Challenge Summary
Welcome to the TCO13 mini-site Promotional Poster and Flyer Design Contest! TCO13's Poster Design contest is a mini-site that is hosted in TCO13 site, the goal of this mini-site is to entice other designers (TC/Studio member or not), to design a poster about encouraging the youth of today to tap into an unknown talent they may possess and pursue that talent to grow and prosper to develop the next awesome technology of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Designers then submit their "poster design" in this mini-site.
For this contest, your task is to design a marketing material for poster and flyer to help promote this TCO13's Poster Design contest. These marketing materials can actually have the same design and will only differ in sizes. Yes, it's a poster you're designing to PROMOTE our poster design contest!
Round 1
1) Initial submission design with all the features mentioned in the Requirement section.
2) Any note for the client about your submission
3) Number your submission (01, 02, 03, etc...) for easy client's review
Round 2
1) Final submission design with all the features mentioned in the Requirement section.
2) Any note for the client about your submission
3) Number your submission (01, 02, 03, etc...) for easy client's review
Primary Goal & Design Considerations
The primary goal of this contest is to design the marketing materials in the form of a poster and a flyer to help promote this mini-site http://community.topcoder.com/tco13/overview/win-tco-trips/poster-design/ with the features outlined below.
You are designing a poster to PROMOTE our Poster Design Contest.
You are required to produce two sizes with the same design, the sizes are for Poster and for Flyer. The exact sizes are defined below.
Requirements
1. Sizes:
- for the Poster, 16x20 inches with 0.25 inch bleed
- for the Flyer size version, 8.5x11 inches with 0.25 inch bleed
- file resolution should be 300dpi minimum
- you can use the provided templates as the base of your artwork
2. Colors:
- must complement the colors from this mini-site
- all colors should be in CMYK for digital print
- keep the gradients to a minimum level
3. Content:
- you can get the content from here: http://community.topcoder.com/tco13/overview/win-tco-trips/poster-design/
- the most important part to include is from this paragraph:
Your Challenge
We want a poster that depicts Girls in STEM. There are young girls in our country that have all the talent in the world to be bright and amazing. Someone just has to tell them that it is in their reach, that they can do it, and encourage them to try. Maybe you can be that someone. Design a poster for young women in every state of the United States that gives them the encouragement they may need to one day be great
- include somewhere in your design the provided website graphics, you can re-organize however you like.
- Must include the banner at the top of the minisite showing the poster contest banner and prize money - should be prominent on your design.
- Also include this text: All the posters will be shown as a gallery at the 2013 TopCoder Open in Washington DC!
Design Guidelines
- Declare your fonts according to the Studio font’s policies. If you don’t have any of the fonts from the provided storyboard replace them with Arial and add a note about it. You will be asked to replace the font if you become a winner.
Target Audience
- Designers all across America
- Potential Studio Members
Remember, your goal is to design a poster to PROMOTE our Poster Design Contest as part of TCO13. We are looking for awesome designers in the USA to compete in this contest so your poster must be well designed and really show off how amazing the Studio design community is. Design this poster to MAKE these new designers want to join us on Studio.
Judging Criteria
- Creativity and Graphics Appeals
- Proper implementation of features outlined in the requirement section.
Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Create your preview image as one (1) 1024x1024px 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
Low resolution JPG or PNG of your layout within the provided template with bleed.
Source Files
All original source VECTOR files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Illustrator or Inkscape and saved as layered AI or EPS files.
Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics, images (sizes or colors) or modify overall colors.
Please read the challenge specification carefully and watch the forums for any questions or feedback concerning this challenge. It is important that you monitor any updates provided by the client or Studio Admins in the forums. Please post any questions you might have for the client in the forums.