Terms and conditions
The following terms have been tailored throughout nine years of selfemployment to protect both the client
and designer during a working relationship.
Rights and ownership
Rights: All services provided by the designer shall be for the exclusive use of the client other than for the
designer’s promotional use. Upon payment of all fees, the following reproduction rights for all approved
final designs created by the designer for this project shall be granted:
1. Client to gain full transferable rights to brand identity.
2. Client to gain full license to reproduce works through commercial printers.
Ownership: The client shall be entitled to full ownership of all final artwork created during the project upon
full payment of the agreed fee.
Third party contracts: The designer may contract with other creative professionals to provide services such
as web development, photography, and illustration. Any third party terms and conditions will include full
reproduction rights for the client. Where such contracting adds to the project cost, the client will first be
asked for permission to proceed. No project will commence on the assumption that third parties might be
required for project completion. Such details will be finalized prior to project commencement, unless
requested by the client at a later date.
Communication
The designer can be reached by email from Monday to Sunday between 8 am and Midnight EST. Phone
from Monday to Sunday between 9am and 10 pm EST.
Payment schedule
The client will make a 50 percent down payment prior to work commencing. The project can be scheduled
once the down payment is received by the designer. The down payment is nonrefundable.
*Downpayment is paid for the effort of the designer for time spent on the design and for the unlimited
revisions.*
Cancellation
If after project commencement client communication (facetoface, telephone, or email) stops for a period
of 180 days, the project can be cancelled, in writing by the designer, and ownership of all copyrights shall
be retained by the designer.
Miscellaneous
Samples: The client shall provide the designer with samples of print design that result from the project
deliverables. Such samples shall be representative of the highest quality of work produced. The designer
may use such copies and samples for publication, exhibition, or other promotional purposes.
The designer shall have the right to photograph all completed designs or installations and shall have the
right to use such photographs for publication, exhibition, or other promotional purposes.
Confidentiality: The client shall inform the designer in writing before the project commences if any portion
of any material or information provided by the client or if any portion of the project is confidential.
Indemnity: The client agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the designer from any and all claims,
demands, losses, causes of action, damage, lawsuits, judgments, including attorneys’ fees and costs, but
only to the extent caused by, arising out of, the work supplied by the designer.
Consensus
A document containing the above terms and conditions will be supplied via email along with the first
invoice. Acceptance should be stated in an email reply.
The following terms have been tailored throughout nine years of selfemployment to protect both the client
and designer during a working relationship.
Rights and ownership
Rights: All services provided by the designer shall be for the exclusive use of the client other than for the
designer’s promotional use. Upon payment of all fees, the following reproduction rights for all approved
final designs created by the designer for this project shall be granted:
1. Client to gain full transferable rights to brand identity.
2. Client to gain full license to reproduce works through commercial printers.
Ownership: The client shall be entitled to full ownership of all final artwork created during the project upon
full payment of the agreed fee.
Third party contracts: The designer may contract with other creative professionals to provide services such
as web development, photography, and illustration. Any third party terms and conditions will include full
reproduction rights for the client. Where such contracting adds to the project cost, the client will first be
asked for permission to proceed. No project will commence on the assumption that third parties might be
required for project completion. Such details will be finalized prior to project commencement, unless
requested by the client at a later date.
Communication
The designer can be reached by email from Monday to Sunday between 8 am and Midnight EST. Phone
from Monday to Sunday between 9am and 10 pm EST.
Payment schedule
The client will make a 50 percent down payment prior to work commencing. The project can be scheduled
once the down payment is received by the designer. The down payment is nonrefundable.
*Downpayment is paid for the effort of the designer for time spent on the design and for the unlimited
revisions.*
Cancellation
If after project commencement client communication (facetoface, telephone, or email) stops for a period
of 180 days, the project can be cancelled, in writing by the designer, and ownership of all copyrights shall
be retained by the designer.
Miscellaneous
Samples: The client shall provide the designer with samples of print design that result from the project
deliverables. Such samples shall be representative of the highest quality of work produced. The designer
may use such copies and samples for publication, exhibition, or other promotional purposes.
The designer shall have the right to photograph all completed designs or installations and shall have the
right to use such photographs for publication, exhibition, or other promotional purposes.
Confidentiality: The client shall inform the designer in writing before the project commences if any portion
of any material or information provided by the client or if any portion of the project is confidential.
Indemnity: The client agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the designer from any and all claims,
demands, losses, causes of action, damage, lawsuits, judgments, including attorneys’ fees and costs, but
only to the extent caused by, arising out of, the work supplied by the designer.
Consensus
A document containing the above terms and conditions will be supplied via email along with the first
invoice. Acceptance should be stated in an email reply.