Website design for new site - $500 Prize

We have held other contests here and similar sites...we ALWAYS select a winner and payout the prize money!! Contact us for references. We need a high quality, professional homepage design for a new site. Please read the creative brief for detailed information.

presentationxpert.com

We are looking for a clean, professional design for our new site. 

The new site should have many of the same attributes as in the newsletter.  A sample of the newsletter can be found at http://www.presentationxpert.com.

Navigation should be:  Home, About Us, Subscribe, Past Issues, White Papers, News, and Contact Us.

We plan on adding a searchable directory, and may also add blogs, podcasts, webcasts, and video snippets.

Elements for the homepage might include Current Issue, Top 3 Articles, White Papers, Featured Articles, etc.

We will be adding advertising, sponsorships and links.  At least three banners will appear on the homepage.  One in the header, one in the footer, and one in the right column of the page. Banner sizes should be limited to the following.

Leaderboard 728 x 90
Wide skyscraper 160 x 600
Medium rectangle 300 x 250
Square button 120 x 120

Competitive sites include the following.  We are doing the same thing, but want our site to be more user friendly and less commercial looking.

http://www.presentersuniversity.com

http://www.marketingprofs.com

- Large lifestyle image(s) integrated into the design in attempt to offset the commercial feel
- clean, professional design
- three advertisements (horizontal banner across the top, tower banner on the right side, footer banner)
- Design for 1024x768 resolution
- color palette similar to the newsletter but complimentary colors may be added

- template sites
- copies of our competitor sites