Portfolio conflict
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- Bullitt
Can anyone give me some advice on this please.
Basically I have a very lite 1 page portfolio, it contains examples of my work from all my skill sets. I have also specifically chosen only work that has been designed 100% by myself. It's not a portfolio for freelancing it's short term puropose is to just showcase my work.The web design section I've included has a few examples of sites I've designed and developed on some cases at different agencies. I've stated the agencies name on each example and my role.
I get an email yesterday from a former employer telling me to remove the work from my site as it looks like I'm parading myself as a freelancer who did freelance work for them when intact I was employed by them.
Can anyone tell me where I stand legally on this, I'm not even claiming on my site I've designed the work as a sole trader. But it seems to be an issue for them. It's annoying because I designed stacks of stuff for them and only chose 3 pieces of work to show.
- freshdude0
Loose the background texture.
- Yes, loose itukit2
- What? Make it tighter?Bullitt
- loose as a goosedoesnotexist
- Bullitt0
Which one? I'm not interested in a crit though dude, just the question at hand.
- meffid0
It looks very much like you're parading myself as a freelancer who did freelance work.
You have to credit agencies, CD, AD etc. As mentioned above.
- ukit20
I'm more disturbed by the fact that you made the spaghetti orange.
- Llyod0
Tell him to get fucked.
- dijitaq0
there's a possibility your contract with your former employer had a non-disclosure agreement clause in it.
i have that with my current employer. basically, it says i cannot even mention to anyone what i'm currently working on and show it as a portfolio, ever.
- Ever? What about once it's public?omahadesigns
- Are they paying extra?Llyod
- that sucks.ohhhhhsnap
- fyoucher10
If you have a NDA or some kind of contract stating that you can't showcase the work without the client's permission or who owns the work, then you SHOULD take it down (they can take legal action, even after you've taken it down).
If you don't have a contract and don't have a good relationship with the client, it's totally up to you. Maybe explain how showing your work is how you get work and do mention that there isn't anything in the contract stating that you can't showcase your work.
Personally, I don't think your web design work is your strongest work. They're all very similar in the way they are structured too. I would take them down if you might be getting more work from the client, write an email to the client to say done and done (and next time bump up the costs for not being able to showcase the work or give them the normal rate if they do allow it), and just replace it with something else if you're just looking for filler for 6 placements.
- omahadesigns0
- The bad side of layer effectsanimatedgif
- also A BALL MOUSE? IN 2012?animatedgif
- Did you produce this with the all new Photoshop 6.pillhead
- omg0
Which company told you this?
- rodzilla0
april fools?
- animatedgif0
Small time drama, funny how it's always nobodies who give a shit about this sort of thing.
You wouldn't be hearing this if they were successful and working in the capital.
- bumdrizzle0
i love how much of a bigshot animatedgif is.
probably makes banner adverts for lynx.