diff --git a/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.directive.js b/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.directive.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0b564eeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.directive.js
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import angular from 'angular'
+import _ from 'lodash'
+
+(function() {
+  'use strict'
+
+  angular.module('tcUIComponents')
+    .directive('tcBanner', tcBanner)
+
+  tcBanner.$inject = ['CONSTANTS', 'BannerDataService']
+
+  function tcBanner(CONSTANTS, BannerDataService) {
+    return {
+      restrict: 'E',
+      transclude: true,
+      template: require('./tc-banner')(),
+      scope: {
+        bannerName: '@',
+        theme: '@'
+      },
+      link : function(scope, element, attrs) {
+        var rootDiv = angular.element(element.children()[0])
+        var contentDiv = _.find(rootDiv.children(), function(el) {
+          return angular.element(el).hasClass('content')
+        })
+        scope.transcluded = angular.element(contentDiv)[0].children.length > 0
+      },
+      controller: ['$scope', '$attrs', '$element', '$parse', '$rootScope', function($scope, $attrs, $element, $parse, $rootScope) {
+        $scope.DOMAIN = CONSTANTS.domain
+        var vm = this
+        vm.title = null
+        vm.description = null
+        vm.img = null
+        vm.theme = _.get($scope, 'theme', null)
+        vm.ctas = null
+
+        activate()
+
+        vm.handleClick  = function(_link) {
+          $rootScope.$broadcast(_link.eventName)
+        }
+
+        function activate() {
+          var banner = BannerDataService.getBanner($scope.bannerName)
+          if (banner) {
+            vm.title = banner.title
+            vm.img = banner.img
+            vm.description = banner.description
+            vm.ctas = banner.ctas
+          }
+        }
+      }],
+      controllerAs: 'vm'
+    }
+  }
+})()
diff --git a/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.jade b/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.jade
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1e541b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/directives/tc-banner/tc-banner.jade
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+.tc-banner-placeholder(class="{{vm.theme}}")
+  .image
+    img(ng-src="{{vm.img}}")
+  .title(ng-bind="vm.title")
+  .content(ng-transclude, ng-show="transcluded")
+  .description(ng-bind="vm.description")
+  .ctas
+    .cta(ng-repeat="link in vm.ctas")
+      a(class="{{link.cssClass}}", title="{{link.title}}", ng-href="{{link.url}}", ng-if="link.url") {{link.title}}
+      a(class="{{link.cssClass}}", title="{{link.title}}", ui-sref="{{link.state}}", ng-if="link.state") {{link.title}}
+      a(class="{{link.cssClass}}", title="{{link.title}}", ng-click="vm.handleClick(link)", ng-if="link.eventName") {{link.title}}
diff --git a/app/index.js b/app/index.js
index 8febaa723..5db926381 100644
--- a/app/index.js
+++ b/app/index.js
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ require('../assets/css/directives/design-challenge-user-place.scss')
 require('../assets/css/directives/challenge-tile.scss')
 require('../assets/css/directives/challenge-links.directive.scss')
 require('../assets/css/directives/badge-tooltip.scss')
+require('../assets/css/directives/tc-banner.scss')
 require('../assets/css/community/statistics.scss')
 require('../assets/css/community/members.scss')
 require('../assets/css/community/community.scss')
diff --git a/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade b/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
index 4e7b91215..e452d9e3d 100644
--- a/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
+++ b/app/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.jade
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 
   .challenges(id="challenges", ui-view="my-challenges")
 
+  .tco
+    tc-banner(theme="black", banner-name="tco16")
+
   .srms(id="srms", ui-view="srms", ng-show="dashboard.showSRMs")
 
   .programs(id="community", ui-view="programs")
diff --git a/app/services/bannerDataService.js b/app/services/bannerDataService.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5edb77bf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/services/bannerDataService.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import angular from 'angular'
+
+(function() {
+  'use strict'
+
+  angular.module('tc.services').factory('BannerDataService', BannerDataService)
+
+  BannerDataService.$inject = ['CONSTANTS']
+
+  function BannerDataService(CONSTANTS) {
+    var bannersData = null
+    _init()
+
+    var service = {
+      getBanner: getBanner
+    }
+
+    return service
+
+    function getBanner(stateName) {
+      if (bannersData[stateName]) {
+        return bannersData[stateName]
+      }
+      return null
+    }
+
+    function _init() {
+      bannersData = {
+        'tco16': {
+          title: '2016 Topcoder Open',
+          img: require('../../assets/images/nav/ico-tco16.svg'),
+          description: 'The Topcoder Open (TCO) is our annual online and onsite tournament to celebrate and reward the community.',
+          ctas: [{
+            title: 'About TCO',
+            url: 'http://tco16.topcoder.com',
+            cssClass: 'tc-btn tc-btn-s tco-cta'
+          }]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+})()
diff --git a/assets/css/directives/tc-banner.scss b/assets/css/directives/tc-banner.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9b11d802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/css/directives/tc-banner.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+@import 'topcoder/tc-includes';
+
+$tco-color: #F47A20;
+$tco-color-dark: #ea690b;
+
+.tc-banner-placeholder {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  color: $gray-darkest;
+  padding: 20px 10px 20px 10px;
+  @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
+    padding: 30px 20px 30px 20px;
+  }
+
+  .image {
+    margin-bottom: 15px;
+
+    img {
+      width: 186px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .title {
+    @include sofia-pro-medium;
+    font-size: 24px;
+    line-height: 29px;
+    text-align: center;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+  }
+
+  .content {
+    margin-top: 20px;
+    @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
+      margin-top: 30px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .description {
+    max-width: 650px;
+    margin-top: 20px;
+    @include merriweather-sans-regular;
+    font-size: 15px;
+    line-height: 24px;
+    text-align: center;
+    @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
+      margin-top: 30px;
+    }
+    @media only screen and (min-width: 900px) {
+      max-width: 856px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .ctas {
+    text-align: center;
+    display: flex;
+    flex-direction: column;
+    margin-top: 20px;
+    @media only screen and (min-width: 768px) {
+      margin-top: 30px;
+    }
+
+    .cta {
+      &:not(:first-child) {
+        margin-top: 30px;
+      }
+    }
+
+    a {
+      text-transform: uppercase;
+      display: block;
+      @include sofia-pro-medium;
+
+      &.primary-cta {
+      }
+
+      &.secondary-cta {
+        font-size: 12px;
+        line-height: 12px;
+        color: $accent-gray;
+      }
+
+      &.tco-cta {
+        border: 1px solid $tco-color;
+        background-color: $tco-color;
+
+        &:focus {
+          border: 1px solid $tco-color;
+          background-color: $tco-color;
+        }
+
+        &:hover {
+          background-color: $tco-color-dark;
+          border-color: $tco-color-dark;
+        }
+
+        &:active {
+          background-color: $tco-color-dark;
+          border-color: $tco-color-dark;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// themes
+
+// black
+.tc-banner-placeholder.black {
+  background-color: #222222;
+  .title {
+    @include sofia-pro-bold;
+    color: $white;
+  }
+
+  .description {
+    color: $white;
+  }
+
+  .ctas {
+    .cta {
+      .learn-more {
+        color: $gray-lighter;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/assets/css/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.scss b/assets/css/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.scss
index 956a9762e..9a4c48a00 100644
--- a/assets/css/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.scss
+++ b/assets/css/my-dashboard/my-dashboard.scss
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     background-color: $white;
   }
 
-  .challenges, .srms, .programs, .community-updates {
+  .challenges, .srms, .programs, .tco, .community-updates {
     @include module-l;
     margin-top: 1px;
     width: 100%;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     }
   }
 
-  .challenges, .srms, .programs, .community-updates {
+  .challenges, .srms, .programs, .tco, .community-updates {
     @media only screen and (min-width: 900px) {
       padding-top: 0px;
     }