FAST!!! Mobile Global HR Regulations Concepts Design Contest

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Challenge Summary

Welcome to the FAST!!! Mobile Global HR Regulations Concepts Design Contest. This contest is focused on creating design concepts/visual ideas for a new mobile application where a user can quickly view, edit or enter in new information about human resource regulations for up to 100 countries.

We are going to call this application the RDV (Regulation Data Vault) and it will be an internal mobile application where consultants can quickly find information and also edit or enter new information as they are working with customers. The goal would be that all consultants have access to the most up-to-date "human resource regulations" throughout the world. 

We currently do not have any formal requirements - we are looking for you to provide design concepts and suggest new (useful) features to help create an engaging experience!

VERY FAST!!! Checkpoint and overall contest. I will be looking forward to your submissions and quickly turning around feedback. We have a Monday deadline!

 

Round 1

Initial Design Features
- Landing page = navigation plus what additional features might be on the landing page? Search?
- Country Selection
- View HR Policy 
- Edit HR Policy
- Create New HR Policy

- Any additional screens you can provide for feedback

 

Round 2

Final Design plus Checkpoint feedback
- Landing page = navigation plus what additional features might be on the landing page? Search?
- Country Selection
- View HR Policy 
- Edit HR Policy
- Create New HR Policy

- Any additional screens or tools


Contest Description
This mobile application will be used within a company for Human Resource (HR) team to quickly view, edit or enter in new information about country specific Human Resource regulations. We want to be able to make information on country specific HR regulations easy to access and very robust. It will be a tool that contains all the country specific informationso consultants can access it anytime anywhere.

Design Concept Goals: 
- The mobile application should be branded using this brand and colors (branding link)
- How should this application look?
- Suggest user screen flows and navigation
- What features can help a user navigate "countries" HR regulations?
- What tools would a user needs in this application?
- How quickly could you find information?
- Use current "flat design" techniques and iOS7 influence
- We want this to be MODERN application design!!

Use the 320 x 480px (Standard sizes) for submission format. Make sure you create graphic in 'shape' format, so when resize for retina versions, graphic still look sharp! It will be great if you can provide the landscape version.

Mobile Application Features:
This mobile application is basically a mobile database of different countires HR regulations. When a global company needs to hire more employees they need to know the different regulations that they need to manage.
- User will need to login

- User should be able to search

- User should be able to select a country
- User should be able to see country specific regulation information (see "View HR Policies" below for more information)

- User should be able to quickly update the information (if its outdated)
- User should be able to quickly add new information (assume they are talking to a client and can quickly add in that countries HR information)
- Overall focus is the ability to quickly intake information and also find information
- What additional tools might be useful? GPS - the ability to quickly select the country you are in? What other tools might be useful within this application?


Select a Country:
- Shows the ability to select a Country. A user would need to select a Country to view/edit HR policies specific to that country.

View HR Policies:
- This Screen should allow the user to see the Country specific HR regulation information (Please see the attached policy documents to get an idea on the information to be displayed). You only need to show an example of one country's HR information.

Edit HR policies:
- This screen should allow the user the ability to update the information.

Create HR policies:
- This screen should allow the user the ability to create the information.

Contest Requirements
1) Explore the provided company and brand - the application needs to look good!
2) Create design concepts based on the provided user experience and goals
3) ���What additional featuers might be useful?
- How can the functions and navigation be optimized? 
- How should things be grouped to keep the experience useful and simple


IMPORTANT
- Keep things consistent. This means all graphic styles should work together.
- All of the graphics should have a similar feel and general aesthetic appearance

Target User
- Internal Human Resource teams

Judging Criteria
- How well you plan the user experience and capture your ideas visually
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design
- Your design should possible to build and make sense as a mobile application

Submission & Source Files
Preview Image
Please 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.

Submission File
Submit JPG/PNG for your submission files.

Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop and saved as layered PSD file.

Final Fixes
As part of the final fixes phase you may be asked to modify your graphics (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.

How To Submit

  • New to Studio? ‌Learn how to compete here
  • Upload your submission in three parts (Learn more here). Your design should be finalized and should contain only a single design concept (do not include multiple designs in a single submission).
  • If your submission wins, your source files must be correct and “Final Fixes” (if applicable) must be completed before payment can be released.
  • You may submit as many times as you'd like during the submission phase, but only the number of files listed above in the Submission Limit that you rank the highest will be considered. You can change the order of your submissions at any time during the submission phase. If you make revisions to your design, please delete submissions you are replacing.

Winner Selection

Submissions are viewable to the client as they are entered into the challenge. Winners are selected by the client and are chosen solely at the client's discretion.

ELIGIBLE EVENTS:

2014 TopCoder(R) Open

Challenge links

Screening Scorecard

Submission format

Your Design Files:

  1. Look for instructions in this challenge regarding what files to provide.
  2. Place your submission files into a "Submission.zip" file.
  3. Place all of your source files into a "Source.zip" file.
  4. Declare your fonts, stock photos, and icons in a "Declaration.txt" file.
  5. Create a JPG preview file.
  6. Place the 4 files you just created into a single zip file. This will be what you upload.

Trouble formatting your submission or want to learn more? ‌Read the FAQ.

Fonts, Stock Photos, and Icons:

All fonts, stock photos, and icons within your design must be declared when you submit. DO NOT include any 3rd party files in your submission or source files. Read about the policy.

Screening:

All submissions are screened for eligibility before the challenge holder picks winners. Don't let your hard work go to waste. Learn more about how to  pass screening.

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Source files

  • Layered PSD files created in Adobe Photoshop or similar
  • AI files created in Adobe Illustrator or similar

You must include all source files with your submission.

Submission limit

Unlimited

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