I love the thought you've put into the treatments, and that you've looked far beyond an overt arrow. Given my audience, I need the element to be a short leap for them to make the recognition, as does the chevron in #17. I also like the three dimensional look and the use of color to help the words separate and Vector stand out. I'd like to see these "Vector" even more prominent and look at other arrangement for the words (perhaps stacked, with "Branding" even smaller?)
Thankyou, meanwhile your contest is on top 5 phase (finalists) right now, it means only top 5 ranked designers is able to upload more designs. so if you need to me to upload some revised version then you need to move me as one of them. Thanksyou :)