From the course: The Value of Professional Graphic Design
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What is the process and my involvement?
From the course: The Value of Professional Graphic Design
What is the process and my involvement?
- I now know what the scope of the project is and have one or two designers chosen I want to hire. Now it's time to ask for a proposal. Depending on the size of the project, this can be simple such as I need a logo, stationary and website or it can be more complex with many pieces. The designer will ask questions about the timeline, specific pieces and the budget. I found the process is much smoother when a client tells me the budget. I can create a proposal based on this rather than going back and forth with a guessing game. And in 30 years, no client ever gave me a budget that was radically higher than I expected. From these answers, he or she will prepare a proposal, typically broken into phases. The proposal should have these contents: The project assignment or brief, the individual items of the project, design fees, timelines for each phase of the project, terms and conditions that include intellectual property and usage. Now I'm a designer so I'm biased, but this isn't the time…
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