AI assistance, and built-in brand guardrails, anyone can create professional videos in minutes.
Yes. Lumen5 is designed for accessibility. Faculty, administrators, marketers, and student services staff can all create polished, on-brand videos without prior editing experience.
Every account includes custom brand environments with guardrails like fonts, colors, logos, and templates so every video is consistent, no matter who creates it.
No. Lumen5 is designed to reduce workload, not add to it. By enabling anyone in your institution to create quick, on-brand videos, your communications or creative team spends less time fielding repetitive requests and more time on high-impact work.
Lumen5 is the only platform combining:
Custom branded templates made by a creative team
AI-powered video generation for speed
Guardrails for brand safety
Scalability across teams and geographies
Internal and external use cases
