Challenge Summary
Welcome to the Appirio's Sales Force Implementation Infographics Challenge! This infographic will sell the idea for Appirio to implement Sales Force at different companies.
For this challenge, we need your creativity and skills to create a poster that provides a quick overview of Appirio through the use of images, illustrations, logos and other graphical elements.
Round 1
For your Round 1 deliverables please submit the requested infographic design.
Round 2
Final design will contain all the requested infographic design plus any updates from client feedback.
Primary Goal & Design Considerations
The primary goal of this contest is to create an inforgraphic that would be used for both print and digital distribution. This infographic will provide a quick overview of Appirio through the use of images, illustrations, logos and other graphical elements.
About Appirio
Appirio is a global services provider who uses crowdsourcing and cloud, social and mobile technology to help enterprises reimagine their business and become more agile. Appirio brings together technology expertise with a deep understanding of the way people work, and the nearly limitless skills of a crowdsourcing community to help enterprises transform relationships with their customers, partners and workforce. Learn more.
Branding and Guidelines
- Files must be created in vector format in CMYK mode.
- Size should be 8 1/2" x 11" in 300dpi.
- All links in the document must be represented as underline in the print version and the links included in the digital version (PDF file).
- Appirio logo must be wisely used somewhere in you design. Please refer to the provided AppirioStyleGuide_2014_v2.pdf for reference
- Primary colors should be Pantone 645 (C55 M24 Y0 K9) and Pantone 432 (C23 M2 Y0 K77)
- Secondary colors should be:
-- Pantone 715 (C0 M50 Y96 K0)
-- Pantone 7688 (C73 M26 Y5 K0)
-- Pantone 360 (C69 M5 Y100 K0)
-- Pantone 032 (C0 M96 Y71 K0)
-- Pantone 430 (C5 M0 Y0 K45)
- Fonts are open to creativity. However, after picking a winner we'll ask to replace the fonts with our brand ones. So try to find similar approaches to the ones you see on the website from the Studio allowed fonts. Use them wisely to make the design attractive, not busy. Declare your fonts according to the Studio font's policies.
Infographic Content Requirements
You will need to create 2 infographic page. The following are the content areas to be shown, order doesn't need to exactly follow what is outlined below. Text in italic format are not included but serves as a guide or notes only.
Page 1:
Company Overview - to be shown as is in text.
Appirio is a global cloud consultancy that helps customers achieve results in weeks, not years by harnessing the power of the world’s top talent. Appirio’s 600,000 member topcoder community and crowdsourcing platform, combined with the company’s business and technical expertise, have helped 700+ enterprises confidently use technology to increase innovation and transform business. Founded in 2006, Appirio is a trusted partner to companies such as Apria, Coca-Cola, eBay, Facebook, Japan Post Network, L’Oreal, NetApp, The Four Seasons and Virgin America.
Key Stats - each stat or fact to be represented graphically and format is up to you.
- 700+ enterprise customers
- 2000+ projects
- # Employees: 900+
- # Employees in Salesforce Practice: 500+
- Consultants in 38 states, 5 countries, HQ in San Francisco, CA
- Certifications (these are the number of Appirio employees holding specific certifications administered by Salesforce. The total number is important. The sub-level is a bit less important but would be nice to show. Possible stack bar or bar chart. Can be up to designer to graphically represent numbers below)
-- Total – 462
--- Technical Architect – 4
--- Sales – 105
--- Service – 86
--- Developer – 267
- $150M+ in Revenue
- 9.3/10 - CSAT (FY13) (Customer Satisfaction, out of 10)
- Platinum Partner
Key Differentiators - for each of the differentiators below, we'd like some or all of the text shown and a graphical representation of the differentiator. Explanations try to describe the ideas behind the differentiators in plain English. This could be a sidebar or a highlighted area
- Services backed by assets, tools and metrics: Each Appirio consultant is armed with Appirio's Cloud Enablement Suite, an integrated platform of tools, assets, analytics and community to improve results of cloud initiatives
- World's largest expert community: Topcoder, Appirio's 600,000 strong crowdsourcing community, helps us elastically scale our team with the world's best design, development and data analytics experts and offer more creative solutions
- Optimized for Scale and Agility: Global scale with the agility of a cloud specialist (we have a large global team and can handle the largest programs and companies but still move fast and behave like a small companies)
- Deep understanding of how to transform the way people work: We know what it takes to bring about organizational change and drive workforce adoption of new technologies (we're not just technologists but have expertise in helping companies and people within companies change through communications, training and creative approaches like gamification)
- We practice what we preach: We run our own global business 100% on cloud-based technology (we run our own global, nearly 1000-person company with <5 IT people and no servers. Our entire business is run off applications that live in the internet)
Page 2
Customer Success - the objective of this section is to demonstrate Appirio's experience in 5 main industries by showing the companies we've worked with in each. Would like designed icons for each industry and logos representing customers.
- Media (Disney, Yahoo! and Facebook logos)
- Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare (Roche, Medtronic and Allergan logos)
- Financial Services (Regions, Experian and Paypal logos)
- Consumer Packaged Goods (Coke, Diageo and P&G logos)
- High-tech (NetApp, Infor and JDSU logos)
How We Can Help - to be shown as is in text with links for digital (PDF) version. For print version, just show underlined text. This could potentially be on a page 2 with the "Customer Success"
Appirio can help you sell and execute Salesforce sales, service, mobile and platform programs at mid to large-size businesses. We've also packaged up "jumpstart" offerings in three emerging areas to help you demonstrate the value of the Salesforce platform in three main areas:
- Social Intranet Jumpstart: help customers deploy a mobile and social employee intranet (built on Force.com) in 4-6 weeks using our Appirio's EdgeForce social intranet asset.
- App Dev Jumpstart: demonstrate the power of the Salesforce platform by helping customers build a game-changing app in a few weeks using our topcoder community.
- Communities Jumpstart: help customers quickly deploy a customer or partner community using Salesforce Communities.
Contact us at www.appirio.com or cloud@appirio.com. We'd love to hear from you!
References
Attached in Downloads section of this challenge are reference that you can use as infographic concept inspiration, DON'T COPY ANYTHING.
Target Audience
- Salesforce.com Sales reps
Judging Criteria
- Capability of explaining the concept into graphics.
- Quality.
- Originality and design execution.
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
All requested contest requirements/screens as JPG or PNG files at 72dpi.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Illustrator and saved as layered Ai 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.