What? Clients have responsibilities too?
They most certainly do. And the majority of design companies will have those responsibilities in their contract.
Today, I was browsing through the recommended AIGA contract (yes, that's the strange sort of thing that I do) and thought that I'd add a few excepts here. So here goes:
CLIENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Client acknowledges that it shall be responsible for performing the following in a reasonable and timely manner:
(a) coordination of any decision-making with parties other than the Designer;
(b) provision of Client Content in a form suitable for reproduction or incorporation into the deliverables without further preparation, unless otherwise expressly provided in the Proposal; and
(c) final proofreading and in the event that Client has approved Deliverables but errors, such as, by way of example, not limitation,typographic errors or misspellings, remain in the finished product, client shall incur the cost of correcting such errors.
WARRANTIES AND REPRESENTATIONS
Client represents, warrants and covenants to Designer that to the best of Client’s knowledge, the Client Content does not infringe the rights of any third party, and use of the Client Content as well as any Trademarks in connection with the Project does not and will not violate the rights of any third parties.
In the event of termination, Designer shall be compensated for the Services performed through the date of termination in the amount of (a) any advance payment, (b) a prorated portion of the fees due, or (c) hourly fees for work performed by Designer or Designer’s agents as of the date of termination, whichever is greater; and Client shall pay all Expenses, fees, out of pockets together with any additional Costs incurred through and up to, the date of cancellation.
ADDITIONAL CLIENT RESPONSIBILITIES
Client acknowledges that Client shall be responsible for performing the following in a reasonable and timely manner: Communication of administrative or operational decisions if they affect the design or production of Deliverables, and coordination of required public approvals and meetings.
Apologies for the odd capitalizations, you know that they're not mine.
So, now you know.
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