Graphic Designers: enter SOC’s New Logo Competition to win up to $500 | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Graphic Designers – Enter SOC’s New Logo Competition! Designs must be submitted by midnight, Saturday, Sept. 16th, 2017 Do you have feedback on Milwaukee NNS's reporting? Take our survey to let us know how we're doing! 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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 [email protected] 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.