Ralev.com Design Agency is pleased to set out its Terms and Conditions, which will apply to the work we do for you. These Terms and Conditions and the Quote/Production Estimate supplied to you from the contract between us for the provision of Ralev.com Design Agency’s services.
1.Ralev’s Role:
1.1. The Services: Ralev.com Design Agency will provide the services described in the Quote/Production Estimate as presented. As an assignment develops, it may be that the scope of the required work changes. Where this is the case, Ralev will seek to discuss it with you at the earliest opportunity to agree upon any variations to the scope of the Services and the Quote/Production Estimate, which may be necessary.
Authors Corrections. Unless specified in the Quote/Proposal, we include two rounds of changes on all items following the presentation of an initial concept. Revisions briefed thereafter will be charged according to Ralev’s standard hourly rate card.
1.2. Information: To maximize Ralev.com Design Agency’s effectiveness, we must work with you as a team. Often Ralev.com Design Agency’s work will be dependent on you (or your other advisers) providing information promptly. To avoid unnecessary verification, Ralev.com Design Agency will assume all information you provide is complete and accurate unless you tell us otherwise.
1.3. Incidentals: Couriers or printed proofs from external printers if required, to be charged to the client.
1.4. Termination: Should you wish to terminate the contract after the commencement of work, you will be invoiced for work already completed.
1.5. Force Majeure: Ralev.com Design Agency shall not be liable for any delay or failure to perform their obligations where such delay or failure to perform arises from circumstances outside Ralev.com Design Agency’s reasonable control.
2.Payment Terms:
2.1. Payment Terms: Invoices shall be settled by bank transfer into Ralev.com Design Agency’s nominated bank account within 14 days of the date on the invoice unless agreed otherwise. Ralev Design Agency retains ownership of all work until complete payment.
2.2. Other Specialist Services: Ralev.com Design Agency’s estimate excludes third-party costs such as photography, illustration, video production, sound recording, etc, unless otherwise included in the estimate. Ralev.com Design Agency may, unless you instruct us otherwise, seek such specialist services in areas outside our expertise. The costs of such services will be passed on to and quoted accordingly.
3.Scoping:
3.1. In most cases, Ralev.com Design Agency will provide a scoping document that details the functionality of the work we do for our clients; this includes but is not limited to a website, application, or marketing campaign. Where the client signs and approves this scoping document, any changes beyond the scope will be handled as a new update and priced accordingly.
4.Content:
4.1. Content and Images: Your responsibility is to provide us with the required information about your business and marketing objectives. Ralev.com Design Agency takes no responsibility for errors in content supplied by you. Any changes thus incurred may be chargeable at standard rates. Unless specified otherwise, it is your responsibility to provide all necessary text and graphic materials that make up the content of the work. All content must be supplied in a suitable digital format unless agreed otherwise beforehand. Images should be supplied in jpeg, gif, tif, png, figma files or psd format. The text should be supplied as a Microsoft Word or Google Doc document. Failure to supply material in an easily accessible format may result in the additional cost being incurred for retyping text. Where the content provided is in a form where a significant amount of copywriting is required, a further charge may be made.
4.2. Information for charts, graphs, and infographics to be supplied in Excel / Google Sheets. If we are required to retype large amounts of content, additional costs may be incurred.
4.3. Client-supplied images should always be high-res at 300DPI for print purposes. If they are solely for use on the web, then lower resolution images are acceptable. Ralev.com Design Agency will assume that all images supplied to us are owned by the Client or have been purchased from stock libraries and are licensed to the client for use. We cannot use images taken from Google.
4.4. If you are using images of children you have taken, we assume you have been permitted to use these images.
4.5. You grant Ralev permission to utilize logos and any other company identity to create the project. You agree to indemnify Ralev.com Design Agency from any claims arising from your negligence or inability to obtain proper copyright permissions for all content supplied.
5.Confidentiality:
5.1. Confidentiality: Save as required by law, Ralev.com Design Agency will keep your documents and affairs confidential unless you permit disclosure or the relevant circumstances are already in the public domain. Ralev may, however, disclose your documents and affairs to:
(i) such of your other service providers as you inform Ralev.com Design Agency are involved in any assignment on which Ralev.com Design Agency is instructed;
(ii) Ralev.com Design Agency’s affiliates or related parties; and
(iii) any other service provider to whom Ralev.com Design Agency may properly delegate aspects of any assignment to provide a full range of services to you.
6.Intellectual Property:
6.1. Freedom to use Ideas and IP: Ralev.com Design Agency may develop or use for other clients any ideas, concepts, source code, information, or know-how reflected in any of the materials provided to you (in whatever form) or otherwise developed while providing services to you.
6.2. Ownership of Materials and Intellectual Property: All products, creative works, plans for designs, unique campaign ideas, slogans, copy themes, preliminary sketches, layouts, copy, artwork, production services, public and other marketing material (whether on paper, computer disk, by email or in some other digital format) accepted by Ralev, shall, upon you paying Ralev.com Design Agency in full for the relevant materials, be your property, except to the extent that any intellectual property rights therein have been reserved by Ralev.com Design Agency or third parties engaged or employed by Ralev.com Design Agency.
6.3. Portfolio Rights. Ralev.com Design Agency retains the right to showcase your project on its website and design portfolio for the sole purpose of promoting our work.
6.4. Working Files and Copyright. Ralev.com Design Agency owns the legal copyright of our working files. Working files are our intellectual property, which can be and is not limited to design concepts, design elements, infographics, fonts, and imagery. Working files are not released as part of our projects. If you wish to be supplied with working files, then this needs to be requested, and we will supply a quote for this release.
7.0. Indemnity:
7.1. All services may be used for lawful purposes only. You agree to indemnify and hold Ralev.com Design Agency harmless from any claims resulting from your use of our service that damages you or any other party.
8.0. Liability:
8.1. Our total liability to you in contract or tort arising in connection with this contract shall not exceed the total price paid by you. We shall have no liability for loss of profits, business, revenue, goodwill or anticipated savings, or any other indirect or consequential loss.
9.Variation:
9.1. Variation: These Terms and Conditions (and/or the contents of any agreement they relate to) may be varied or superseded at any time by agreement in writing between us. Any such variation shall not affect any rights or obligations of either of us that may already have accrued unless otherwise explicitly agreed.
Last Updated 2020.10