A Copywriter usually reaches for a NDA when before sharing sensitive plans, files or credentials with a client or collaborator. This free template does one job well: it keeps shared information confidential before or during a working relationship. It is written for how copywriters actually work — around website copy, a sales page or a batch of articles, the familiar headache of rewrites requested because the brief changed after work began, and getting paid on 50% to reserve the slot and 50% on delivery of the first full draft. Use a NDA rather than something looser, because as a substitute for a full service agreement — an NDA only covers confidentiality. Edit any line to fit your rates and terms, then send it for e-signature in a couple of minutes — no account for your client, and it is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
NDA — COPYWRITER
1. PARTIES
This NDA ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Copywriter. Together they are the "Parties".
2. CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
"Confidential Information" means any non-public information shared between the Parties, including for a Copywriter the material tied to copyright assigning to the client on payment, and whether the writer may cite the work as a sample.
3. OBLIGATIONS
The Receiving Party will keep the Confidential Information secret, use it only for the agreed purpose, and not share it with anyone who does not need it.
4. EXCLUSIONS
This does not cover information that is already public, was already known, or is required to be disclosed by law.
5. TERM
The confidentiality obligations in this NDA last for ____________ years from the date signed, and survive the end of any working relationship.
6. RETURN OF MATERIALS
On request, the Receiving Party will return or destroy all Confidential Information and copies.
7. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
8. WORD COUNT & SCOPE
The fee covers up to ____________ words on the agreed brief. Added pages or a changed brief are quoted separately.
9. REVISION ROUNDS
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions on the agreed scope. Extra rounds are billed at $____________ each.
10. BYLINE & PORTFOLIO
Unless agreed otherwise, the Client owns the copy on payment and the writer may reference the project as a sample without revealing confidential details.
11. KILL FEE
If the Client cancels mid-project, a kill fee of ____________% of the total, plus payment for work delivered, is due.
SIGNATURES
Signed by the Parties on the date first written above. Both Parties keep a copy. An electronic signature is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
Client: ______________________ Date: __________
Provider: ____________________ Date: __________This NDA ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Copywriter. Together they are the "Parties".
"Confidential Information" means any non-public information shared between the Parties, including for a Copywriter the material tied to copyright assigning to the client on payment, and whether the writer may cite the work as a sample.
The Receiving Party will keep the Confidential Information secret, use it only for the agreed purpose, and not share it with anyone who does not need it.
This does not cover information that is already public, was already known, or is required to be disclosed by law.
The confidentiality obligations in this NDA last for ____________ years from the date signed, and survive the end of any working relationship.
On request, the Receiving Party will return or destroy all Confidential Information and copies.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
The fee covers up to ____________ words on the agreed brief. Added pages or a changed brief are quoted separately.
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions on the agreed scope. Extra rounds are billed at $____________ each.
Unless agreed otherwise, the Client owns the copy on payment and the writer may reference the project as a sample without revealing confidential details.
If the Client cancels mid-project, a kill fee of ____________% of the total, plus payment for work delivered, is due.
Signed by the Parties on the date first written above. Both Parties keep a copy. An electronic signature is legally binding under the ESIGN Act and eIDAS.
An NDA with no duration is hard to enforce. Set how many years the confidentiality survives after the Copywriter work ends.
Tie confidential information to what really matters for copywriters — copyright assigning to the client on payment, and whether the writer may cite the work as a sample. Over-broad NDAs get ignored by courts.
Keep the exclusions for public and legally required information, or the NDA overreaches and fails.
Before sharing anything sensitive — for copywriters, that is usually material touching copyright assigning to the client on payment, and whether the writer may cite the work as a sample.
No. An NDA only covers confidentiality; pair it with a service agreement that covers the actual finished written copy in the agreed word count and format.
Yes. Once you and your client sign it — including with an electronic signature — this NDA is a binding contract under the ESIGN Act, eIDAS and similar laws in most countries.
Point them back to the scope. Extra work such as extra rounds of edits or added pages beyond the quoted word count is quoted separately — that is exactly what the written terms are for.
Yes. Paste it into Signr, drop the signature fields on, and send a link. Your client signs from any device with no account, and you both get a sealed, court-ready copy.
Paste the template into Signr, drop signature fields on, and send. Your client signs from any device, no account needed, and you both get a sealed, court-ready copy.
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