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Mascot Design Competition

THE DEADLINE FOR THE MASCOT DESIGN COMPETITION HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2013.

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Creative Brief

The newly designed Dillard University mascot will unify and embody our school spirit and serve as a public symbol of loyalty and faith (Les Diables Bleu, 1966). It also will integrate into the University's brand, helping define and identify our institution for both internal and external communities. The mascot will be displayed in university publications, advertisements, the website, clothing, facilities, and more.

The Mascot Design Committee has defined the Dillard University athletics brand personality as prestigious, original, classic, excellence, heritage, strength, power, friendly but fierce. The winning mascot design must reflect this personality and incorporate the University's school colors of blue and white.

The Bleu Devil mascot will boost the morale and spirit of the athletics teams and fans during athletic contests in Dent Hall Gym, also known as the "The Battlefield" – Home of the Bleu Devils.

Submission Guidelines

  1. Current students, faculty, staff members, alumni, and friends of Dillard University are eligible to compete in Dillard University's mascot design contest.
  2. Multiple submissions are allowed, but each design must be submitted individually.
  3. All design entries must be submitted electronically by completing the Mascot Design Competition form found at http://www.dillardbleudevils.com/SIDHelp.php?action=form¶meters=37. There will be a field on the form that will allow you to upload your design. Once the submission is complete, you will receive a confirmation e-mail. For questions please contact the Athletics Office at 504-816-4953.
  4. The deadline has been extended. All entries must be received by midnight, Monday, September 30, 2013.
  5. 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)
  • A 250-word description of their design, which will include an explanation of what inspired the design.
  1. All mascot designs must adhere to the following requirements:
  • Place on white background
  • Fit on one 8.5"x11" page
  • 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 Dillard University's school colors blue and white.
  1. 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 Dillard 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.

Regulations

The mascot design challenge begins August 15, 2013, and runs through September 30, 2013. All design entries submitted after midnight, September 30, 2013, will be disqualified. All design entries that do not follow the mascot design guidelines and/or are incomplete will be disqualified. Artists may not post their designs on public websites or use in their portfolios until an official winner is selected and announced. After the announcement, all artists should label their artwork as a contest entry or sample.

Artists who do not meet these requirements will be disqualified. Decisions of Dillard University are final. The winning design shall become the exclusive and perpetual property of Dillard University; by submitting the design entry, the artist agrees to this assignment of all rights to Dillard 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. The top finalists that best embody the spirit of Dillard University will move on to round two. In round two, a panel of judges, representing the offices of the president, senior vice president for student services, communications, alumni, athletics, and student life, as well as faculty, staff, and students will provide feedback to the Mascot Design Competition Committee to aid in the selection of at least three finalists to move on to round three. In round three, an online voting contest will be conducted to select the winning design.

Submissions will be judged on creativity and artistic quality, as well as how well they represent the University and encourage school spirit. Dillard University shall have the sole discretion to select the winning design based on this and other criteria that it feels, in its sole discretion, appropriate.

Dillard University may replace the first-selected design with an alternate design if it determines, after first-selection, that the alternate design is, in Dillard University's sole discretion, more appropriate.

The decision of the online voting poll is final. The winning design becomes the property of Dillard University, as stated above.

Winning Design

The winner will be announced at Bleu Devil Classic 2014.

The artist with the winning design will be initially credited for their work on the College website, as well as various communications channels (social media, press releases, school's website, athletics website, etc.) used by Dillard University. Not all uses of the design by the University will carry attribution.

Upon notification of the winning design, the selected artist will be invited to work collaboratively with the Office of Communications to refine the design and prepare it for use in publications, the website, and other communications channels. The winning design, as it may be altered, also becomes the exclusive and perpetual property of Dillard University.

Prizes

The winning design will be proudly displayed throughout Dillard University—from the website to clothing worn by students. It will encourage the entire University community to share their school spirit! The winner will receive spirit wear that incorporates the design, in such amount as may be determined in the sole discretion of the University.

In addition, a monetary award in such amount as may be determined in the sole discretion of the University will be provided to the winner. The winner may be required to complete state and federal tax documents, and the prize may be reported to federal and state tax authorities via a 1099 informational return or a W-2 employee earning statement or similar reports.

As a condition of receipt of a prize, the winning artist may be required to submit additional information to the University and agree to responsibility for any taxes that may be due; portions of the prize may be subject to withholding requirements.

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