design thief in office
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- nthkl0
Definitely tell your Art Director and/or Creative Director about it. It's one thing to have a team oriented plan and if someone needs help. You can abandon your look and feel and go a different route (Double the work), but xeroxing other designers work hurts the team, pitch and sell overall.
At that point there isn't any variation and you're showing 2 comps in the presentation that look the same. And the client will wonder why they are paying for the same thing twice. They could go with another vendor or agency. The heat will come later when the client doesn't buy and they report that it was because they were underwhelmed with the creative. Bad news.
Another bad scenario, which I've had happen to me when someone copies you, is the copied comp get's picked... and all you do is complain to anyone but an AD or CD.
After a while, you see the production artists that xerox, and the true designers that learn from inspiration and use what they learn ethically and properly expressing credit where credit is due. In a professional environment, watch your back and be real about it.