List Your Services and
Pricing
In general, the
process of drafting, negotiating and finalizing an agreement with a client will
follow this sequence of activities: ■ Advance preparation and information
gathering about the client and the potential project ■ Internal planning of
budget and schedule ■ Drafting a custom proposal document that the client will
see ■ Attaching these AIGA modules for all design projects: Basic Terms and
Conditions and Schedule A: Intellectual Property Provisions ■ Adding these AIGA
supplements as needed: Print-specific Terms and Conditions,
Interactive-specific Terms and Conditions, Environmental-specific Terms and
Conditions ■ Reviewing the final AIGA checklist of options in the terms and
conditions ■ Presenting the agreement to the client and answering any questions
■ Negotiating any modifications requested by the client ■ Finalizing the
agreement with authorized signatures
When
the proposal is accepted, typically you'll meet with the designer several times
to talk about concept, layouts and schedules, before being presented with a
mock-up of a potential design (or designs). The Graphic Artists Guild of Albany
provides detailed guidelines for working with a graphic designer, including a
sample schedule for a brochure project. Typically (but not always) a designer
will oversee the project through the printing process -- be clear whether this
is included in the cost estimate.
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