A Graphic Designer usually reaches for a Service Agreement when for a defined project with a clear start, deliverables and end. This free template does one job well: it defines the scope, timeline, payment and ownership for a one-off 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 Service Agreement rather than something looser, because for open-ended ongoing work — use a retainer instead. 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.
SERVICE AGREEMENT — GRAPHIC DESIGNER
1. PARTIES
This Service Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Graphic Designer. Together they are the "Parties".
2. SCOPE OF WORK
The Provider will deliver final artwork in print-ready and web formats for a logo, brand identity or marketing collateral package. The agreed scope is: ____________. Anything not listed here is out of scope and is quoted separately before work begins.
3. TIMELINE
The Provider will start on ____________ and aim to deliver by ____________. Timelines assume the Client supplies everything needed on time; Client delays move the delivery date by the same amount.
4. FEES & PAYMENT
The fee is $____________. Payment terms: a deposit to start with the balance due before working files are released. Invoices are due within ____________ days. Late payments may pause work and accrue interest at ____________% per month.
5. REVISIONS
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions. Additional rounds, or changes such as additional logo directions or formats beyond the agreed set, are billed separately.
6. OWNERSHIP & IP
On full payment, the Client owns the final delivered final artwork in print-ready and web formats. The Provider keeps ownership of tools, templates and any which rights transfer, whether working files are included, and reuse of unused concepts until paid, and may show the work in a portfolio unless agreed otherwise.
7. TERMINATION
Either Party may end this Agreement with ____________ days' written notice. On termination, the deposit covers work done and concepts already presented are not licensed, and the Client pays for all work completed to that point.
8. GOVERNING LAW
This Agreement is governed by the laws of ____________, and any dispute will be handled in the courts of ____________.
9. REVISION ROUNDS
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions on the agreed scope. Extra rounds are billed at $____________ each.
10. WORKING FILES
Final exported artwork is the deliverable. Editable working/source files are released only if agreed and are quoted separately.
11. 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.
12. 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 Service Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Graphic Designer. Together they are the "Parties".
The Provider will deliver final artwork in print-ready and web formats for a logo, brand identity or marketing collateral package. The agreed scope is: ____________. Anything not listed here is out of scope and is quoted separately before work begins.
The Provider will start on ____________ and aim to deliver by ____________. Timelines assume the Client supplies everything needed on time; Client delays move the delivery date by the same amount.
The fee is $____________. Payment terms: a deposit to start with the balance due before working files are released. Invoices are due within ____________ days. Late payments may pause work and accrue interest at ____________% per month.
The fee includes ____________ rounds of revisions. Additional rounds, or changes such as additional logo directions or formats beyond the agreed set, are billed separately.
On full payment, the Client owns the final delivered final artwork in print-ready and web formats. The Provider keeps ownership of tools, templates and any which rights transfer, whether working files are included, and reuse of unused concepts until paid, and may show the work in a portfolio unless agreed otherwise.
Either Party may end this Agreement with ____________ days' written notice. On termination, the deposit covers work done and concepts already presented are not licensed, and the Client pays for all work completed to that point.
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.
If the agreement does not name exactly what final artwork in print-ready and web formats is included, clients using rejected draft concepts or expecting unlimited revisions follows. List the deliverables line by line.
Without a revision limit, additional logo directions or formats beyond the agreed set quietly becomes unpaid work. Fix the number of rounds in writing.
Say that which rights transfer, whether working files are included, and reuse of unused concepts only pass on full payment, or a Graphic Designer loses all leverage once the files are out.
Use it for a logo, brand identity or marketing collateral package — a defined job with a clear end. For continuing month-to-month work, a retainer fits better.
Yes. It fixes your fee and terms, which for graphic designers is usually a deposit to start with the balance due before working files are released.
Yes. Once you and your client sign it — including with an electronic signature — this Service 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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