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Scope of Services

A.Client hereby engages Designer as a graphic designer to provide the services set forth in the attached Exhibit A (the “Services”).

B.The Designer agrees to provide any work product to be delivered as part of the Services by a mutually agreed upon date which will be set out in writing by the Parties. The Client acknowledges and agrees that failure to submit required information or materials requested by the Designer may cause subsequent delays in the work product for which the Designer will not be responsible. Each Party will make a good faith effort to notify the other Party of any upcoming delays.

C.Acceptance – Designer will grant a [ENTER NUMBER OF DAYS] day acceptance period (“Acceptance Period”) to the Client commencing on the date completed work product is delivered to the Client. During the Acceptance Period, the Client has the right to reject any portion of work product which does not substantially conform to the requests made and detailed in Exhibit A. The Client must inform the Designer of such rejection in one notice and after such notice the Acceptance Period shall be considered over. The Designer shall then, at its sole expense, promptly correct the deficiencies in the work product and deliver the updated work product to the Client.

D.Each Party will designate a representative which will be responsible for receiving instructions and delivering work product (if the Designer) and providing instructions as well as receiving and accepting any work product (if the Client).

E.The Designer agrees to provide all original work which will not be copied in whole or in part from any other work and will not use any third-party content to incorporate into the work product, unless Designer has secured the rights to said third-party content. Content provided by the Client for incorporation into the work product, will not be subject to this clause.

2. Payment Terms:

A.Designer will be paid [ENTER TOTAL FEE FOR ENTIRE PROJECT OR AGREEMENT]

OR

[MILESTONE PAYMENTS TO BE MADE IN WHAT AMOUNTS AND ON WHICH DATES]

OR

[XX per hour].

All prices are in [EURO / DOLLAR / OTHER CURRENCY] and [EXCLUSIVE / INCLUSIVE] of VAT (if applicable).

B.Invoices detailing hours worked and out-of-pocket expenses or any milestone payments, and containing any other information requested by Client, need to be submitted monthly to Client for approval. Client will pay Designer on a [weekly/bi-weekly/monthly] basis for approved invoices within [TIME PERIOD] after receipt of the invoice. The assignment of any Materials to the Client is dependent upon receipt of the entire payment and/or any outstanding invoices.

C.Designer is solely responsible for (i) any taxes measured or based on Designer’s gross net income, (ii) employment taxes for Designer’s personnel, and (iii) any sales, use, excise, value-added, services, consumption, or other taxes or duties on any goods or services used or consumed by Designer in providing the Services.

3. Independent Contractor:

Designer understands that it is acting as an independent contractor, that Designer is solely responsible for its actions or inactions, and that nothing in this Agreement shall be understood to create an agency or employment relationship between Client and Designer for any purpose.

Confidential Information

Each Party is likely to disclose information (“Disclosing Party”) to the other (“Receiving Party”) from time to time during the term of this Agreement, which is marked or designated as confidential or proprietary at, or prior to disclosure, or which would appear to be confidential and/or proprietary in nature (“Confidential Information”). The Receiving Party will not disclose such Confidential Information to any person other than as provided for in this Agreement or as necessary to carry out that Party’s obligations under this Agreement. This restriction does not apply to information that (i) the Receiving Party must disclose by law or legal process, (ii) is either already public or enters the public through no fault of the Receiving Party, (iii) is available to the Receiving Party from a third party who is not under any non-disclosure obligation to the Disclosing Party, or (iv) is independently developed by or for the Receiving Party without reference to any Confidential Information of the Disclosing Party.

Title To Material

A.All rights in and to all work and work products developed or produced specifically and exclusively by the Designer for the Client under this Agreement, in whatever form, and in all patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and the like derived from such work and work products (“Materials”), are hereby assigned and transferred by Designer to Client. Client accepts the assignment and transferal. Any partial work created which is related to the final Materials provided to the Client, will be delivered with the Materials “as is” and is the sole property of the Client.

B.Any content created or prepared by Designer prior to the effective date of this Agreement, whether used in the performance of this Agreement or not, will be owned exclusively by Designer. To the extent Designer uses any content they created or prepared prior to the effective date of this Agreement in the performance of Designer’s obligations under this Agreement, Designer grants Client a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free, perpetual right to use such content during the term of this Agreement and thereafter. Any preliminary sketches or proposed work product that the Client does not move forward with will remain the exclusive property of the Designer.

6. Duration and Termination of this Agreement:

This Agreement will continue until terminated as provided in this Section. This Agreement may be terminated (i) by either Party upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the other Party; (ii) by either Party upon material breach by the other Party, which breach is not cured within thirty (30) days after receipt of written notice thereof; or (iii) upon final delivery and acceptance of all work product and Services contemplated under Exhibit A. After the termination of this Agreement, Sections 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 will survive in full force and effect.

7. Additional Terms:

A. Waiver - The failure by either Party to insist upon strict performance of any provision of this Agreement shall in no way constitute a waiver of rights under this Agreement, at law or in equity.

B. Permission to Include in Portfolio – Only if the Client gives its explicit, advance, written permission, may the Designer use any Materials in any sample portfolio or other showcase or work sample, whether offline or online.

C. Indemnification – Each Party agrees to indemnify, hold harmless and defend the other from any third-party claims brought against such Party due to the other Party’s infringement of a third-party’s intellectual property rights in relation to the Services offered under this Agreement.

D. Assignment - Neither Party may assign this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other.

E. Scope of Work Change – Client agrees and acknowledges that any alterations or additions to the Materials above and beyond those contemplated in Exhibit A, may increase the timeline and cost of the Services. Should a change be requested, the Parties will work in good faith to adjust the timeline and costs accordingly.

F. Representations and Warranties - Designer promises that all Services: (i) will be performed in line with the Client’s reasonable written instructions; (ii) will be performed to the best of Designer’s ability and in an effective, timely and professional manner; (iii) will not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any other party; and (iv) will comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders of any governmental agency, and will not violate the terms of any contracts between Designer and any third parties. Client promises that any content they provide to the Designer is either the property of the Client or that the Client has the permission or license to use such content.

G. Governing Law and Jurisdiction - Any and all actions or proceedings arising out of, or relating to this Agreement will be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with, the law of [JURISDICTION].

H. Severability – It is the intent of the Parties that the provisions of this Agreement shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. To the extent that the terms set forth in this Agreement or any word, phrase, clause or sentence is found to be illegal or unenforceable for any reason, such word, phrase, clause or sentence shall be modified, deleted or interpreted in such a manner so as to afford the Party for whose benefit it was intended the fullest benefit commensurate with making this Agreement as modified, enforceable and the balance of this Agreement shall not be affected thereby, the balance being construed as severable and independent.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the Effective Date by their duly authorized representatives:

[CLIENT’S NAME]

CLIENT

By: _____________________________________

Name: _____________________________________ Date: _______________

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Title: ______________________________________

ACCEPTED AND AGREED

[GRAPHIC DESIGNER’S NAME]
DESIGNER

By: _____________________________________

Name: _____________________________________ Date: _______________

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Title: ______________________________________

Exhibit A – Scope of Services Further Defined

[INCLUDE FURTHER DETAILS HERE REGARDING EXACTLY WHAT THE GRAPHIC DESIGNER SHOULD PROVIDE. YOU SHOULD BE AS SPECIFIC AS POSSIBLE AND SHOULD INCLUDE ANY ALLOWANCE FOR REVISIONS AND HOW MUCH REVISION YOU WILL ALLOW FOR EACH PIECE OF WORK PRODUCT PROVIDED].

NOTES (REMOVE THIS SECTION UPON COMPLETION OF THE AGREEMENT DRAFT)

Section 1.C – This provision allows the Client the opportunity to ensure the work product created meets the mutually agreed upon and clearly defined expectations needed for a successful completion of the project.

Section 1.E – This section is a promise that the Designer will not copy another party’s work and will not use another party’s work unless it has permission or a license to do so.

Section 2.A – In regards to milestone payments, typically a point is chosen within the project when a certain hurdle has been passed (such as the development of a draft or the completion of a prototype). A percentage of the total fee is then paid upon delivery of this portion of the work. This is up to negotiation between the Parties and as much flexibility as needed can be used when determining the milestones specifics and the corresponding percentage payments.

Section 2.B – The length of time for the Client to pay the bill is up to negotiation between the Designer and the Client. The standard length of time is 30 days.

Section 5.A - This Section puts the Client, for which the Designer is producing Content, on notice that only items developed specifically and exclusively for the Client shall be considered the property of the Client and that the Client shall have all of the intellectual property rights in such materials. This Section also gives ownership to all initial designs and partial work completed by the Designer to the Client.

Section 5.B - This Section allows the Designer to keep all ownership of any intellectual property the Designer has created before the relationship began with the Client, which may need to be used to produce any of the materials for the Client. For instance, if Designer has previously created a color scheme to be used for the Client, the Designer can use that same color scheme with other Clients. This Section also allows Designers to keep ownership over proposed ideas the Client decides not to use.

Section 7.C – This indemnification protects each Party in case the other Party to this Agreement uses content or work it does not own and/or does not have permission to use. This is a very important clause to include in case the other Party is found to have infringed a third-party’s intellectual property rights and such third-party is able to collect damages due to that use.

Section 7.H – Typically, the party drafting the contract chooses which jurisdiction (often their own jurisdiction) the governing law should be based on. Unless the other Party has a good reason for this to switch to another jurisdiction, the drafting party should keep the jurisdiction as the drafting party sees fit.

Date: 2016-04-22; view: 691