Designer Wanted: EHBPC Event Designer (Print)

European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships
Event Designer (Print)

The European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships is seeking a talented and enthusiastic designer or team of designers to develop and lead the design for this exciting event. The designer(s) will be responsible for the creative concept, design and production of the entire identity scheme for the championships.

This is a fantastic opportunity to be a major part of the success of this inaugural event. Although this is an unpaid position, this is an exciting way to get involved and to give something back to the community, while producing some great portfolio work and making some amazing contacts.

Overview and background
In the summer of 2009, the London Hardcourt Bike Polo Association will host the first European Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships. We are planning a two-day tournament of bike polo and events for competitors and non-competitors alike, including casual games, taster sessions, sightseeing rides, parties and a few surprises.

We want this event to be an amazing weekend that will impress competitors, spectators and sponsors. As such, we want an effective visual identity that’s beautiful, professional and cutting edge.

What we’re looking for
We need a designer or team of designers to design and produce all the design work for the championships.

This is potentially a dream design job. We want someone that can produce some incredible work for us. We’ll expect you to bring a lot of ideas and creative input to the event; we want someone who’ll take on this project and make it their own. We’ll always try to be as specific as we can about what we’re looking for, so you should be used to working to a brief, and with clients that have high standards. That said, we want the designer/s to be able to 'put their name' to this project. We want it to reflect your work and style.

We want design that will appeal to the 20-35 year old trendsetters that play bike polo, as well as the company and corporations that will sponsor this event. We want something cool and contemporary rather than scruffy and punk. It’s got to look amazing, but it’s got to work hard, too.

Key deliverables and timelines
The scale of this design job is large; do not underestimate the amount of time and energy that will be required to fulfill this brief. Below are some of the key designs that you will be expected to deliver, along with some timelines to allow you to assess the time commitments that will be required. The deliverables are divided into three main phases:

Phase one: Identity
Timeline: December 2008

• A cohesive visual identity for the tournament, including logo, fonts, graphic style and usage guidelines.
  
• Letterhead, sponsorship packs, media packs, etc.
  
  
  

Phase two: Pre-tournament
Timeline: Spring 2009

• Promotional collateral such as flyers, posters, press advertising, etc.
  
• Advance welcome pack for competitor
  
  
  

Phase three: Tournament
Timeline: Summer 2009

• On-the-day branding/wayfinding signage and banners
  
• Collateral such as programmes, spoke cards, patches, stickers, etc.
  
• Merchandise branding such as t-shirts, hoodies, beermugs, caps, saddle danglers, etc.
  
• Motion graphics for video and for live projection screen
  
  
  
  

Skills/requirements
We're welcoming applications from individuals, teams of individuals, or from design agencies. If you feel you don't have all of the skills required, pair up with someone who can offer those skills if possible. It would be easier for all if you have experience working with the team. However we are happy to look at matching up designers who can offer part of the brief with others who can complete it. Remember that we'll always give you as much support as we can. The ideal designer(s) will fit the following criteria:

• above all else, has a passion for bicycles and understands the bike polo culture
  
• is based in London, or travels here on a regular basis
  
• has a design style that fits with our aesthetic
  
• has a passion for design that’s environmentally responsible
  
• is used to working to briefs and with clients who know what they want, but can provide creative ideas to strengthen briefs
  
• can demonstrate experience in designing and implementing identity systems
  
• has existing relationships with printers, and experience in specifying print jobs
  
• has experience getting amazing results with tiny budgets
  
  
  
  

Key relationships
The chosen designer(s) will be working closely with the event’s Design Committee (currently Roxy Erickson and Ted Young-Ing). All final designs will need final approval by the event’s governing board. You will also work closely with the online designer(s), who will be producing the website, and with the AV team who will be producing the live projections and video of the event.

Budgets
Let’s be honest, this is bike polo. The LHBPA has an annual budget of £0. Everything for this event is being done as cheaply as possible, relying on volunteer labour and supplier discounts. The job doesn’t pay, but it’s a great opportunity to get involved in the event and to give something back to the community, while getting some great portfolio pieces and a lot of exposure.

To apply
If you are interested in applying for this commission or if you have any further questions, please contact Ted Young-Ing on ted@ehbpc.org, on (zer0) 7 (n9ne) 5 (se7en) 4 (thr3e) 4 1 (se7en) 4 or by pm (teddy). Please register your interest as soon as possible. We will be reviewing portfolios over the next few weeks, and hope to appoint by Saturday 6 December.

We will in the near future also be looking for an online designer or team of designers who can handle the design for the Championships' website and online presence. The job spec will be issued soon. Please get in contact if this is of interest to you.

This is potentially a dream design job.

Fuck off is it... get a sponsor, or beg for spec work. Don't dress it up like you're doing the "designers" the favour.

cheers for the support, you cunt. if you wanna help us find sponsors, you can put your name forward for the head of sponsorship role.

cheers for the support, you cunt. if you wanna help us find sponsors, you can put your name forward for the head of sponsorship role.

Plus one

+40

Fuck off is it... get a sponsor, or beg for spec work. Don't dress it up like you're doing the "designers" the favour.

jono, are you a trained designer with a portfolio full of current high profile clients? if you are, then maybe this isn't for you.

IF you're not, then STFU and recognise that a huge number of keen young designers would love to work on a project that has the potential to get them in in a competitve market.
I would never hire a rookie designer when I ran a studio without being damn sure that they'd done some decent size freelance...
Maybe it's not your idea of an opportunity - fair enough but 13 or so years ago I would have been all over this.. so really it is all a matter of perspective.

...so really it is all a matter of perspective.

Agreed. Sorry for the snub, but the request is badly worded and insulting to the design industry IMHO.

I'm against spec work in general, there are better ways to get a project like this into fruition (with the same budget), just my 2 cents, perhaps I shouldn't poop on the thread, over and out.

agree with Jacqui. I would have loved to do the job 5 years ago. Now our studio has too many overheads already that we can't afford doing it. But if I can be of any 'short time' help please send me a pm. I have a lot of experience with implementing identity systems, guidelines, print production, etc

Hi, I have been on and about the blog for quite a while but never really participated in any discussion ... maybe not much experience to discuss things. Anyway, I am a brand manager based in London and would like to be part of it however I think the better way would be to have a team of few people with different skills as the deadlines are quite tight. I'll definitely apply tomorrow.

hi andrea. we're pretty open to different set-ups and ways of working this. get in touch, we can talk about it. thanks!

To be fair, the design industry is full of total jeb ends.

bumpy bump

It may be an idea to have a relatively experienced designer responsible for the identity, and open each flyer/application out to design student's. That way it's light on the pro's time, and allows fresh talent to get some stuff out there.

(this is just my thought's on how i would approach it).

Can't wait to see it!

To be fair, the design industry is full of total jeb ends.

Charmed!

;-)

bumpy bump

i'm certainly no designer, but I am a professional photographer and would be happy to donate my services in that respect, whether it be for promotional material or event coverage over the course of the days i've got ample experience in both, I would only ask that I get credited :)

ah awesome! we'll probably hit you up for that, cheers.

i am a professional bludger and would be happy to offer my services

alternatively i'll pass this on the the peeps at the marketing company i work at and see if anyone is keen...

You work as a burgler for a marketing company..? (shrug)

bludger, i.e. one who bludges;

Bludger may refer to:

• A type of ball used in the fictional game Quidditch in the fictional Harry Potter universe
  
• A pimp, in 19th century slang
  
• In Australian slang, a lazy person
  
• Carangoides gymnostethus, a fish in the family Carangidae
  
  

http://www.anu.edu.au/ANDC/ozwords/December%202001/Bludger.html

BLUDGER: noun, a person who lives off the efforts of others; a person who does not pay his fair share or who does not make a fair contribution to a cost, enterprise, etc., a cadger; an idler, one who makes little effort.

in1905: ‘In Australia ... bludger means what in London and other large English cities is known as a ‘ponce’. ...

In 1971 J. O’Grady in Aussie Etiket gives us this admirably useful advice: ‘When it comes to your turn, return the “shout”. Otherwise the word will spread that you are a “bludger”, and there is no worse thing to be’. - interestingly (to me) that is my ex step granddad who wrote that...

you get me now blud?

Sweet... I'll use that.

I'm going out with herd of Aussies tonight so maybe that word'll see some use... after some drinks!

bumps

bumpity bumpity bump

If I was still in London I would do it.

this might be a bit beyond my pencil pushing shannannanagins, but i'll be here if you need me innit. :D