magazine design contract
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- _salisae_
has anyone written one for an initial layout and design for a quarterly magazine? care to share your experience?
- gramme0
I've not written one, but I think if you've written a contract for a small/medium sized book or an annual report, it might be somewhere in that ballpark. You figure research, meetings, the design of a banner (the logotype), type exploration + font purchasing, design directions for all sections in the magazine...
Dunno if this helps, but I just finished a 48-page book that involved a lot of research, several different page styles, photo spreads, and information graphics. 128 hours for design alone. So for a magazine, you might clock in at apx. 150 hours.
Will you be involved w/ production of the first issue? That'd be another factor to build in. Maybe 20 hours for that.
- gramme0
Or are you asking about terms/conditions?
- _salisae_0
Thanks, gramme. Terms/conditions as well as project outline insight
- gramme0
No problem. Are you wondering about copyrights? If you'd like, I can email you my standard terms/conditions. Not gonna post them here.
I think it's fair to sign over copyrights, keep promo rights for yourself, and ask for a blurb in their masthead... usually goes below Editor, above the CD or AD.
- _salisae_0
That would be great, gramme. Thank you.
- gramme0
Sent.
- monospaced0
this makes me happy
- _salisae_0
Part of the problem is it isn't a straight one off job. I am quoting as the AD. I'll also be managing designers hired for ad creation. So the job kind of grows and I'm not sure how to approach it.
- Contract hourly... this way you don't get screwed when its time to go to presstparsons
- with projected creative stages and payment plans? or more of a generic letter of intent?_salisae_
- I would bill ever 2 wks and estimate hours along with what goes down if more is needed.tparsons
- it's like quoting for how long is a piece of string?_salisae_
- i gotcha – maybe a retainer would work well._salisae_
- yes a retainer would... and the retainer would have hours attachedtparsons