Music mogul Jermaine Dupri launches logo design contest via social media

Want to add “I designed the Global14 social logo” to your creative portfolio? Well, now you can.

Jermaine Dupri (JD) (@LTLline) and I launched the search for the next great social logo designer through a contest hosted on Global14. Announced tonight through JD’s Twitter feed, we are ready for entries.

What are the logo criteria? It should be a social media-ready logo to be used for all smart phone apps and other online collateral (keep social media avatar and app logo sizes in mind). Encompassing the Global14 brand, this logo will be THE visual representation of the online community started by JD.

Submissions are being accepted now through Friday, November 26 at 5:00 PM ET in the “Global14 Social App Logo Design Contest” group. JD’s favorite entries will be shared via social media and Global14 allowing his social community a chance to share their voice.

The winner will be announced on Tuesday, November 30 at 9 AM ET.

What do you get if you win? Full attribution of the artwork and a post about you and your skills on Global14.com and a chance to chat with JD via Skype or FaceTime (if you’re a Mac user). Plus we’ll let all of our online friends know about the great work you do.

Anyone can submit designs or multiple designs. All designs must be ORIGINAL IDEAS.

Questions? Email: prsarahevans@gmail.com.

UPDATE: This contest is for Global14 members. The logo is not for JD’s record label, but to promote the growing (and talented) members of the community. The contest serves as a way to boost your visibility not only in the community, but to create a visual identity for the Global14 experience.

About Global1
Global14 began as a place where JD could share his own news and offer a look into his life through social media. It has evolved into a fan-based community and forum where members can share their thoughts, ideas and creativity on many topics ranging from music to fashion to life lessons.

The not-so-fine-print

The Work

(i) May not have been made commercially available, won any other prize/award or previously submitted to any other contest;

(ii) must be the exclusive original work of the entrant and made for Global14;

(iii) must be in keeping with the Global14 image;

(iv) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, unlawful or plagiarized, as determined by the contest officials in their sole discretion;

(v) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, excessively violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, as determined by the contest officials in their sole discretion;

(vi) may not violate or encourage others to violate any applicable law, statute, ordinance or regulation;

(vii) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property rights or any other third party rights;

(viii) may not contain commercial/corporate advertising, including but not limited to corporate logos, brand names, and slogans, other than those relating to Global14

By submitting entry, entrant represents that:

(i) (s)he has the unrestricted right to submit the Work;

(ii) all persons whose name, voice or likeness appears in the Work (”Work Participants”) have unconditionally consented in writing to their appearance in the Work and unconditionally granted entrant in writing the right to submit the Work subject to these Official Rules, a copy of which consent and grant will be furnished to the Sponsors upon request; and

(iii) the Work does not infringe upon any third party’s proprietary or other rights.

All Works submitted will remain the exclusive property of the entrant, provided that:

(i) entrant will not acquire any ownership or other interest in any and all trademarks, logos and other intellectual property of the Sponsors (collectively “Sponsor’s Marks”) contained in the Work;

(ii) except as expressly required in these Official Rules, entrant may not use the Sponsor Marks in any manner whatsoever in connection with the Work or otherwise without the relevant Sponsor’s express prior written approval;

(iii) during the Promotion Period, and for a period of one year thereafter, eligible Works may be posted at the Contest Site or otherwise displayed in selections made by Sponsor and in any form and media on or off the Global14 site in connection with promotion of the Contest and/or Sponsor’s products;

(iv) during the ten (10) year period immediately following the Promotion Period (the “Display Period”), the Sponsors may (but will not be obligated to) display prize winning Works in any form and media in connection with the promotion of their respective businesses;

(v) the Sponsors may otherwise use prize winning Works in such manner and upon such terms and conditions as the relevant entrant may approve in writing (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned); and

(vi) entrant may not authorize or permit any prize winning Work to be used to promote any product or service of any party other than entrant and the Sponsors during the Display Period.