Challenge Summary
Welcome to Growth Hub Design Concepts Challenge. In this Challenge - we need your help in coming up with a responsive website design concepts for AME (Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering) brands.
Round 1
Initial Designs for all the required screens (or at a minimum - please try to submit the below pages..)
2) Growth Hub Overview
3) Key Areas of Advice
4) Contact Us
Notes.jpg: Any comments about your design for the Client
NUMBER YOUR SCREENS (01, 02, 03 etc.) - it’s easier to review with the client.
Round 2
Your Final designs for all the required screens with all checkpoint feedback implemented.
Notes.jpg: Any comments about your design for the Client
NUMBER YOUR SCREENS (01, 02, 03 etc.) - it’s easier to review with the client.
The purpose of this challenge is to produce a responsive design for a website that will serve to provide help and resources to companies working in the field of Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering. General information will be provided to everyone, but to access more detailed help registration will be required, and driving the visitor to register will be a primary focus of the site.
Growth Hub Website Overview:
A local enterprise partnership in the UK is in a region that has world leading Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) brands, an area that is forecast to grow by 30% in the next decade, mainly within the SME supply chain. Current productivity of the AME sector is above the UK average and is forecast to increase at a faster rate than the UK.
But…Innovation is limited to only 5% of the business base. AME companies complain about skills gaps and shortages, access to suitable sites and, most importantly, access to finance to enable them to grow quickly. These barriers are further aggravated the by difficulties the AME companies encounter navigating the complex, supplier lead, business support provision and products that should be available.
The Proposed Solution:
An organisation will be set up that will ‘hide the wiring’ of the complex provision across all identified barriers to growth. The intention is to enable AME companies to efficiently and appropriately access bespoke elements of support that they require to grow faster and further than would otherwise be the case.
IMPORTANT!! Design Considerations:
- Come up design of sizes:
- - Desktop: 1024px (width) and height as required.
- - Mobile: 320 X 480 px
- Keep the layout simple
- Use top menu drop-downs for drilling into content
- Stock Arts is allowed in this challenge, please use images relevant to Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME)
- Please review the provided Postives and Negatives for Existing Growth Hub sites and come up with designs that satifies the client's requirements
Required Pages:
Below are the pages/contents required for this challenge..
1) Login and Registration Page
- What are the details that need to be included in this page?
- Please go through the existing growth hub to know more on what information can be included here..
- We are looking for your thoughts/ideas here.
2) Growth Hub Overview
- We need to show an overview about of Growth Hub, which would be few lines of text.
- Vision and Purpose of the growth hub.
- Use dynamic images on the homepage to retain interest, could it be a slideshow - will that work?
- Please review the Positives and Negatives from the references site which we have given to know more.
3) Key Areas of Advice:
- We would like to display "Key areas of advice"
- These Key areas of advice need to show service information for each of the key areas with explanation of service on separate pop-ups, examples of key areas are Business Advice, Funding Tool, Networking, Workshops and Events, Action Plan Implmentation Subsidy, Intermediary Network etc..
- How to show these as service information as pop-ups..?
- Review the Positives and Negatives from the references site which we have given to know more about it.
4) Contact Us:
- In this page, we need the below details..
- This page should have multiple contact options – direct dial number, email plus Contact Me form
- How should we show the Phone, Email more prominently in the page
- Contact Form: What are the details required in the contact form?
- Please go through the existing growth hub to know more on what information can be included here..
5) Key Events:
- We need to show key events in this page
- Think on how we could have this?
- We are thinking of a calendar and a list view of the details of the events.
6) Sitemap:
- We need a site map - so that people know where to go for key information
- What needs to be incuded within a sitemap?
- Show us your ideas here...
In addition to the above pages, we also need the following and it is upto you to decided whether we need the below information as new pages are or add it as a part of the above pages. We are looking for your ideas on how to include the below information...
7) Links to key government or local business information
8) Coming Soon section to illustrate the key web/Portal features that will be launched over the next 6 months
9) Links to supporting partners
Target Audience:
- All Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering (AME) Brands
Judging Criteria:
- How well you design the Interface/User Experience.
- Look and feel of the design.
- Ease of implementation of the design.
- Cleanliness of your graphics and design.
Submission & Source Files:
Preview Image
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.
Submission File
Please upload PNG images in a zip file with all requested contest requirements stated above.
Source Files
All original source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator and saved as layered PSD/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.