Play Poconos is a golf-focused brand for the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. We help golfers find great courses, plan golf trips, and join the fun. Our focus areas are:
Bachelor party golf trips
Stay-and-play packages (lodging plus golf)
Local golf events and tournaments
Course recommendations for locals and visitors
The brand will start with golf but may later expand into other Poconos activities. The logo should feel at home in golf without being so golf-specific that it couldn't grow beyond it. For example, golf elements could live in the icon while the "Play Poconos" wordmark stands on its own.
Target audience
Golfers of all skill levels, not only serious players
Locals in the Poconos area
Golfers from New Jersey and New York City looking for a drive-up golf getaway
Groups of friends planning bachelor parties and guys' trips, mostly men in their mid-20s to 40s
Play Poconos is a golf-focused brand for the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania. We help golfers find great courses, plan golf trips, and join the fun. Our focus areas are:
Bachelor party golf trips
Stay-and-play packages (lodging plus golf)
Local golf events and tournaments
Course recommendations for locals and visitors
The brand will start with golf but may later expand into other Poconos activities. The logo should feel at home in golf without being so golf-specific that it couldn't grow beyond it. For example, golf elements could live in the icon while the "Play Poconos" wordmark stands on its own.
Target audience
Golfers of all skill levels, not only serious players
Locals in the Poconos area
Golfers from New Jersey and New York City looking for a drive-up golf getaway
Groups of friends planning bachelor parties and guys' trips, mostly men in their mid-20s to 40s
Instructions：
Personality and feel
Fun, social, energetic, and a little bold. Think "weekend with your buddies," not "country club membership." It should feel relaxed and welcoming, and definitely not corporate, stuffy, or overly traditional. It still needs to look professional enough that someone trusts us to plan their trip.
Name and text
The logo must include the exact text "Play Poconos"
Give "Play" enough emphasis, since it's the brand's action word
No tagline in the logo itself
Imagery ideas (open to interpretation)
Golf elements: golf ball, flag and pin, tee, green, club, dimple texture
Poconos elements: mountains, rolling hills, forests, lakes
Clever combinations are welcome, such as a mountain shaped like a green with a flag on top, or a golf ball as a sun over the mountains
Avoid:
Crossed-clubs crests and country-club styling
Generic swoosh golfer silhouettes
Clip-art mountain peaks and pine trees
Anything that looks like a PGA or corporate sports logo
Designs that resemble existing golf brands
Colors
[e.g., fairway green, mountain blue, and a bright accent like orange or yellow, or "open to designer suggestions"]. Vibrant and fun rather than muted or traditional. It must also work in one color (black or white).
Style
Bold, clean, and memorable
Readable on a phone screen at a glance
Should not rely on gradients, thin lines, or fine detail
Should have energy and personality while remaining timeless rather than trendy
Where the logo will be used
This logo will mainly appear on social media and a future website, so it must work well digitally:
Profile pictures on Facebook, YouTube, and TikTok. These are cropped into circles and shown very small, so the icon version must be bold and readable inside a circle.
YouTube channel banner and Facebook cover photo. These need a wide horizontal version.
Video watermark or corner logo on TikTok and YouTube videos. It must be visible over busy outdoor footage.
Website header and favicon. The browser tab icon is tiny.
Later uses may include golf shirts, hats, towels, ball markers, koozies, stickers, and event banners, so the logo must also work in embroidery and single-color printing.
Originality requirement
The design must be 100% original work created for this project. No stock art, templates, clip art, purchased icons, AI-generated elements that cannot be owned, or fonts that don't allow commercial logo use. The designer must confirm this in writing.
Required deliverables for the final logo
Primary logo (horizontal layout)
Stacked or vertical version
Icon or symbol only, designed to fit inside a circle for social profile pictures
Full color, one-color black, and one-color white (reversed) versions of each
File formats:
Editable vector source files: AI and EPS
SVG
PDF (vector)
PNG with transparent background, high resolution (at least 3000px wide)
Ready-to-upload social profile images: square 1080 x 1080 px, checked in a circle crop
JPG
Color codes: HEX, RGB, CMYK, and Pantone (PMS)
Font names, with confirmation that they are licensed for commercial logo use
All text converted to outlines in the final vector files
A simple one-page brand sheet showing the logo versions, colors, fonts, and minimum size (nice to have)
Ownership
I require full, exclusive ownership of the final logo, including all copyright and intellectual property rights. The designer must sign a copyright assignment and agree not to resell, reuse, or license the design or close variations of it to anyone else.
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