PROJECT AGREEMENT
DEPOSIT AND FINAL PAYMENT
I tend to seek full payment up front due to the fragile and precarious nature of releasing and showing unique ideas prior to being paid. If you are happy to pay the full amount, please let me know. A percentage will be deducted from the invoice if full payment is made upfront.
If full payment is not appropriate, then a minimum of 50%-75% is usually required. This is routine, and has unfortunately been born through necessity.
The final balance is due towards completion of the project when the logo has been approved. Only when the final payment has been received will any requested digital files be released.
Only on this final payment will full rights to the agreed upon work be transferred.
PAYMENT REQUIRED TO SECURE DEPOSIT
I can only secure this project into my schedule on receipt of the deposit. If there is any kind of delay at this point, other projects may take priority. This is not to pressure you in any way, it’s just so you know where you stand in terms of scheduling.
Once deposit is received, I will then be in touch with getting further information in preparation for the start of the project.
PAYMENT METHODS
Preferred methods include online, check, and cash. If you have another method of payment you would like to use then please, by all means, suggest this.
Direct online payment is preferred using the following link:
or make check payable to:
Lucas Dorward
722 East Main Street Unit B, Santa Paula, CA 93060
PROBLEMS WITH PAYING?
As this is a significant investment for you, please let me know if you have any concerns or problems paying the full amount at this time. I am very much open to finding an amicable payment solution if there are any difficulties.
CANCELLATION DURING THE PROJECT
If you choose to cancel the project midway through the project, where ideas and proposals have been submitted, refund of previous payment is not possible. However, depending on the work completed and overall budget, a portion of the funds ‘may’ be returned.
If I fall ill, or am unable to complete the project due to unforeseen circumstances, a portion of the overall budget will be returned. In most cases the complete amount will be refunded. If any works, so far completed, can be used for another designer to pick up, then a percentage will be refunded based on work completed or any other reasonable suggestion will be considered.
PROJECT SUSPENSION
I sincerely request that you trust me to do the job you are paying me to do. That you will take on board my suggestions, and ideas, to be in your best interests.
I am not an art-worker, and therefore, I will not tolerate any form of micro-managing, or forced art direction during the development of the project.
I reserve the right to suspend any project if a client: interferes with excessive micromanaging, demonstrates a continued lack of trust and inability to move forward after showing more than a reasonable number of unique ideas/concepts, and/or shows reluctance in paying the final payment.
Fair notice will be given with fair chance to remedy the situation without resorting to project suspension or termination. Any suspension, or termination, will not result in any refunds and all designs and work thus developed remain the full ownership of Lucas Dorward.
FONT AND TYPEFACE LISCENSING
Any fonts/typefaces that are purchased for the final logo, and/or supporting brand identity assets, are subject to commercial licensing laws. A font/typeface license gives only the owner full rights to use the font/typeface as necessary.
If during the project I feel that a commercial font/typeface is appropriate for the development of your logo and brand identity, I will convey this to you at that time, and a license must be purchased/ and/or registered to you before the project is finalized.
It is against the law for me to provide any client a ‘copy’ of any font/typeface that I own, and have personally purchased.
If you would like to use a copy of a font/typeface that I have purchased, to be used commercially, you must purchase the respective font/typeface license, and register it in your name. If you wish me to facilitate the purchase and registering of any font on your behalf, I’d be more than happy to do so, and will add the cost to the final invoice.
OWNERSHIP & COPYRIGHT
All preparation materials, sketches, visuals, including the electronic files used to create the project remain the property of Lucas Dorward. The final artwork/digital files will become the property of the client mentioned in this proposal ONLY upon final payment of the project.
If final payment is NOT received as agreed, and set out in the initial proposal, all designs and concepts will remain the property of Graham Smith until payment is received.
If there are issues with final payment, I reserve the right to reuse or amend any of these ideas for other clients, or to be used freely as concepts in my portfolio.
Should the client attempt to use/modify/alter/replicate or steal any of my ideas without making agreed final payment, I will take immediate legal counsel.
Lucas Dorward reserves the right to show any artwork, ideas, sketches created for this project in a portfolio as examples of client work. This can be during the project, and also on completion. If you have any specific ‘secrecy/stealth mode’ requirements, please mention this before agreeing to the proposal.
Final payment ensures that ONLY the agreed upon work becomes the clients property. Any previous ideas/concepts remain the property of LUCAS DORWARD, unless any prior agreement has been made.
TRADEMARK & COPYRIGHT
Due to the lengthy and often costly procedures required to initiate any form of Trademark, Copyright and legal name search, I am unable provide any practical help with this.
If you require the logo to be registered as a trademarked, then you must seek proper legal advice.
BRAND NAMING
You take full responsibility for ensuring that the company/product/name is legally free/available before work is started. Should any legal issue arise with the naming after the project has been completed, no refunds are possible, neither am I legally responsible for any problems thus arising.
Please ensure the name you are using is free and legally safe to use before committing to a logo project.
Project name changes during a project are exceptionally costly, and challenging to implement, and cause significant delays. If a change of name is required mid-way during a project, and significant logo exploration work has already been presented, then I will have no choice but to recalculate the total cost of the project, to allow for the reworking involved. In some cases this can be as much as double the initial agreed cost.
Please ensure that the name you are using has been: subject to appropriate checks, is not in use by someone else, and/or infringes on any other registered trademark, business name etc.
FINAL THOUGHTS
If you are unhappy about the progress of the project, feel we are not finding an appropriate angle, then please discuss this with me. I would encourage you to call rather than email, I am very easy going and even easier to talk to.
I look forward to working with you.
Lucas Dorward