A Graphic Designer usually reaches for a Deposit Agreement when to lock in a date or slot and protect against last-minute cancellation. This free template does one job well: it confirms a booking and secures an upfront deposit against a future project. It is written for how graphic designers actually work — around a logo, brand identity or marketing collateral package, the familiar headache of clients using rejected draft concepts or expecting unlimited revisions, and getting paid on a deposit to start with the balance due before working files are released. Use a Deposit Agreement rather than something looser, because as the full project contract — pair it with a service agreement. 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.
DEPOSIT AGREEMENT — GRAPHIC DESIGNER
1. PARTIES
This Deposit Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Graphic Designer. Together they are the "Parties".
2. PROJECT & DATES
This deposit secures a logo, brand identity or marketing collateral package scheduled for ____________. The full scope and any date-specific details are: ____________.
3. DEPOSIT
The Client pays a deposit of $____________ to confirm the booking. For a Graphic Designer, the norm is a deposit to start with the balance due before working files are released.
4. BALANCE
The remaining balance of $____________ is due by ____________. Delivery of final artwork in print-ready and web formats is made once the balance is cleared.
5. REFUNDS & CANCELLATION
The deposit is non-refundable. If the Client cancels, the deposit covers work done and concepts already presented are not licensed. This protects the Provider against clients using rejected draft concepts or expecting unlimited revisions.
6. RESCHEDULING
The Client may reschedule once with ____________ days' notice, subject to availability. Later changes may require a new deposit.
7. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
8. REVISION ROUNDS
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions on the agreed scope. Extra rounds are billed at $____________ each.
9. WORKING FILES
Final exported artwork is the deliverable. Editable working/source files are released only if agreed and are quoted separately.
10. UNUSED CONCEPTS
Only the selected, paid-for design is licensed to the Client. Rejected concepts remain the Provider's and may not be used, which prevents clients using rejected draft concepts or expecting unlimited revisions.
11. CREDIT
The Provider may credit itself as the designer where reasonable, and may show the work in a portfolio.
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 Deposit Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Graphic Designer. Together they are the "Parties".
This deposit secures a logo, brand identity or marketing collateral package scheduled for ____________. The full scope and any date-specific details are: ____________.
The Client pays a deposit of $____________ to confirm the booking. For a Graphic Designer, the norm is a deposit to start with the balance due before working files are released.
The remaining balance of $____________ is due by ____________. Delivery of final artwork in print-ready and web formats is made once the balance is cleared.
The deposit is non-refundable. If the Client cancels, the deposit covers work done and concepts already presented are not licensed. This protects the Provider against clients using rejected draft concepts or expecting unlimited revisions.
The Client may reschedule once with ____________ days' notice, subject to availability. Later changes may require a new deposit.
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions on the agreed scope. Extra rounds are billed at $____________ each.
Final exported artwork is the deliverable. Editable working/source files are released only if agreed and are quoted separately.
Only the selected, paid-for design is licensed to the Client. Rejected concepts remain the Provider's and may not be used, which prevents clients using rejected draft concepts or expecting unlimited revisions.
The Provider may credit itself as the designer where reasonable, and may show the work in a portfolio.
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.
A refundable deposit does nothing against clients using rejected draft concepts or expecting unlimited revisions. Make it non-refundable so it protects the slot you held.
Set exactly when the balance is due, before a Graphic Designer releases final artwork in print-ready and web formats.
Say how much notice moving a logo, brand identity or marketing collateral package needs, or a client reschedules for free and you lose the date.
To lock in a logo, brand identity or marketing collateral package and protect against a late cancellation, since the deposit covers work done and concepts already presented are not licensed.
No — it secures the booking. Pair it with a service agreement that sets out the full final artwork in print-ready and web formats and scope.
Yes. Once you and your client sign it — including with an electronic signature — this Deposit Agreement 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 additional logo directions or formats beyond the agreed set 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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