As with all of our social media content, we are conscious and deliberate with our
emoji use on our social media channels. Weโre deliberate from both an accessibility
perspective, and with how we use emojis to communicate with our audience.
We try to adhere to the following emoji guidelines:
Emojis punctuate a sentence
If youโre using an emoji, you most likely donโt need a full-stop or exclamation
mark to punctuate your sentence. If youโre asking a question, the question
Emoji style
mark stays in there.
Like this ๐
And like this? ๐ค
guide
If you donโt feel comfortable leaving the punctuation off, the emoji comes after
the punctuation mark, not before.
Like this. โ
Not like this โ.
Emojis emphasise a word or a feeling, they donโt replace words in sentences.
There are some exceptionsโsentences like โWe ๐ youโ are fine.
If youโre using emojis to convey an emotion and/or an action, generally, the
โpersonโ comes before the action.
For example, like this: ๐๐
Not like this: ๐คณ๐
Emoji use and style will vary slightly by network.
We take a light touch on emojis on Facebook, while we tend to use them
more on Instagram and TikTok.
LinkedIn is generally not a place where we use emojis.
We use relevant emojis as bullet points to help chunk up information.
Except on LinkedIn, where we will generally use a bullet point instead โข
Some emojis have non-literal meanings.
To avoid any social faux pas, make sure you run your content past the Social
Emoji style
Media team, or someone closer in age range to your target demographic for
your content.
You can consult
this guide for a high-level overview of some emojis with dual
guide
meanings. Please note that this is far from an exhaustive list, as slang changes
and evolves over time.
Hereโs a short list of emojis that the Social Media team use on a regular basis:
For when we love or approve of something: ๐โ
๐๐๐๐๐๐ฅฐ
For Graduation: ๐๐
For study: ๐โโ๐๐ป
To refer to Wellington: ๐ฌ
We donโt use ๐จ
For when weโre interested or curious: ๐๐ค
And some other ones we love: โโจ๐ฑ๐บ๐