ATTENTION! CONTEST! THE MASCOT DESIGN CHALLENGE!
KIMEP is looking for the perfect mascot design!
The newly designed KIMEP mascot will unify and embody our university spirit and serve as a public symbol of loyalty and faith. It also will integrate into the University’s brand, helping define and identify our uni for both internal and external communities. The mascot will be displayed in university publications, advertisements, the website, clothing, facilities, and more.
Submission Guidelines
1. Current students, faculty, staff members, alumni, and friends of KIMEP University are eligible to compete in KIMEP University’s mascot design contest.
2. Multiple submissions are allowed, but each design must be submitted individually.
3. All designs must be sent to marketing@kimep.kz
4. The mascot design challenge begins March 26, 2019, and runs through April 9, 2019. All entries must be received by 6.00 pm.
5. All mascot designs must adhere to the following requirements:
- Place on white background
- Create as line art or other digital media format
- Submit in high-resolution, 300 dpi jpg format
- File must not be larger than 7 megabytes
- Develop and submit a graphic representation of a family-friendly character
- Utilize KIMEP University’s colors purple (code # #513D7F), gold (code #D7B56D), white & other suitable colors.
6. All submissions should complete all fields of the online form below:
- Name
- E-mail address
- Preferred phone number
- Relationship to the University (student, faculty, staff, alumna(e), friend)
7. By submitting artwork to this design contest, you warrant and represent that the artwork is original to you, that you hold exclusive and perpetual rights to all intellectual property rights in the work and that you have the right to grant all intellectual property rights in the work to KIMEP University. Further, you represent and warrant that the design that you submit is an original work that is not, to your knowledge, confusingly similar or substantially similar to any existing design.
Description
Do not forget, in addition to design, you need to give the name of the character and write its story.
Regulations
The winning design shall become the exclusive and perpetual property of KIMEP University; by submitting the design entry, the artist agrees to this assignment of all rights to KIMEP University in the event that the artist’s submission is determined to be the winner. Furthermore, the University reserves the right to alter and to create derivative works from the design entry.
Judging
All submissions will undergo a blind review—without name or position—by the Mascot Design Competition Committee in round one by April 12.
The top finalists that best embody the spirit of KIMEP University will move on to round two.
In round two, from April 15 till April 22, an online voting contest will be conducted on www.kimep.kz to select the winning design.
The decision of the online voting poll is final.
The winning design becomes the property of KIMEP University.
Prizes
The winning design will be proudly displayed throughout KIMEP University—from the website to clothing worn by students. It will encourage the entire University community to share their uni spirit! The winner will be one of the most significant people in the history of KIMEP.
University will provide to the winner a monetary award (tax included):
1st place 400,000 KZT
2nd place 200,000 KZT
3rd place 100,000 KZT