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Graphic Designers – Enter SOC’s New Logo Competition!
Designs must be submitted by midnight, Saturday, Sept. 16th, 2017
1st place receives up to $500
($250 for logo and eligible to be contracted for another $250
to develop templates for collateral pieces)
SOC
Visit our website to learn more about SOC at www.SOCmilwaukee.org & please submit questions to Logo@SOCmilwaukee.org
COMPETITION
SOC has begun its second quarter of a century of service and invites graphic designers from the community to partner by entering its new logo competition. The new logo will be unveiled as part of this year’s Legacy Awards Retro Ball.
The logo will be used in all typical media forms including print (business cards, stationary, brochures, newsletter, banners, etc.), online (website, social media, etc.), merchandising, and other collateral. The last two logos created are pictured above.
DESIGN GUIDELINES
1. If your design is selected, you may be requested to modify the design to the satisfaction of SOC and must provide the final design with the following specifications in order to complete your entry and receive the prize money: high resolution vector files, editable capabilities, transparent backgrounds, CMYK and RGB, png and pdf (adaptable to electronic and print), and able to be reproduced in small and large formats.
2. Utilize blue color/s (a specific color has not been determined at this time and can be negotiated).
3. Incorporate acronym “SOC” and name “Southside Organizing Committee”.
4. You may or may not use the four South Side iconic sites images (Mitchell Domes, St. Josaphat Basilica, Rockwell Tower Clock, Miller Park Stadium).
5. Create an original logo design and submit it in PDF format in three color versions including color, grayscale, and black & white.
6. The Board of Directors will review designs based on congruency with organization, aesthetic quality, and usability/versatility – extra points will be awarded for current and former residents of SOC’s district.
7. Submit design to Logo@SOCmilwaukee.org along with name, address, phone number – if applicable, include a note regarding time residing in SOC’s district.
8. Designs must be submitted by midnight, Saturday, Sept. 16th, 2017 to
Logo@SOCmilwaukee.org
COMPETITION RULES
•SOC reserves the right to NOT select a winner in the event that it deems there is not a suitable entry.
•1st place receives $250 and is eligible to be contracted for another $250 to develop templates for collateral pieces.
•Submissions must be original work of the entrant and must not infringe on any other party’s work, trademarks, and/or copyrights.
•Entrants surrender the designs and all the design’s elements to become property of SOC and surrenders all intellectual property rights or benefits of the design to SOC to use or modify at its discretion for any purpose.
•Entrants agree to the use of their name, likeness, competition information, and submission for use by SOC without further compensation.
•By submitting entries, entrants agree that they have read and agree to the information and rules noted in this document.
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Diseñadores Gráficos – ¡Entra la Competencia de Logotipo de SOC!
Los diseños tienen que ser enviados antes de medianoche, sábado, 16 de septiembre 2017 1er lugar puede recibe has $500 ($250 para logotipo y elegible para ser contratado por otros $250 para desarrollar plantillas para piezas colaterales).
SOC
Visite nuestro sitio web para obtener más información sobre SOC en www.SOCmilwaukee.org & por favor envíe sus preguntas a Logo@SOCmilwaukee.org
COMPETENCIA
SOC ha comenzado su segundo cuarto de siglo de servicio e invita a diseñadores gráficos de la comunidad a asociarse al participar en su nueva competencia de logotipo. El nuevo logotipo será presentado como parte del Baile Retro de los Premios de Legado este año.
El logotipo se utilizará en todas las formas típicas de los medios de comunicación, incluyendo la impresión (tarjetas de negocio, papelería, folletos, boletines informativos, banderas, etc.), en línea (sitio web, medios sociales, etc.), mercancías y otras colaterales. Los dos últimos logotipos creados se muestran arriba.
GUÍA PARA DISEÑ0S
1. Si su diseño es seleccionado, se le puede pedir que modifique el diseño a la satisfacción de SOC y debe proporcionar el diseño final con las siguientes especificaciones para completar su diseño y recibir el dinero del premio: archivos vectoriales de alta resolución, capacidades editables, fondos transparentes, CMYK y RGB, png y pdf (adaptables a la electrónica e impresión), y capaces de reproducirse en formatos pequeños y grandes.
2. Utilice el color azul/s (un color específico no se ha determinado en este momento y se puede negociar)
3. Incorporar el acrónimo “SOC” y el nombre ” Southside Organizing Committee”.
4. Pueden o no utilizar las cuatro imágenes icónicas de sitios del lado sur (‘Mitchell Domes’, Basílica de San Josaphat, ‘Rockwell Tower Clock’, ‘Miller Park Stadium’).
5. Cree un diseño de logotipo original y envíelo en formato PDF en tres versiones de color incluyendo color, escala de grises y blanco/negro.
6. La Junta Directiva revisará los diseños basadas en la congruencia con la organización, la calidad estética y la usabilidad versatilidad – se otorgarán puntos adicionales para los residentes actuales y antiguos del distrito de SOC.
7. Envíe su diseño a Logo@SOCmilwaukee.org junto con su nombre, dirección, y número de teléfono – si corresponde, incluya una nota sobre el tiempo que ha vivido en el distrito de SOC.
8. Los diseños tienen que ser enviados antes de medianoche, sábado, 16 de septiembre de 2017 a Logo@SOCmilwaukee.org
LAS REGLAS DE LA COMPETENCIA
•Primer lugar recibe $250 y es elegible para ser contratado por otros $250 para desarrollar plantillas para piezas colaterales
•SOC se reserva el derecho de NO seleccionar un ganador en el caso de que considere que no hay un diseño adecuado.
•Su diseño debe ser obra original del participante y no deben infringir el trabajo, las marcas comerciales y/o los derechos de autor de ninguna otra parte.
•Los participantes entregan los diseños y todos los elementos del diseño para convertirse en propiedad del SOC y rinde todos los derechos de propiedad intelectual e los beneficios del diseño a SOC para usar o modificar a su discreción para cualquier propósito.
•Los participantes aceptan el uso de su nombre, semejanza, información de la competencia y diseño para uso del SOC sin más compensación.
•Al enviar el diseño los participantes aceptan que han leído y aceptado la información y las reglas que se indican en este documento.
Every time I see these design contest I cringe. It amazes me how many organizations are still out there sending out calls for entries.
Logo Contests not only devalue designers they devalue the brand of the organization. All you’re going to get is a bunch of pretty pictures and graphics that have nothing to do with your mission and the reason your organization exists in the first place. Frankly your organization is destine to fail. If you’re not willing to invest in the visual brand of your organization no one else will either. Sure you’ll get a bunch of amateur “designers” or design students submitting their work with the hope of being chosen but in the long run they are designing on spec “for free” with the hope of a $500 pay off.
Frankly you’d be better getting on 99Designs.com. At least with many of their beginning designers you can get endless iterations until everyone on your design committee has settled on the ugliest logo possible.
The reality is you’re most likely going to get some knockoff of a logo someone else designed. Here’s just one example of a rampant problem with these “contests”. http://www.thelogofactory.com/plain-truth-logo-design-contests/
“(This one is FOR the artists out there, please pay attention.) Some will ask you to submit work for consideration. They may even be posing as some sort of contest. These are almost always scams. They will take the work submitted by many artists seeking to win the contest, or be chosen for the gig, and find what they like most. They will then usually have someone who works for them, or someone who works incredibly cheap because they have no originality or talent of their own, reproduce that same work, or even just make slight modifications to it, and claim it as their own. You will NOT be paid, you will NOT win the contest. The only people who win, here, are the underhanded folks who run these ads. This is speculative, or spec, work. It’s risky at best, and a complete scam at worst. I urge you to avoid it, completely. For more information on this subject, please visit http://www.no-spec.com.”
https://www.reddit.com/r/graphic_design/comments/1imnph/dont_work_for_free_read_this_post_from_a/