IBEX needs a new master logo for the parent company

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Logo Design Brief
We have two things we do www.ibexpayroll.com www.ibexinclusuion.ca they both have strong identities. We want a much cleaner, simpler master logo for the whole company "the goat" of IBEX payroll could be the basis for this. For us the goat stands for why we do what we do. That being that we empower and inspire great workplaces. We empower by taking care of the employee management details so people can focus on the people instead of administration. We inspire by having a great workplace that we share with the world through our videos and seminars.
http://youtu.be/2sNTAfVuXdg
http://ibexinclusion.ca/workshops/#engage
Updates
Project Deadline Extended
Reason: Nothing inspiring has been submitted yet. A few good ideas and good starts, but nothing we could consider a winner.
Added Thursday, April 17, 2014
Project Deadline Extended
Reason: very close, down to just a few, looking for one more refinement from 1 of the top 3 and still open to new ideas in the meantime
Added Friday, April 25, 2014
Target Market(s)
We have two successful products with their own identities (www.ibexpayroll.com www.ibexinclusuion.ca) this logo is for us to put up in our office, put on our coffee cups - something to build teamwork around - abstract, iconic but playful. Something to have fun with. The virgin brand mark, Apple brand mark, Nike - simple stuff
Industry/Entity Type
It Company
Logo Text
a symbol for IBEX with or wo the word IBEX
Logo styles of interest
Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



Abstract Logo
Conceptual / symbolic (optional text)



Look and feel
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Bold
Playful
Serious
Traditional
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Personable
Professional
Feminine
Masculine
Colorful
Conservative
Economical
Upmarket
Requirements
Must have
- The titles of staff at IBEX are Head Feed Counter, Herd Geek, Head of Spreading the Herd Word. The boss (me) once wore his underwear to work to make a point. We do take our work very seriously, but not ourselves. Irreverence and humour are really important to us. We want a symbol that wraps that up. A simple play on the IBEX animal maybe - but not a cartoon, that does not seem to work. A smile seems good.
Should not have
- not too corporate, not too cartoony