Challenge Summary
It’s a pleasure to introduce this important challenge to the community. We need your creativity and skills to create a simple, and yet dramatic, graphic design that shows one single page as marketing resource to display how Appirio applies Salesforce projects. Welcome and Good Luck!
Notice this is a FAST challenge, very simple but fast. Jump in now!!!
Round 1
For your R1 deliverables please submit the requested graphic design.
Round 2
Final design will contain all the requested graphic design plus any updates from client feedback.
The primary goal of this contest is to design a professional looking graphic that explains how Appirio applies Salesforce projects.
There are defined graphic guidelines you must follow for this design. We previously ran another challenge to create an infographic, and this is the style we prefer to see. See AppirioWorkflowInfographic.zip.
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.
- Dimensions are 17 x 11 inches. Use the provided template (Template.zip - respect margins).
- Appirio and topcoder logos must be wisely used somewhere in you design, where you feel appropriate. Other logos are optional but you are encouraged to integrate them somehow.
- Colors and overall feel should be similar to the provided infographic and the Appirio website branding. The client has expressed they like that style but this does not mean they are not open to something different. See Inspiration.zip also for graphics and layout reference.
- 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.
- Focus the style on clean and modern with good use of graphics/icons. Avoid cartoonish designs (not wanted).
Design Requirements
Content
Accelerating Deals
How do we help you move your deals forward and accelerate the close?
- Let us help you deliver more “Show Me” Moments with Appirio’s topcoder Crowdsourcing Community. This awesome resource brings 600,000+ Top Designers, Developers and Algorithm / Analytics Experts bear to deliver the “Art of the possible” into your presales cycles.
- The assets (these assets can be represented graphically with icons) we produce are production-quality, which means your customer’s implementation is that much closer to reality.
- We can help you and your customers understand how they can deploy theirs solutions quickly and affordably with our unique delivery models designed for speed, flexibility, and immediate VALUE.
Expanding Deals
How do we help you expand your deal, and increase your seat sales?
- Build the case for transformation and secure project funding by delivering Investment Up-Front with our Strategy Services.
- Innovation Workshops; get your customers excited, use crowdsourced innovation to deliver functional prototypes, expand their thinking, and increase the scope of their rollout.
- Vision Maps; align your customers business strategy and grow your license deal.
Sourcing Deals
How Can We Build Pipeline and Close Deals Together?
- We have a large install base from other cloud initiatives (Workday, Cornerstone, DocuSign, Concur, and Topcoder); let us introduce you.
- Utilize Appirio to drive demand “in-market”; we have resources and dollars to invest in your cycles.
- We have a well-respected alumni of Cloud Pioneers and Executive Board Members that we can leverage to get us a seat at the table with your key prospects.
World-class Commercial Customers within your Region
- Herman Miller - Bringing their Ignite Vision to reality by rolling out CRM to 800 users globally in only 15 weeks. Next stop: Service Cloud & Communities!
- Camping World - All-in on the Platform, supported by Appirio’s fixed-fee approach to deliver Sales, Service, and Consumer Mobile Apps in 2014 and beyond!
- Virgin America - 100% Mobile social intranet delivered completely on the platform in 6 weeks leveraging Appirio’s Edgeforce Solution for Force.com.
- Cars.com - Completely crowdsourced custom Force.com Account Planner application built in just 6 weeks with Appirio’s Topcoder Community!
Contact (not necessary to use this title - use Brandon picture)
I’m ready to invest! Give me a call:
Brandon Oelling – Appirio
(312) 330-2248
boelling@appirio.com
www.appirio.com
Considerations
- The page layout must use three columns (left to right) for “Accelerating Deals”, “Expanding Deals”, “Sourcing Deals”.
- The bottom section must include “World-class Commercial Customers within your Region” and “Contact” (without this title).
- We will want to highlight our customer success stories (the three columns) with logos in an appealing way. This section should be larger than the others. Use logos and graphics from ContentAssets.zip where appropriate.
- We feel the black and white picture from Brandon looks good; however if you feel the color version photo looks better, then use it. You are allowed to crop or reshape the photo.
- You are allowed to trim any of the texts you have to use in the design (making sense).
Target Audience
Account Executives, Sales related professionals. (Corporate/business) AE's will be in a room. This will be on the table at each of their seats.
Judging Criteria
- Capability of explaining the concept into graphics.
- Quality.
- Originality and design execution.
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.
Preview Image
Create a 1024x1024 JPG or PNG file in RGB color mode and place a screenshot from your submission within it.
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.