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Crowdsourcing Logo Design Competition

EXTENSION OF DEADLINE! The contest deadline has been extended until the 18th of January 2015!

AKTI Project and Research Centre calls for Graphic Designers to take part in designing the logo for the “The Hub”

 What is the Hub?

Hub: the effective centre of an activity, region, or network

“The Hub” is the Cypriot Women’s Leadership Network, designed to provide opportunities for networking, engagement and advancement.  The overall aim of the network is to become the hub, the reference and the supporting mechanism to boost Cypriot women leaders to become active participants in decision making at all levels: public, private and civil society sectors. “The Hub” is established in 2015, designed and developed by AKTI Project and Research Centre.

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 The Project

AKTI Project and Research Centre launch “The Hub”, a new project which aims to boost Cypriot women leaders become active participants in decision making by creating a sustainable network for women leaders. “The Hub”, will be a structure through which women leaders will be able to support each other and help each other advance their professional endeavours, by fostering leadership and entrepreneurship through networking, coordination and collaboration.

Competition

Criteria and Deadline

The winner will be selected based on designing an innovative logo for “The Hub” project.

The Design

• Size Matters: The logo has to look good and be legible at all sizes, including when used for larger formats, such as, posters, electronic formats, such as TV and the Web.
• Clever use of colour
• The logo must also look good in black and white
• Design Style should suit the project
• Choose the right font type and size
• The font should be legible when scaled down
• Create Balance: Remember that your logo will be viewed by the masses, not just those with an eye for great art

The following Criteria will be used for the selection

• Good Design
• Clean and Functional
• Innovation
• Brand recognition potential

Deadline: All entries should be submitted by the 18^th January 2015 via dropbox (aktiproject@gmail.com) and personal email with your contact details.No submissions will be accepted after the deadline.

Entry to the competition is free of charge

Prizes

• 200 EUR will be awarded to the first winner

We will also offer to the first winner:

• Future networking opportunities
• Future opportunities for collaboration with AKTI Project and Research Centre

Terms and Conditions

• Submission of all logo designs will begin on 23^rd December 2014 and the deadline for submission is 12^th January 2015; submissions must be sent via dropbox (aktiproject@gmail.com)
• No submissions will be accepted after the 12^thJanuary 2015 and no exceptions will be made for late submissions
• The contest is open to any individual (any age, nationality, location)
• The logo design must be your own original work
• Incomplete, unreadable, unintelligible or otherwise non-compliant submissions will be disqualified and AKTI reserves the right to reject entries that do not meet the criteria
• IMPORTANT: By entering the competition you grant AKTI Project and Research Centre the rights to use your design for the benefit of the project at no extra cost
• The winner will be announced on facebook and invited to receive their prizes on the 19^thJanuary 2015