$2000 TC Direct Storyboard Phase 1

TopCoder has recently introduced TopCoder Direct, which allows customers to directly engage with the TopCoder processes and community. It implies the ability to utilize the browser-based Cockpit tool to launch and monitor contests, view submissions, choose winners for competitions, and pay for and download finished products and generally manage a set of work within the TopCoder platform. In other words, TopCoder Direct is the bridge between client and the TopCoder community that gives a customer ability to build software and complete design projects of any size or scope through competition. We are going to move Direct(http://www.topcoder.com/direct) to HTML based platform. Before the prototype contest, we want to refine the storyboard of this applicaiton. This contest, aims design the storyboard for this application.

Round 1

At the end of Round 1, TopCoder will choose five (5) Round 1 winners, each will win $50 and a Design Review. These winners and any member who had a passing submission in Round 1 will be eligible to compete in Round 2 for the additional $1250 in prizes.

Round 2

Round 2 will start with the announcement of the Five (5) $50 Round 1 winners and their design review from TopCoder.
The goal of this contest is to produce Storyboards that accurately capture the requirements from the attached Wireframes. This competition is the first phase of the storyboard contest. The scope of this competition is :

• Landing page.
• Submission Viewer part.

And we will extend the winner submission of this competition to the overall application in the next phase's competition in future. The target audience is both existing customers of Topcoder and prospective clients. Design Requirements

• For this contest we are looking for a new design direction and overall look and feel to the site. We are looking for a professional and attractive look - more corporate, inviting, friendly.
• Create something new! - DO NOT COPY the current topcoder.com design
• The TopCoder corporate colors must be used (red, black and white). They are found in the current home page (www.topcoder.com). You are free to include any additional colors of your choosing.
• The page must fit comfortably in a 1024x768 browser with minimal vertical scrolling.
• Use the TopCoder Logo.

Design Considerations

• The page should be simple and not cluttered. It should be open with a lot of white space.
• The user needs to quickly understand who they are with respect to TopCoder (customer or co-pilot) and decide which path to take. Depending on who they are, it will lead them down a different path.
• Repeat... Keep it simple.

Target Audience When a user comes to our application, they may be:

• Potential Customer
• Current Customer
• Co-Pilots

Judging Criteria You will be judged on the following:

• Quality of design
• How the design met the above requirements and considerations
• Innovation, creativity and originality
• How well the target audience and messaging was met.

Submission & Source Files Preview Image Please create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode at 72dpi and place a screenshot of your submission within it. You are free to resize or crop your submission to fit this size, but do not add any filters or elements for dramatic effect, such as drop shadows or reflections. Submission File For this contest, you will be submitting two (2) files / screens: 1. Landing page design 2. Submission viewer part design - with any hover states we need to review (like flagging and cancelling a submission) IMPORTANT- If you are submitting "small updates or changes" with multiple submissions please include in your notes file what is different or changed - this can be confusing to the client sometimes when they can't tell what is different. Source Files All original source files. Original source files should be saved as layered Photoshop PSD files or AI / EPS (Illustrator) files. Final Fixes As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify content or overall color/graphics. Please let us know in the forums if you have any questions.