Commission Agreement for Creative Work

An agreement between a client and an artist, illustrator or designer for a specific piece of commissioned creative work. It takes the work through agreed stages with sign-off at each, says what is paid if the project is cancelled part-way, and makes clear who owns the physical work and the copyright.

• Commissioned artwork, murals, portraits, illustrations, logos, brand identities, packaging or book covers
• Where the client wants a defined licence or full ownership of copyright
• For one-off commissions – for ongoing freelance work use the Freelancer and Contractor Agreement

• Describe the work in Schedule 1 and the stages and payments in Schedule 2
• Choose Option A (licence) or Option B (assignment) in clause 10
• Set the kill fee percentages in Schedule 3
• Use the Schedule 4 form to sign off each stage