A Social Media Manager 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 social media managers actually work — around a monthly content-calendar and community-management engagement, the familiar headache of arguments over account access and content ownership after the contract ends, and getting paid on a recurring monthly fee, with ad spend billed and reconciled separately. 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 — SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER
1. PARTIES
This Service Agreement ("Agreement") is made on ____________ between ____________ ("Client") and ____________ (the "Provider"), a Social Media Manager. Together they are the "Parties".
2. SCOPE OF WORK
The Provider will deliver scheduled content and a monthly performance report for a monthly content-calendar and community-management engagement. 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 recurring monthly fee, with ad spend billed and reconciled separately. 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 extra platforms, more posts or unplanned campaign work added mid-month, are billed separately.
6. OWNERSHIP & IP
On full payment, the Client owns the final delivered scheduled content and a monthly performance report. The Provider keeps ownership of tools, templates and any ownership of created content and, critically, who keeps the account logins if the deal ends 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, accounts and admin access revert to the client on termination with notice, 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. ACCOUNT ACCESS & HANDOVER
The Client owns all social accounts and admin access at all times. On termination the Provider hands back full access promptly — this prevents arguments over account access and content ownership after the contract ends.
10. CONTENT OWNERSHIP
Content created for the Client is owned by the Client on payment. The Provider may show anonymised results in a portfolio.
11. AD SPEND
Advertising spend is separate from the management fee, billed to the Client and reconciled monthly with receipts.
12. RESULTS
The Provider will use reasonable skill but does not guarantee specific reach, followers or sales, which depend on factors outside its control.
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 Social Media Manager. Together they are the "Parties".
The Provider will deliver scheduled content and a monthly performance report for a monthly content-calendar and community-management engagement. 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 recurring monthly fee, with ad spend billed and reconciled separately. 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 extra platforms, more posts or unplanned campaign work added mid-month, are billed separately.
On full payment, the Client owns the final delivered scheduled content and a monthly performance report. The Provider keeps ownership of tools, templates and any ownership of created content and, critically, who keeps the account logins if the deal ends 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, accounts and admin access revert to the client on termination with notice, 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 Client owns all social accounts and admin access at all times. On termination the Provider hands back full access promptly — this prevents arguments over account access and content ownership after the contract ends.
Content created for the Client is owned by the Client on payment. The Provider may show anonymised results in a portfolio.
Advertising spend is separate from the management fee, billed to the Client and reconciled monthly with receipts.
The Provider will use reasonable skill but does not guarantee specific reach, followers or sales, which depend on factors outside its control.
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 scheduled content and a monthly performance report is included, arguments over account access and content ownership after the contract ends follows. List the deliverables line by line.
Without a revision limit, extra platforms, more posts or unplanned campaign work added mid-month quietly becomes unpaid work. Fix the number of rounds in writing.
Say that ownership of created content and, critically, who keeps the account logins if the deal ends only pass on full payment, or a Social Media Manager loses all leverage once the files are out.
Use it for a monthly content-calendar and community-management engagement — 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 social media managers is usually a recurring monthly fee, with ad spend billed and reconciled separately.
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 extra platforms, more posts or unplanned campaign work added mid-month 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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