magazine design contract 88 Responses

Last post: 2 years, 3 months ago | Thread started: Oct 14, 09, 9:51 a.m.

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• _salisae_

  has anyone written one for an initial layout and design for a quarterly magazine? care to share your experience?

  Oct 14, 09, 9:51 a.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  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.

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 09, 11:09 a.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  Or are you asking about terms/conditions?

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 09, 11:10 a.m. – Permalink

• _salisae_

  Thanks, gramme. Terms/conditions as well as project outline insight

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 09, 12:13 p.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  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.

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 09, 12:17 p.m. – Permalink

• _salisae_

  That would be great, gramme. Thank you.

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 09, 2:25 p.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  Sent.

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 09, 3:01 p.m. – Permalink

• monospaced

  this makes me happy

  • :-D– akrokdesign

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 09, 3:47 p.m. – Permalink

• _salisae_

  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 press– tparsons1/6

    with projected creative stages and payment plans? or more of a generic letter of intent?– _salisae_2/6

    I would bill ever 2 wks and estimate hours along with what goes down if more is needed.– tparsons3/6

    it's like quoting for how long is a piece of string?– _salisae_4/6

    i gotcha – maybe a retainer would work well.– _salisae_5/6

    yes a retainer would... and the retainer would have hours attached– tparsons6/6

  

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  Dog-earOct 14, 09, 4:30 p.m. – Permalink