March 6, 2015, by Lisa Chin

Are you creative?

An exciting logo design competition awaits you!

MyMentor is looking for a visual identity and all UNMC students are invited to design a creative, innovative and professional logo.

 

 

Overview

MyMentor is a project initiated by the Ministry of Education, Malaysia. It will be delivered collaboratively by three leading international universities based in Malaysia [University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, Monash University Malaysia & the University of Southampton Malaysia Campus]. The proposed mentoring programme for postdoctoral researchers would pair a Mentor with a Mentee for a period of twenty-four months. Itaims to develop research by both theMentor and Mentee, with the objective of producing high quality research outputs that are sustainable in the future. It is also to aid the Mentee’s career development.

The objectives of MyMentor are outlined below:

• Support early career researchers, who have completed their PhD less than two years ago, by fostering the initiation of an independent research career through a globally-competitive research program. This foundation forms a required pillar in their academic life.
• Motivate and support experienced scientists, who are not active researchers, to enable them to publish high quality papers in the leading international journals.
• Help early career researchers to develop international networks and collaborations via structured support and participation in key international conferences
• Help each mentor/mentee, to publish at least one, high quality, academic paper.

 

 

The Challenge

– Are you creative?

MyMentor is looking for a visual identity and your help is needed. We are seeking all current students from across the three universities who can design a creative, innovative and professional logo. The logo should be recognisable and help promote collaboration, motivation and career development. It should represent guidance, motivation and career development/growth. The rest is up to you!

 

Guidelines & Requirements

You may enter a maximum of one (1) logo design to the competition. In addition to the logo, each entry must include a brief description explaining the design and how it relates to the main objective of MyMentor.

All entries should be emailed to deepa.kumari@nottingham.edu.my no later than 5pm on Friday, 20^th March 2015.

1. Logo

• The logo can be anything that captures people’s attention but must be related to the main objective of MyMentor – promoting collaboration, motivation and academic development.
• Size – There are no hard limits on the size of the logo; however the minimum size of the logo in print and non-screen-based applications would be 1 inch (25.4 mm) wide and 1 inch high for square shape and 2 inches wide and 1 inch high for rectangular shape. If wider than these figures, the height should be increased proportionately. For on-screen applications, the size should not be below 100 pixels.
• Colour – Full colour or black-and-white image. There is no limitation on the colours that may be used. However, the logo should be easily recognizable and identifiable.
• Professional – The logo designed and submitted in the competition will be featured on the website, social media platforms and other mediums. As a result, while the logo has to be eye-catching, it must still be legible.
• Theme – The logo designed should be recognisable for MyMentor project with the main objective of promoting collaboration, motivation and career development to academics.
• Integrity – The logo designed should not contain any copyrighted materials and it should be a faithful and original creation by its designer. It also should not include images or licensed images that had been previously published.
• Submit your logo design as a JPEG file.

2. Description

• The description should be short and snappy – preferably less than 50 words and no more than 100 words.
• It should explain the meaning of your design and how it relates to the main objective of MyMentor.

At the sole discretion of MyMentor personnel and the judges, submissions that are considered inappropriate or unsuitable will be deemed ineligible and thus removed from the competition.

 

Judging & Awards

Entries will be judged by a multidisciplinary panel for:

• Creativity
• Originality
• Relevance to the objectives of MyMentor
• Visual impact

The submitted logos will be evaluated by a judging panel. If a logo is selected, and used as the MyMentor logo, the designer of the winning logo will receive RM1,000. The recipient of the Most Popular Award will receive RM500.

The Winner will be invited to the official launch event of MyMentor on Monday, 13^th April 2015 at the Royale Chulan Kuala Lumpur.

 

Don’t miss out this opportunity to showcase your creativeness! Good luck!

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