Apply for your "Brand guide" profile badge today!

Only designers with a "Brand guide" badge will be permitted to enter Logo & Brand guide contests. If you're a designer with experience creating brand guides we hope you'll apply!

To submit an application, please complete the brief quiz and submit a print-ready, PDF file brand guide file below. If your application is approved, a "Brand guide" badge will appear on your 99designs profile.

Hint: Please refer to this Study Guide if you get stuck!

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* 1. What is your 99designs ID number?

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* 2. Please include a link to your 99designs profile:

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* 3. What is your email address?

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* 4. What is a brand guide?

A reference document that teaches clients and their employees how to use the design elements of their brand

A photo book that shows off the world’s best brands

A textbook that teaches how to design a logo

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* 5. What is the purpose of a brand guide?

To present clear guidelines that keep a brand consistent even when multiple employees in a company are working with it

To teach the designer how to use a brand

To give designers creative inspiration

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* 6. What are the minimum components necessary for a brand guide on 99designs?

Cover, logo and usage, typography, glossary

Cover, about page, logo and usage, typography, color, designer contact info, glossary, end page

About page, logo and usage, color

Logo and usage, typography, color

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* 7. What should you do before designing a brand guide? (select all that apply)

Talk to your client to know what they are expecting

Set the right expectations about what your brand guide will include

Create a generic design without messaging the client

Research the client’s company

Have the client provide you with any information you can’t find on your own

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* 8. What are good reasons for using the 99designs brand guide template? (select all that apply)

It makes sure your brand guide has all the right components

It prevents others from copying your designs

You can create the final files more quickly and get paid faster

All of the work is done for you, and you don’t have to make any changes

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* 9. When using the 99designs brand guide template, you should remove the first two pages before presenting the final file to your client. Those are just to help the designer and will look unprofessional if the client sees them.

False

True

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* 10. When using the 99designs brand guide template, you shouldn’t customize it in any way to fit your client’s brand.

False

True

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* 11. What final file formats should you use to deliver your brand guide? (select all that apply)

A web preview file (JPG, PNG)

A high-res, editable source file of the final design (PSD, AI or INDD)

A single, print-ready PDF file with all the fonts outlined

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* 12. What color mode should your brand guide files be in?

CMYK

Both CMYK and RGB

RGB

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* 13. To demonstrate your skills, please create a sample brand guide and upload it here. Make sure your design meets the following requirements:

Layered PDF file

CMYK color mode

Fonts outlined

300 PPI resolution (if raster)

Includes all the 99designs brand guide required components

All placeholder text replaced with unique information (NO lorem ipsum!)

Please note: your application will not be accepted if the uploaded file is incorrect, regardless of how many quiz questions you answer correctly.

Hint: Refer to our Brand Guide template