Jovoto.com : Exploiting talent and diluting the value of your work.
$5.81 per hour for design contracting? Where do I sign up!?
For those who don’t know, Jovoto.com is a collaboration platform for designers to submit creative work to companies looking for good ideas for viral marketing, website designs, new brand identities or new ad campaigns. Designers from all over the world then put forth their best efforts with the hopes that the company will choose their work. Along the way, other community members submit feedback on your work, giving you a chance to make revisions and improve upon your idea before the official judging period begins.
The reward is a cash prize, usually in the ballpark of $5,000 for the sold idea, and smaller cash prizes for the top ideas as ranked by the community.
Sounds nice, right? I thought so, which is why when I heard about the BetaCup challenge, a contest sponsored by Starbucks to generate ideas on how to reduce paper cup waste, I joined Jovoto. The prize for the sold idea in this contest was $10,000.