The Drupal Association is seeking a Design Partner for creative and graphic design services for the 2017 European DrupalCon. We’re looking for people who understand that each DrupalCon is a singular expression of the Drupal community, DrupalCon location, software innovation, and extreme nerdiness and know how to turn this into compelling designs that are functional, fun, and make people look twice.

The Design Partner’s main responsibilities include:

• Site design
• Digital and print graphic design
• Overall conference branding that captures the flair and flavor of the host community

Scope of Work
The Design Partner’s work will reinforce a positive brand image of DrupalCon to attendees and within the Drupal community in the months leading up to, and during, the conference. The design should reflect DrupalCon’s position as a major international software conference and the local flavor that makes the host city an exciting location for the event.

The Scope of Work may include (but is not limited to) the following:

• Overall creative design of DrupalCon conference
• Digital outreach: newsletter templates, social media profiles (theme/icons), badges, ads
• Signage: venue signage, banners, sponsor signs
• Materials: slide decks, volunteer/staff clothing, giveaway item
• Print: letterhead/templates, badgelettes, sponsorship guide
• Style guide: production and use guidelines

Design Compositions
These compositions consist of design elements, typography treatments, and a branding style guide.

Web Standards
All design elements for the website must adhere to web standards. Page templates should be created using semantic XHTML; style and behavior are applied using external CSS and JavaScript files. This approach simplifies future design changes (even complete redesigns), improves interoperability, requires less bandwidth, and increases “findability” – which impacts search engine placement, among other benefits. We favor conformity to modern standards over pixel-level perfection across all browsers, and specifically target the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox and Chrome for deployments.

Development Approach (Website)
The DrupalCon website will be developed using the COD installation profile. The Drupal Association staff will build the website from COD. Our Design Partner will be heavily involved in creation of the new design, and will receive several rounds of input from the local community.

Commitments
The Design Partner will coordinate final design deliverables and production schedule with Drupal Association staff, and will actively participate in weekly planning meetings.

Proposal Process
All proposals submitted in response to this call should directly address fulfillment and qualifications of this scope of work and should include the following:

• Company
• Contact
• Website
• Company overview (company size, background, etc)
• Company qualifications (experience with this scope/project)
• Work samples (examples of artwork/sites/print deliverables)
• Any relevant involvement with the Drupal community

Submit proposals to: Amanda Gonser, Lead DrupalCon Coordinator via email amanda@association.drupal.org.

Selection Criteria
The respondent whose proposal best meets the needs of the project will be selected according to the following criteria:

• Thoroughness of proposal
• Demonstrated understanding of the project
• Quality of work samples provided
• Outcome phone/skype interview
• Availability and responsiveness of project team

Designer Selection Timeframe
Release RFP April 1
Bid deadline April 15
Interviews during late April
Selection notification made by May 25

Compensation
The Drupal Association’s budget for DrupalCon design work is a fixed amount of $25,000. The design company will also receive public recognition on the site via footer credits and volunteer credits, and will receive a Silver Sponsorship for the 2017 European DrupalCon.

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