Tender Advertisement #768449

CONTRACT GWS395 - PROVISION OF GRAPHIC DESIGN, MULTIMEDIA, COPY WRITING AND PHOTOGRAPHY.

GRAPHIC DESIGN
1. Ability to interpret and meet project briefs with minimal supervision and prompts.
2. Ability to continually enhance and position Gippsland Water�s corporate image with new design ideas.
3. Produce all work conforming with Gippsland Water�s Visual Standards Manual.
4. Produce original and exclusive concepts that complement each individual project.
5. Acknowledged and proven record of producing high design standards that meet clients� expectations.
6. Experience in corporate design, and advertising/marketing design including image, key messaging and media placement.
7. Supply several design concept choices if requested and required by Gippsland Water.
8. To provide input to devising solutions to communication problems experienced by the organisation.
9. All material must be original, and designed specifically and exclusively for Gippsland Water.
10. Gippsland Water will not be charged for time taken to rectify errors made by the Contractor. This includes grammatical, spelling, duplication and layout mistakes. Gippsland Water will not be liable for any redesign or reprinting costs incurred as a result of the abovementioned errors.
Multimedia
1. Ability to produce a variety of illustrations � corporate cartoons, animation, custom graphics, icons, buttons, logos, banners, construction and structural illustrations.
2. Ability to produce freehand scripts, digital and interactive illustrations, moving GIFs or similar file types, and flash images that can be used on websites.
3. Ability to interpret and produce original maps, info graphics, charts, diagrams and graphical representations of these.
4. Ability to interpret and produce film/sound production.
5. Ability to develop and produce apps and games for website and social media.
6. Ability to develop interactive content and animation for website.
7. All images/video/animation files including raw footage are to remain the property of Gippsland Water. No images/video files are to become part of the Contractor�s own stock library.
8. Gippsland Water will not be charged for time taken to rectify errors made by the Contractor. This includes grammatical, spelling, duplication and layout mistakes. Gippsland Water will not be liable for any redesign or reprinting costs incurred as a result of the abovementioned errors.
COPY WRITING
1. Ability to undertake subject and topic research when and where required to produce topic specific copy for projects including slogans and key messages.
2. Ability to create copy when required for brochures, reports, marketing material.
3. Ability to produce in-depth advertising plans, reports and schedules.
4. Ability to edit Gippsland Water�s copy and produce new copy in accordance with the Australian Macquarie Dictionary Style Guide.
5. Script writing and concept writing for electronic and print media, including video/film production and app development.
6. Ability to ensure absolute attention to detail and accuracy with all copy prior to submitting a proof to Gippsland Water. Gippsland Water will not be charged for time taken to rectify errors made by the Contractor. This includes grammatical, spelling, duplication and layout mistakes. Gippsland Water will not be liable for any redesign or reprinting costs incurred as a result of the abovementioned errors
PHOTOGRAPHY
1. Ability to produce or engage photographic services as requested and required.
2. Ability to provide a digital library for e-mail or CD as required for internal documents produced by Gippsland Water.
3. Digital photography transparencies are not acceptable.
4. Ability to produce royalty free images - no additional costs and/or copyrighting complications.
5. All images including raw images are to remain the property of Gippsland Water. No images are to become part of the photographers� own stock library.
6. All images are to be copyright free.
7. All digital images are to be supplied to Gippsland Water in two different size files, including, Low Res approx. 2-3 mega-pixels for use on internet, and High Res approx. 8-10 mega-pixel for use in large production and of a professional standard.
Gippsland Water will not be charged for time taken to rectify errors made by the Contractor.
A copy of the specification may be obtained from:
� Gippsland Water Web Site - www.gippswater.com.au (under TENDERS) - at no cost. Tender Documents are available in PDF format and can be read in Adobe Acrobat Version 9 or later. To download this information you require Microsoft Internet Explorer Version 7 or later. If you have problems downloading the files please contact either your IT Department or your Internet Service Provider; or

� Gippsland Water Office, Hazelwood Road Traralgon, at a cost of $66.00 (includes GST).
TWO COPIES of the Tender shall be submitted. Tenders addressed "Gippsland Water, Hazelwood Road Traralgon, 3844" and endorsed with Contract GWS395 � Provision of Graphic Design, Multimedia, Copy Writing and Photography are to be lodged in the tender box at the above address no later than 4.00 pm Thursday 8th August 2013.
The lowest or any tender may not necessarily be accepted.