Easy, Fast & Legally Legit Legal Templates for Creative Agencies & Freelancers
Why creative agencies & freelancers love snuggling into these legal templates like a bean bag
As you or your agency handles various creative challenges, from launching new campaigns to rebranding efforts, the importance of solid legal protection cannot be overstated. Our templates provide a robust legal framework that shields your projects and clarifies client relationships, ensuring that every masterpiece you create is fully safeguarded.
But don’t just take our word for it. Here are some kind words from creative agencies and freelancers already using these legal templates to feel legally legit (read: confident, protected and in control).
Wondering which creative agencies these legal templates are suited to? Here’s a peek at who’s already using them!
- Digital content agencies
- Design agencies
- Content agencies
- Social media agencies
Creative Agency & Freelancer legal templates, built to protect your work and Simplify Client Relationships
Running a creative agency means juggling clients, scopes, deadlines and protecting your business at every step. Our Creative Agency Legal Templates are crafted specifically for branding studios, designers, content creators, social media managers, and marketing consultants. Whether you're onboarding a new client, outsourcing work, or managing IP, we've got you covered.
What’s Included in This Collection
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Client Service Agreements
Clearly outline your services, timelines, payment terms, and IP ownership to avoid scope creep and messy client disputes.
Employment Agreements
Hiring a team? These contracts help you onboard designers, marketers, or studio managers while staying compliant and protected.
Subcontractor Agreements
Work with freelancers or creative collaborators with confidence. Define deliverables, deadlines, and who owns what.
IP Licensing Agreements
Want to monetise your work without giving away your rights? This template lets you license your creative assets while retaining ownership.
Website Terms & Privacy Policies
Cover your online presence with essential legal documents, including privacy policies, disclaimers, and website terms that meet legal requirements globally.
Bonus Resources
Need to protect your ideas before sharing them? Our NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) is perfect for early-stage conversations, pitches, or collabs before a full contract is in place.
IMPT: Whilst these templates have been crafted with creative agencies and freelancers running a full service business that includes meta ads/google ads, social media management, copywriting, graphic design and web design, keep in mind, these are templates and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Essential Legal Kit for Creative Agency
Streamline your agency’s legal processes with our Essential Legal Template Kit, crafted specifically for creative agencies. This essential legal kit is designed to free you up to focus on what you do best—creating and innovating.
Included in the Kit:
Services Agreement: Outlines the scope of your services, client obligations, payment terms, intellectual property rights, and termination conditions. This agreement is the cornerstone of your client interactions, ensuring clarity and mutual understanding.
Website Terms and Conditions: Sets the rules for using your website, clarifying user behavior expectations and protecting your online content.
Privacy Policy: Ensures compliance with data protection laws by detailing how you collect, use, and secure your clients' personal information.
With these fundamental documents, your business can establish clear terms with clients, protect your creative assets, and ensure transparency in how you operate online. Equip your agency with the necessary legal framework to operate confidently and professionally in the creative industry.
IMPT: Whilst the Services Agreement template has been crafted with creative agencies in mind, it is a template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Website Terms & Conditions for Service Providers
Your website terms and conditions will protect you, but they're not enough on their own. A good website terms & conditions should touch upon your relationship with visitors to the site as well any issues around copyright or protecting IP (Intellectual Property). It also effectively deals with how those people can use what's available through your particular web address - so make certain it lines up both ways!
Our Website Terms & Conditions template is specifically designed to secure your creative agency’s online activities. This website terms & conditions template covers your interactions with site visitors and provides protection for your intellectual property and digital content. It outlines the permissible uses of your site's content and services, ensuring legal clarity and compliance.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Privacy Policy for Service Providers
It's worth noting that while it's not strictly compulsory for small businesses earning under a certain threshold under the Australian privacy laws to have a privacy policy, it can be a valuable asset. For example, major companies like Google and Facebook (aka Meta) expect businesses to have one.
Having a privacy policy isn't just about legal compliance; it also plays a vital role in building trust and maintaining a professional image. When you collect personal information from customers and transparently inform them about how you handle their data, it fosters trust. It shows that you take their privacy seriously and are committed to protecting their sensitive information.
Your privacy policy serves as a legally binding contract that outlines the terms and conditions for how personal information is handled. Ensuring it aligns with both Australian law and the European Union (EU) GDPR. This Privacy Policy for Service Providers is easy to understand leaving no room for uncertainty.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Essential Website Kit for Service Providers
Your website serves as a key interaction point with clients, so it's important to ensure that your legal policies are transparent, fair, andcommunicated to all visitors. Our Essential Website Kit for Creative Agencies includes Website Terms & Conditions and a Privacy Policy that together form a legal framework for your online presence.
Included in the Kit:
Website Terms & Conditions: These define the rules and guidelines under which users interact with your website, including copyright ownership, usage permissions, and limitations, ensuring that all activities on your site are properly regulated.
Privacy Policy: This policy clearly outlines how you collect, use, store, and protect user data, ensuring compliance with privacy laws and building trust with your clients by transparently communicating their rights and your obligations.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Independent Contractor Agreement Template
Streamline your business expansion with our Independent Contractor Agreement template, designed specifically for burgeoning businesses that need expert assistance without the overhead of full-time employees. This template provides a robust legal framework for engaging independent contractors who can offer a diverse range of specialised skills to propel your business forward.
The template includes a Statement of Work to ensure that both you and the contractor have a mutual understanding of the tasks and expectations involved. It’s perfect for delineating responsibilities and maintaining professional boundaries in your working relationships, particularly for those contractors working on internal tasks and projects that are crucial for your business but don’t involve direct interaction with your clients.
Ideal for businesses looking to enhance their capabilities in non-client-facing roles, this agreement helps you manage the engagement of experts who work on essential behind-the-scenes tasks and projects, ensuring your business operations run smoothly and efficiently.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Employment Agreement Template
Build Your Creative Team with Confidence
As your creative agency grows, so does your need for a reliable team. Our Employment Agreement Template is customisable for full-time or part-time positions, covering job responsibilities, intellectual property rights, and more, ensuring that your new hires are clear on their roles and contributions.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Casual Employment Agreement Template
Manage Project-Based Staffing Needs with Ease
Our Casual Employment Agreement Template outlines the terms for roles, responsibilities, payments, and employment conditions, making it easier to integrate casual or seasonal staff into your projects without legal concerns. Ideal for times when you need extra hands for specific campaigns or projects.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Subcontractor Agreement for Creative Projects
Enhance Your Projects with Specialised Talent
When your creative projects need additional expertise, such as specialised designers or digital strategists, our Subcontractor Agreement can be used to engage with that individual. This template agreement sets clear expectations around what they are being engaged to complete (both services and deliverables) and importantly, to what standard. The agreement also sets out specific provisions around intellectual property ownership and confidentiality - ensuring you are protecting your business and your clients.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
Intern AGREEMENT TEMPLATE
Cultivate Future Professionals
Our Intern Agreement Template provides a structured and beneficial learning environment for interns, clearly outlining roles, learning objectives, and compliance with employment laws. It ensures that interns gain valuable industry experience while effectively contributing to your projects.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
CONFIDENTIALITY (NDA) AGREEMENT
Protect Your Creative Works and Client Confidentiality
Secure your unique designs and client details with our Confidentiality Agreement. This template prevents unauthorised sharing of proprietary information, ensuring you can collaborate and share ideas securely, maintaining the trust of your clients and safeguarding your creative integrity.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
EMPLOYEE HANDBOOK
Our customisable Employee Handbook is an essential tool for setting expectations and defining the culture within your creative agency. It helps ensure that all team members understand their roles and the values of your business, promoting a cohesive and productive work environment.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
LICENCE AGREEMENT CONTRACT TEMPLATE
Use this Licence Agreement contract template when you are ready to monetise your intellectual property. This agreement will outline the terms of a license that can be granted regarding any intellectual property rights including not only how the intellectual property can be used, where, in what format and for how long - and of course for what price! When it comes to your intellectual property, not correctly documenting your agreements can lead to major issues (and money lost) for you personally and for your business.
IMPT: This is a general template and may not encompass all unique aspects or specific needs of your particular situation, so ensure to review and customise to suit your specific needs and requirements.
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