Terms and Conditions

 

Projected Production Schedule:

       Receive initial direction from client and any visual materials needed to begin production.

       Mid-Project Review: Approve/Finalize Draft Concepts. Client provides any remaining materials.

       Delivery of Final Presentation to the Client.  Determined by date final Client materials are provided.

 

Payment Terms:

$      (35% of estimate) Invoiced immediately and due prior to Mid-Project Review.

$      Balance invoiced at delivery of Final Presentation.

Please see additional Payment terms under “Payments”

 

Property/Ownership:

Upon receipt of final payment(s), all items prepared and produced for Client under this agreement shall be the property of the Client.

All materials used to prepare the Project, including original artwork, images, film or audio clips, or presentation graphics, in any type of medium, remain the property of Talking Point Graphics.

Note: For Portfolio use, content of presentation will be altered, so as not to reveal any confidential information.

 

Terms & Definitions:

“Client” refers to person, persons or company with whom a Project is being contracted. “Project” refers to that which is more full described on the reverse hereof.  There is no employer/employee or master servant relationship between the parties hereto, and nothing in this agreement should be construed to establish such a relationship.

 

 

Estimates: 

Cost estimates in this agreement are Talking Point Graphics best estimates, given the information provided by the Client at the time it was prepared. If additional informational is forthcoming, the Project specifications change, or the schedule changes, cost and expense estimates may also change. Out-of –pocket expenses (long distance phone calls at cost, travel, mileage at $.32.5 mile) are in addition to amount estimated.

Estimated time to complete a Project is determined based on the amount of time Talking Point Graphics deems necessary for production after all raw materials and/or reference materials are received from the Client. Estimates are valid for a period of thirty (30) days from the date provided and are subject to change after that time.

 

 

Payments:

Payment schedule is as defined on reverse hereof. Invoices presented to Client during production shall be due immediately upon receipt. A final invoice shall be presented to the Client upon completion of the Project.  Invoices for out-of-pocket expenses shall be due immediately upon receipt, if not in advance (to be determined upon a project-by-project basis). Projects that extend beyond thirty (30) days will be invoiced on work completed to date.

All invoices shall be paid in full within thirty (30) days from receipt thereof unless otherwise agreed to in writing. A one and one-half percent (1 ˝%) monthly charge will be added to past due balances. Client assumes any collection and/or attorney’s fees necessitated by default in payment. Client is responsible for communicating these billing terms to Client’s accounting department, if applicable. 

In the event the Project is being contracted by Client for presentation and/or sale to another (as in agency/client relationship), payment and/or timing of payment hereunder shall not be contingent upon the success/failure of that presentation and/or sale of Client’s receipt of payment for same.

 

 

Purchase Order Numbers:

Client is responsible for submitting purchase order and/or job numbers on the date of executing this agreement.  If no number is given, the invoice will reflect a description of the Project identified on the reverse hereof.

 

 

Delays: 

Talking Point Graphics shall notify Client of any anticipated delay in delivery.  Should Talking Point Graphics fail to keep the contract through unreasonable delay or non-conformance agreed specifications, it will be considered a breech of the Agreement.  Should the agreed timetable be delayed due to the Client’s failure, Talking Point Graphics should endeavor to adhere as closely as possible to the original schedule, as commitments to other clients permits.

 

 

Cancellation:

Client agrees that if cancellation occurs after the Project or work on the Project is commenced (including purchasing raw materials), Client will pay Talking Point Graphics for time invested and materials purchased up until the time of the Client’s notification to cease all work.  Client acknowledges that time and talent are among the most important commodities sold by Talking Point Graphics. Full payment shall be paid by the Client, when the Project is completed, regardless of whether the Client uses the presentation.

 

 

Client Satisfaction:

Talking Point Graphics will perform services in stages set out in a mutually agreed upon production schedule, which will include the opportunity for Client’s feedback/revisions.  If Client makes no revisions during this period, Talking Point Graphics shall deem all services rendered in connection with the Project to meet the Client’s satisfaction and to have been approved by the Client. Client assumes the responsibility for any and all proofreading.

 

 

Nondisclosure of Client’s Confidential Information:

Talking Point Graphics acknowledges and agrees that, in rendering services hereunder it may be given access to information about the Client and/or its clients, their products and services, privileged and confidential information, methods of manufacture, methods of doing business, trade secrets, proprietary data, as well as other customer identifications, internal business information and other information about the Client’s (and/or its clients) business and/or practice.  To the extent that the Client designates such information as confidential, Talking Point Graphics agrees not to use this information for itself or others, or disclose to others, including future employees, such information, except to those who have a need to know in connection with the Project.

 

 

Raw Materials:

Client agrees to indemnify and hereby hold harmless Talking Point Graphics and its subcontractors from and against any and all losses, expenses, claims, liabilities and damages (whether consequential, incidental or otherwise) resulting from the use or reproduction of materials furnished by the Client hereunder.

 

 

Other:

Client assumes any and all responsibility for their equipment during any on-site work, training or presentations by Talking Point Graphics.