Agency work in folio?
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- doctor
Do you put client work you have done working for an agency in your online portfolio?
Do you state which agency in that case, and what your specific tasks were? Or how do you go about this?
- bulletfactory0
Absolutely. There is nothing wrong with this as long as you don't misrepresent your participation. Give credit where credit is due.
- kult0
Yes of course.
- lvl_130
some places are okay with it...other's are not. so it kind of depends on the agency and their terms that you agreed upon. often times they say the work is exclusively theirs (hence you can't put it into your portfolio), but with written consent you may be able to.
- <monospaced
- so just make sure you understand what you are signing off on as far as their terms/conditions. don't sign anything you don't agree with...lvl_13
- doctor0
Thanks for your input.
Of course I will make sure, not to violate anything I've signed. I better double check, but as far as I remember, none of the agencies I've worked with, have been very clear about this.
- lobstarr0
I'd suggest that if its all work that has been launched already, sure.
My CD wouldn't mind, personally cause I'd obviously have a good rapport with them anyhow.
Though if they ever were villainous in threatening you they could do something about it, sometimes these are stated in your employment offer.
Otherwise another way around this is by just giving them access to a site thats password protected.
- duhsign0
if you don't what will you have online?
Play nice and smile a lot and MAYBE they won't send the lawyers after you ; )
- set0
Just mention it.
- gramme0
@ i_monk – unfortunately it's not uncommon for agencies to have this attitude. They feel that they earned the client relationship, the work came from their studio, and the people working at said agency are merely capable bums warming seats.
I'll echo what others said about checking anything you may or may not have signed regarding self promotional rights. If you're in the clear, ask the agency if it's cool to show the work, so long as you use your own images and give proper credit. If they say no way jose, then you can (1) go along with that or (2) decide it's a bridge worth burning for the sake of your career. Because at that point they really have no legal recourse. I mean, they could sue you, but they probably wouldn't because it's expensive and their case wouldn't hold up in court, not at least in the U.S.
- plausible0
as long as you state clearly who the agency were and what your role was it shouldn't be a problem. but you get dick agencies that don't even like that though.
- identity0
its easier to ask for forgiveness than permission
- ding ding ding.DrBombay
- I asked permission, but then ignored their response because it wasn't reasonable. :)gramme
- (Nor was it legally tenable).gramme
- what are you on about gramme. you always speak of burning bridges and being the bad boy. you throw caution to the wind?lvl_13
- it's called being responsible, while keeping it respectable. it's the nature of the beast.lvl_13
- You're missing a big part of the story. I never was, nor am I, the "bad boy."gramme
- Before going on my own, I worked for a firm that refused to allow me to show work I did there on my site.gramme
- There were no NDAs in force, and I signed away none of my rights. So I ignored them.gramme
- It was a hard decision, and I didn't enjoy burning that bridge. I mentioned it again here because a lot of designers don't know their rights.gramme
- Don't know their rights. So, to your comment, professionalism and ethics are very important to me.gramme
- fair enough.lvl_13
- bokse0
"I've never understood – why would an agency tell you not to show work you did?"
the simplest scenario would be that they are bound by NDA themselves
- bokse0
other side of issue: we hired a guy, he was told beforehand about NDA. got himself fired pretty quick but put the sensible stuff in his public folio anyway, he immediately was asked to remove it asap but didn´t react. had to resort to lawyers to threaten him into submission. really no need for that, but no choice but to enforce b/c the agencies would be on the hook themselves if their client would mind...
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idea: why not just be professional - if a client objects, regardless if agency or direct client, regardless if you agree with the reasoning, just don´t do it. simple.
- meffid0
Ask.
Put the work in.
Link the agency.
Link the work.
Credit them and your role in the project.
Credit other freelancers, the photographer, etc if they have a folio, link it.
- meffid0
4. $$$Profit
- clearThoughts0
Credit and link to the agency.
- monNom0
Credit, but don't link to the agency.
You don't want to start showing up in their referrer logs if you're not certain they're okay with the posting.
- hektor9110
I wish I could post some of the work I've done from agencies.
- a_c0
Look up 'Restriction of Trade'. It is ok to display work in your folio.
- joshtrix0
Your work is your worth, so any agency that doesn't let you show it are fuckers (unless its NDA related or not gone live yet).
The main problem people have in my experience is past employees pretending they did more than they actually did. Ie. working on a ferrari project cutting out assets and calling themselves an art director.
Also only put screens/designs in you had a major part in doing, I've had designers put things in their portfolio that I designed, just because they 'worked on the project'.
All common sense, but worth noting anyway.