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  • Status: Closed
  • Prize: $400
  • Entries Received: 53
  • Winner: CMDominguez

Contest Brief

Updated brief -
Here is some additional text for laying out the design ( I wanted to attach another word doc with the examples of the different font sizes but I don't seem to be able to - pls refer previously attached word doc.-

Consulting Training Resources & links Contact

Matthew Ford
Strategy, Change Management, Engagement
Creating the conditions for buy-in, innovation and growth.
I am committed to facilitating processes that enable people to have the conversations that matter, embrace change, develop strategy and achieve their goals. I achieve this by creating collaborative client relationships and designing interventions that deliver practical sustainable outcomes.

The Leadership of Change
I take a whole-of- system approach to working with change and organisational development. A good model for thinking about change and the systems at work within an organisation is the Six Circle Model, sometimes referred to as the “below the green line” model (developed and refined by a number of people including Marg Wheatley (1992), Tim Dalmau (2000) and Steve Zuieback (2012).

Team Development
We are a small group species! Much of the work we do we do in teams. Effective teams have certain characteristics:
• they are clear about identity and purpose
• there is a lot of discussion, and it’s about the about the priorities – the things that matter,
• group members are not afraid of conflict, and
• the leadership of the team is shared (everyone can lead!).
Matthew works with teams to develop their effectiveness in these areas, helping them to clarify purpose, understand their own group dynamics and enhancing their skills in key areas such as group communication, negotiation and conflict resolution.
My Approach
Matthew’s approach to all consulting projects includes a commitment to:
• Client-focus: delivering practical sustainable outcomes that respond to the specific requirements of the client
• Maintaining high professional standards
• Transferring skills and expertise
• Delivering a quality result on time.

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Hi,
I am an Australian based management consultant specialising in facilitating group processes - decision making and strategy development. I want a new vibrant website that projects energy, enthusiasm, verve.
This brief is just for the graphic design, not the actual development of the website.
My current website is here - www.matthewford.com.au
The current website is pitched to the aged care and disability sector - I want the new one to appeal more broadly ... the work i do is relevant for any sector.
I m after a clean minimalist design but with strong colours. I like the following sort of websites (but realise management consulting is not the same as art and photography!)

https://www.creativebloq.com/web-design/25-websites-use-minimalism-91516685

I also like the marketer Seth Goldin's site, it's bold and vibrant -
https://www.sethgodin.com/

And this one -
https://symbolset.com/

Hope that gives you a sense of the sort of look i am after,

Thanks! Matthew

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  • ritujoyce
    ritujoyce
    • 4 years ago

    Is this serious ?? So many great entry's and this one choosen ?
    A website is an identity to you / your business and it defines your story, I bet there will be zero conversions if Mr. Mathew id going to implement this school boyish type design !!

    • 4 years ago
  • SK813
    SK813
    • 4 years ago

    My Entry #119 #120 #123 #124

    • 4 years ago
  • SK813
    SK813
    • 4 years ago

    Dear Sir, Please select me runner up.

    • 4 years ago
  • MusharrafAshraf
    MusharrafAshraf
    • 4 years ago

    Please do not close the contest before the deadline. Need couple of hours to complete another design. Thank you! Best regards.

    • 4 years ago
  • creativecas
    creativecas
    • 4 years ago

    Hi Please Check My Entry #148 , #163 , #166

    • 4 years ago
  • Darya5669
    Darya5669
    • 4 years ago

    Dear Md S. people here are spending their time, making customs designs, and YOU just posting screenshots of the free templates from colorlib??? Can you stop it, please????

    • 4 years ago
  • FranciscoFusco
    FranciscoFusco
    • 4 years ago

    Hi CH, can you give new feedback o rate entries? Thanks!

    • 4 years ago
  • designerchoize
    designerchoize
    • 4 years ago

    Sir, can I have feedback on #140 ? Thanks

    • 4 years ago
  • Thatodaartist
    Thatodaartist
    • 4 years ago

    Please check entry #134

    • 4 years ago
  • jitenpatel
    jitenpatel
    • 4 years ago

    Please Check #131

    • 4 years ago
  • SK813
    SK813
    • 4 years ago

    Hi! Please check my entry #119 #120 #123 #124 and provide your feedback

    • 4 years ago
  • SK813
    SK813
    • 4 years ago

    Working....

    • 4 years ago
  • Thatodaartist
    Thatodaartist
    • 4 years ago

    Hi! Please check entry #112

    • 4 years ago
  • happyppeppi
    happyppeppi
    • 4 years ago

    Hello, Matthew.
    Your photo is not good quality, you do not mind if it will occupy a small container on the your site? Maybe like on Akimbo's website on the left bar menu, this is a convenient and concise solution, I like it. The photo is on the left side and always reminds users that they are dealing with a real person who can be asked a question at any time.
    If you have a photo in a better quality, you can put it on the main banner, as people like to see the face of a specialist, the one they're dealing with.

    What do you think about?

    • 4 years ago
  • Bartvt
    Bartvt
    • 4 years ago

    Hello Matthew, could you check entry #74 , #100 & #101. Thank you! Have a nice day!

    • 4 years ago
  • Thatodaartist
    Thatodaartist
    • 4 years ago

    still working

    • 4 years ago
  • designerchoize
    designerchoize
    • 4 years ago

    Sir, can I have feedback on #75 ? Thanks

    • 4 years ago
  • CMDominguez
    CMDominguez
    • 4 years ago

    One last question and I'll be done. So sorry you have not found what you are looking for btw! I have looked at the websites you linked, but I was wondering your opinion on art like this for the site: https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/business-training-consulting-horizontal-banners-set_3789870.htm OR https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/horizontal-banners-business-training_2875390.htm OR https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/office-work-man-sitting-table-working-laptop-data-processing-bank-employee_3629587.htm. These might be wide of the mark, but I thought I'd give it a shot to show you something that might work well with the site. Thanks for all the feedback so far!

    • 4 years ago
    1. TheMatthewFord
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      Happy to get your questions ... look yeah, in the first one, I like the width - the horizontal banners .... I reiterate my preference for a "less is more" approach, minimalist and clean. ... and sure, I think this could be done through this type of banner. I've been a bit unsure of what I think of stock images, In the past I've been pretty skeptical about them but I accept they have their place and could maybe work well. So please give it a go if you have an idea with this. The second link doesn't work as well for me, mostly cause it's not as wide ( but the approach is similar to the first one yeah?) The third link didn't seem to work. Hope that helps. I'm open to all these ideas/approaches , mostly, again, as long as there's not too much going on! :) And am after some large elegant fonts for the main headings - my name "Matthew Ford" ... and the two main headings that follow ... hope that helps. Finally I think my photo does need to be there - I am the product! Cheers, Matthew

      • 4 years ago
  • CMDominguez
    CMDominguez
    • 4 years ago

    Menu: (Consulting Training Resources & links Contact) What content would be put into the Resources and Links page? Would this be the content that is currently in your blog page? Also for Contact would you want a form with the address/email in your website? Or just the address/email? I am also considering joining Consulting and Training into a Services tab like how you have in your current website to make it cohesive. I am also going to advocate for an 'About' page where your methodologies and background can be more easily organized and explained. Also, would you be open to more cartoon graphics explaining everything, or do you prefer actual photos? In which case, do you have any more photos to decorate the website with? I feel like this would be a good way to start and let other freelancers know your requirements more! Thanks again for you feedback!

    • 4 years ago
    1. TheMatthewFord
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      Hi Christine, this piece of work is just to develop the art, not design or build a website. I think that probably means just designing two pages - the landing page and a template for all subsequent pages. I've got to say it seems a lot of website designers who aren't necessarily also graphic designers have offered up designs for my website - but they are nothing like what I want. I have repeated a number of times that I am after a clean minimalist but vibrant look ... but a lot of people just seem to have no idea what this might look like, and seem to be focussed on the mechanics of the site instead. Please have a look at the examples sites I quite like (in the Description) for ideas/inspiration (some of the things you have done, in your portfolio, suggest you may understand the sort of look i am after!) . Look forward to seeing your ideas!

      • 4 years ago
    2. TheMatthewFord
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      P.S. A couple of additional points - As I've said in previous posts i have a web designer who will take the art developed through this process and build my website. Secondly, I have uploaded a photo of myself that probably should be included - b&w or colour. I am unsure about the use of stock photos but certainly one or two may work ok ... in particular a photo of a group of people in a meeting. The central part of my work is facilitating teams of people to have discussions and make good decisions and develop strategy.

      • 4 years ago
  • SK813
    SK813
    • 4 years ago

    Working...

    • 4 years ago
  • ValidCode Development
    ValidCode Development
    • 4 years ago

    Please check Entry #104 and let me know your views on it, also do not hesitate to share your thoughts if you want any changes or updates on it.

    • 4 years ago
  • CMDominguez
    CMDominguez
    • 4 years ago

    Hey Matthew, after thinking about it, I tought'd it'd be easier to just post my questions here. Any feedback is much appreciated!

    • 4 years ago
  • qadirf39
    qadirf39
    • 4 years ago

    please check #99

    • 4 years ago
  • MusharrafAshraf
    MusharrafAshraf
    • 4 years ago

    Please check #96 . I will highly appreciate your rating on my entry. Thank you! Best regards.

    • 4 years ago
  • qadirf39
    qadirf39
    • 4 years ago

    #sealed

    • 4 years ago
  • deepakbisht646
    deepakbisht646
    • 4 years ago

    Please check #92

    • 4 years ago
  • ShofiqulCSE
    ShofiqulCSE
    • 4 years ago

    #88 page color white or dark

    • 4 years ago
  • CMDominguez
    CMDominguez
    • 4 years ago

    Hey Matthew, is there any chance we can talk more about the requirements for the site via chat, etc.? I feel like I need to know a lot more to really build the minimalist beautiful site (which I think is a design that is very much possible!) you are looking for. I also have some ideas about site layout that I think would be beneficial to the usability of the site. Thank you!

    • 4 years ago
    1. TheMatthewFord
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      Yeah sure Christine, I'm not real great on this technology but I think you have to enter something for the chat function to be accessible (?) Is that right?

      • 4 years ago
  • tamamanoj
    tamamanoj
    • 4 years ago

    Please check #82, #85, #86, #87. Thanks

    • 4 years ago
  • gitto360
    gitto360
    • 4 years ago

    Please Check #84
    you will love it

    • 4 years ago
  • tamamanoj
    tamamanoj
    • 4 years ago

    Working on it. Thanks

    • 4 years ago
  • designerchoize
    designerchoize
    • 4 years ago

    Sir, can I have feedback on #75 ? Thanks

    • 4 years ago
  • Bartvt
    Bartvt
    • 4 years ago

    Hello Matthew, please check my entry #68. Have a nice day!

    • 4 years ago
  • xclamatoryweb
    xclamatoryweb
    • 4 years ago

    Hello Matthew. I have updated the design. Could you please have a look and share your feedback? Thank you so much.

    • 4 years ago
  • TheMatthewFord
    Contest Holder
    • 4 years ago

    Hi everyone, I have added a black and white version of the photo of myself to the "project description"

    • 4 years ago
  • creativecas
    creativecas
    • 4 years ago

    Hi, what will be the final deliverable files "PSD Design OR HTML Coding?"

    • 4 years ago
    1. TheMatthewFord
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      Hi Sudhir, as I say in the description and comments below, this is a graphic design job, what I want is beautiful art, not a website built - I will give the art to my web designer to use to build the website - he has asked for the outputs in a Flat Jpeg and with all the fonts identified. Cheers, Matthew

      • 4 years ago
  • Bartvt
    Bartvt
    • 4 years ago

    Hello Matthew, please check my entry #63. Have a nice day!

    • 4 years ago
  • rafsanAbir
    rafsanAbir
    • 4 years ago

    sir, i'm working. please wait for my entry.

    • 4 years ago
  • updatedversion
    updatedversion
    • 4 years ago

    please check entry #51 and provide your feedback or ratings on my design options. Thanks.\

    • 4 years ago
  • ibiktha
    ibiktha
    • 4 years ago

    working

    • 4 years ago
  • Flaviawp
    Flaviawp
    • 4 years ago

    Hello Mathew, can you kindly attach a few high resolution picture of yours ASAP, Regards

    • 4 years ago
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    1. TheMatthewFord
      Contest Holder
      • 4 years ago

      Hi again Mary. My apologies, I think i added the files in the wrong place ... I have now added the head shot and revised text in the "project description".

      • 4 years ago
    2. Flaviawp
      Flaviawp
      • 4 years ago

      Thanks Mathew, will come up with a design ASAP, best regards

      • 4 years ago
  • xclamatoryweb
    xclamatoryweb
    • 4 years ago

    Hello Matthew. Please check my new entry #42 and share your feedback. Please check the live demo link shared in the description to best understand the design. Thank you very much.

    • 4 years ago
  • xclamatoryweb
    xclamatoryweb
    • 4 years ago

    Hello Matthew. Could you please respond back to my query on Design No. 25? I am waiting to hear back from you.

    • 4 years ago

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