In my experience, when you work with branding agencies or design studios or organisation of such nature, you are kind of bound by law or contract not to disclose your work for a certain period of time which is understandable because the clients the studios work for may not be comfortable with it before they … Read more
Last week, I received a “Work for Hire” agreement between myself and my client even though we have been working on her book since January 2018. We have been working on this project, which is a book titled “SPEAK UP AND SUCCEED: How to Get Everything You Want in Meetings, Presentations and Conversations”. I am … Read more
I have a client who would like a book cover design and wants to use it for unlimited publishing. For the designers who have experience with this have you negotiated royalties? Or just accepted the project for a flat rate? Answer It’s up to you, and quite often it’s situation dependant. If it’s a very … Read more
This question already has answers here: Logo Pack – What should I include? (4 answers) Closed 6 years ago. During an academic discussion regarding file formats I received from a most excellent designer, I thought I was correct in writing (based on my experience with hired work): …the industry standard for logos is vector… I … Read more
I run a small 2 man design company and although it hasn’t seriously affected is in the 4 years we’ve been working for, we are terrible at project and client management.. We have no set workflow for dealing with clients (quotes/invoices) or projects (time management etc). We do have quotation, invoice and contract templates but … Read more
I’m an amateur graphic designer. I’ve been doing work for local companies and initiatives for just over a year now. I recently got a job designing for a pretty big client (by my standards). They wanted me to sign over ALL of my rights. I asked for portfolio rights (only the right to display it … Read more
I had a potential client reach out to me recently wanting me to make modifications to a planner that I designed and sell on my website so she can turn around and sell it to her audience. I’m having challenges around: is this a good idea to even do – to have someone else selling … Read more
I recently volunteered, not as a graphic designer, at a non-profit organization helping cancer patients but they knew I was major in graphic design. Since they knew I was a graphic design major, they asked me to help them with their presentation board because they had an event coming up in 2 days. What they … Read more
About a year ago when starting out on graphic design in school I started doing a bit of free work (something I’m not doing any longer) for a ‘client’ here and there. For this one client I provided a logo and some other branding for free, but only for screen usage. He recently asked me … Read more
This question already has answers here: Is it inappropriate to ask for royalties on a logo design if the client decides to print the logo on products and sell them? (5 answers) Closed 3 years ago. I’m designing a logo for an event put on by a non-profit, and I am giving them a really … Read more
