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Challenge Summary

Welcome to the HR Portal Brand Name and Logo Design Challenge.
The goal of this challenge are create Portal brand name and design a logo for a cloud-hosting organization!

Round 1

You need submit initial design of HR Portal Brand Name and Logo Design with branding guidelines, colors, fonts, etc with these following versions:
1. All Color logo on Black background
2. All Color logo on White background
3. All Black logo on White background
4. All White logo on Black background
5. All Color logo with NO Brand Name

Round 2

You need submit final design of HR Portal Brand Name and Logo Design after incorporating checkpoint feedback with branding guidelines, colors, fonts, etc with these following versions:
1. All Color logo on Black background
2. All Color logo on White background
3. All Black logo on White background
4. All White logo on Black background
5. All Color logo with NO Brand Name


Challenge Details
Our client is a cloud-hosting organization, on this challenge we need Studio Creative designers to create Brand Name and design a Logo for the client newly implemented Human Resources(HR)/Employee Portal.
Expected result from this challenge, you need addressed the Brand Influence and HR Influences stated below while thinking and designing Portal Brand Name and Logo Design.

Brand Influences
Brand Name and Logo should take into consideration this list of keywords/attributes that are associated with these design brand:
- Fanatical in how we support our customers
- Cloud
- Enabling Innovation
- Accelerate Business
- Different Thinking
- Young
- Fresh

HR Portal Influence
Brand Name and Logo need deliver message from this list of keywords/attributes that are associated with their brand of HR Support and Services:
- Partnership
- Thought Leadership
- Intelligent
- Fun
- World Class

Logo Design Reference
Not applicable! Use your imagination!

Logo Design Requirements
- The primary logo should include the portal name.
- Colors need refer to the attached company style guide and color palette (color-pallete.png). Please include the color palette codes in your submission.
- Fonts are open to the designer. All non-standard fonts must be listed in a text file within your submission folder. Include the name of the font and a link to where it can be downloaded/purchased. DO NOT include any font files in your submission or source files.
- Please stay away from gradients, as they will not be able to be easily reproduced across all media.
- Designs must be created as VECTOR artwork so they can be resized without a loss of quality. Please provide an original vector source file (AI or EPS file) AND a vector outlined version.
- Make sure your logo’s quality is not diminished when scaled up or down.

Brand Name Requirements
- Sky is the limit, feel free suggest any brand name ideas!
- Need reflected Design Influences and HR Portal Influence requirements
- How the Brand Name format used? All CAPS? Title Case? lowercase? We're free to any ideas
- Brand Name and Logo design need connected in aesthetic way.

Target Audience
All global employees for the organization

Judging Criteria
Requirements:

- Does your submission follow the provided guidelines?
- How does your logo "fit" with the application purpose?
Quality:
- Does your logo look fresh, professional and clean?
- Is the composition/layout well-executed?
- Have you used typography in a meaningful way?
Concept:
- Does your logo represent a new and interesting concept?
- Is it simple, yet memorable?

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 image files based on Challenge submission requirements stated above.

Source Files
All original VECTOR source files of the submitted design. Files should be created in Adobe Illustrator and saved as layered AI or EPS files. Your source files must meet these requirements:
1) The AI/EPS extesion file with text intact (not outlined).
2) The AII/EPS extesion file with text in outlined format.

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

 

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.

Stock Photography

Stock photography is not allowed in this challenge. All submitted elements must be designed solely by you. See this page for more details.

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.

Challenge links

Questions? ‌Ask in the Challenge Discussion Forums.

Source files

  • Vector AI files created in Adobe Illustrator or similar
  • Vector EPS files created in Adobe Illustrator or similar

You must include all source files with your submission.

Submission limit

5 submissions

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