Using agency work on personal website
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- centro
I want to use work samples of jobs that I have worked on whilst working for my current agency on my own website. Obviously I will ask permission from my boss, but has anyone here done the same and did you have any problems with getting permission (if you did get permission that is).
Cheers
- WeLoveNoise0
yes - my old boss said "your works too shit please dnt put it on ur site as well"
- akrokdesign0
i have had no problem, then i haven't work for the big fish or egos.
- of course there has to be a selection, can't put up all work.akrokdesign
- only the best. or pretty close to it. lol.akrokdesign
- maximillion_0
check your contract and any NDA you might have signed
- Glitterati_Duane0
I think it depends on if you're using it to sel
l design services or if you're just using it to show your work
- centro0
Just to show - but if someone wants to buy then I will sell.
- babaganush0
It's always a sell. Confuses me this- How do goodpeople get hired if they can't show their work. Generally if you have a valid contribution only pricks who aren't worth working with object to you showing it.
- neue75_bold0
it generally depends on how you're presenting these works. ie. if your domain/url is your actual name then it's a bit easier, but if you're using a business name or other moniker that you freelance under, it's a trickier and can cause the studio and client a bit of unclarity...
- centro0
My angle is to replace studio work with a piece of new (freelance) work - I think thats fair.
- alicetheblue0
Actually one big agency wouldn't allow me to show any of the
work – and it was good (didn't want their client to know they hired "contract"But, back to the question.
Its safe to show it in your hard copy portfolio.
and on a link (sub - directory) on your site that would be available only to those you send it to.
- jamble0
I put it on a password protected page which I can send a link and password and then it's out of the way but available if I need it.
- DaveO0
I think, as someone said it's fine to use as a personal portfolio site, but when you're an 'agency' it's a bit different.
Also, I think it should be credited to the agency 'work completed at...." ec. Funny when you get a one man band putting up stuff they've 'done' when clearly there's more people involved....
- centro0
Anyone else have thoughts on this ?
- SunSunSun0
In the UK it's completely legal to show any work you've actually made. The queen herself has sanctioned it.
There are only problems when it hasn't been used yet on the intended product or if you've signed something explicitly stating you are never allowed to show it.
Apparently no-one can legally stop you from showing work you've done no matter who you were working for.
I've been told this by agency owners but it was in their own best interest to show my work - so don't know if they were biased...
- Chimp0
Also be careful to state exactly what you did on the work. I've had a few problems with juniors stealing work I had done and passing it off as their own when all they did was flow some text into a template I had designed. I'm sure thats not your case though.
- lvl_130
you bumped your 3 year old thread to get the same advice as you got before. as said, it always depends on your contracts and the agencies you did the work for.
- gramme0
If you're starting your own company, then you should be OK with something like "Work completed at [former employer name]," and if you want to be super-clear you could add "prior to launching [your business name]," or simply "pre-[your business name]." This clarification can be useful if you've continued to do "white-label" work for agencies after starting on your own, as I've done from time to time. But I'd be very selective in the older stuff you show. It's best if the majority of the work was done for your own clients.
I'd work toward the goal of phasing out the stuff done for former employers. Might take a year, might take five. That's what I'm in the midst of doing (my new site will have less work done for past employers than my current site, and the old stuff will also be further down in order of appearance). But like others have hinted, you have to start somewhere, so hopefully there aren't any contracts in force which would keep you from showing (credited) work done under someone else's employment.