Between Isabella Brookes
And [CLIENT]
I’ll always do my best to fulfil your needs and meet your expectations, but it’s important to have things written down so that we both know what’s what, who should do what and when, and what will happen if something goes wrong. In this contract you won’t find any complicated legal terms or long passages of unreadable text. I’ve no desire to trick you into signing something that you might later regret. What I do want is what’s best for both parties, now and in the future.
You [CLIENT], (“You”) are hiring me Isabella Brookes (“I”) to:
- Develop a website
- List of requirements
- List of requirements
Hourly rate and project fixed total/Depends on client and project
At the rate of **bloop**/hr, with a X hour (i.e **bloop**) deposit.
At a fixed total of **bloop**, with a 50% (i.e **bloop**) deposit, 25% when we reach X goal, and the remaining 25% upon completion.]
You: You have the authority to enter into this contract on behalf of yourself, your company or your organisation. You’ll give me the assets and information I tell you I need to complete the project. You’ll do this when I ask and provide it in the formats I ask for. You’ll review my work, provide feedback and approval in a timely manner too. Deadlines work two ways, so you’ll also be bound by dates I set together. You also agree to stick to the payment schedule set out at the end of this contract.
I: I have the experience and ability to do everything I’ve agreed with you and I’ll do it all in a professional and timely manner. I’ll endeavour to meet every deadline that’s set and on top of that I'll maintain the confidentiality of everything you give me.
I'm happy to be responsible for inputting text or images into the content management system and creating pages on the website.
I create websites that adapt to the capabilities of many devices and screen sizes.
You’ll have plenty of opportunities to review my work and provide feedback.
If, at any stage, you change your mind about what you want delivered or aren’t happy with the direction my work is taking, you’ll pay me in full for the time I’ve spent working until that point and may terminate this contract.
Browser testing no longer means attempting to make a website look the same in browsers of different capabilities or on devices with different size screens. It does mean ensuring that a person’s experience of a design should be appropriate to the capabilities of a browser or device.
I test my work in current versions of major desktop browsers including those made by Apple (Safari), Google (Chrome), Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge/Internet Explorer.
Mobile browser testing Testing using popular smaller screen devices is essential in ensuring that a person’s experience of a design is appropriate to the capabilities of the device they’re using. I test my designs in:
iOS: Safari, Google Chrome Android: Google Chrome
I won’t test in Blackberry, Opera Mini/Mobile, specific Android devices, Windows or other mobile browsers.
As we've agreed to me working on an hourly basis, feel free to change your mind at any point!
As we've agreed to a fixed project fee, all revisions will be assessed individually to deem whether or not they fall under the current scope of the contract.
I’ll carry out my work in accordance with good industry practice and at the standard expected from a suitably qualified person with relevant experience.
That said, I can’t guarantee that my work will be error-free and so I can’t be liable to you or any third-party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special damages, even if you’ve advised me of them.
Your liability to me will also be limited to the amount of fees payable under this contract and you won’t be liable to me or any third-party for damages, including lost profits, lost savings or other incidental, consequential or special damages, even if we’ve advised you of them.
Finally, if any provision of this contract shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this contract and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
Phew.
Just to be clear, “Intellectual property rights” means all patents, rights to inventions, copyright (including rights in software) and related rights, trademarks, service marks, get up and trade names, internet domain names, rights to goodwill or to sue for passing off, rights in designs, database rights, rights in confidential information (including know-how) and any other intellectual property rights, in each case whether registered or unregistered and including all applications (or rights to apply) for, and renewals or extensions of, such rights and all similar or equivalent rights or forms of protection which subsist or shall subsist now or in the future in any part of the world.
Blimey.
First, you guarantee that all elements of text, images or other artwork you provide are either owned by your good selves, or that you’ve permission to use them. When you provide text, images or other artwork to me, you agree to protect me from any claim by a third party that I'm using their intellectual property.
I guarantee that all elements of the work I deliver to you are either owned by me or I’ve obtained permission to provide them to you. When I provide text, images or other artwork to you, I agree to protect you from any claim by a third party that you’re using their intellectual property.
Provided you’ve paid for the work and that this contract hasn’t been terminated, I’ll assign all intellectual property rights to you as follows:
You’ll own the website I build for you. I’ll give you source files and finished files and you should keep them somewhere safe as I'm not required to keep a copy. You own all intellectual property rights of text, images, site specification and data you provided, unless someone else owns them.
I’ll own any intellectual property rights I’ve developed prior to, or developed separately from this project and not paid for by you.
I love to show off my work, so I reserve the right to display all aspects of my creative work, including sketches, work-in-progress designs and the completed project on my portfolio and in articles on websites, in magazine articles and in books.
As I'm also sure you’ll want to stay friends, you agree to stick tight to the following payment schedule.
Payment details and schedule
I issue invoices electronically. My payment terms are 30 days from the date of invoice. All proposals are quoted in Euros and payments will be made at the equivalent conversion rate at the date the transfer is made.
The appropriate bank account details will be printed on my electronic invoice. I reserve the right to charge interest on all overdue debts at the rate of 5% per month or part of a month.
Just like a parking ticket, neither of us can transfer this contract to anyone else without the other’s permission.
We both agree that we’ll adhere to all relevant laws and regulations in relation to our activities under this contract and not cause the other to breach any relevant laws or regulations.
This contract stays in place and need not be renewed. If for some reason one part of this contract becomes invalid or unenforceable, the remaining parts of it remain in place.
Signed by **Isabella Brookes:
Date: Date.now()
Signed by [CLIENT]:
Date: Date.now()
Everyone should sign above and keep a copy for their records.