Clifford Kadis
Effective July 17, 2026
These terms set out how projects with Clifford Kadis are agreed, delivered, paid for, and credited. They apply to use of this website and to every engagement unless a signed project agreement says otherwise.
1. About these terms
These terms govern use of this website and provide the general framework under which Clifford Kadis offers creative direction and design services. Visiting the site or beginning a project discussion indicates that you have read and understood these terms.
A project-specific proposal, estimate, statement of work, or written agreement may supplement or replace portions of these terms. If there is a conflict, the signed project agreement will control.
2. Project engagement
An inquiry does not create a client relationship or guarantee availability. A project begins only after scope, schedule, fees, deliverables, and payment terms have been agreed in writing and any required deposit has been received.
The client agrees to provide accurate information, timely feedback, necessary materials, and a single authorized point of contact. Delays in approvals, content, access, or feedback may change the schedule and delivery dates.
3. Scope and changes
The agreed scope includes only the services and deliverables listed in the applicable proposal or statement of work. Additional concepts, revisions, formats, meetings, production support, or services outside that scope may require a revised schedule and additional fees.
Material changes in direction after approval of a project phase may be treated as new work. No out-of-scope work will proceed without written acknowledgment from the client.
4. Fees, expenses, and payment
Fees, deposits, payment milestones, and accepted payment methods will be stated in the project agreement. Unless otherwise agreed, invoices are due upon receipt. Work may be paused when an invoice is overdue, and resulting schedule changes will not be considered a breach of the agreement.
The client is responsible for approved third-party costs, including printing, fabrication, licensing, photography, talent, travel, software, hosting, fonts, stock assets, and specialist vendors. Taxes, bank fees, and currency conversion costs are the client’s responsibility where applicable.
5. Cancellations and pauses
Either party may request cancellation in writing. The client remains responsible for work completed, time reserved, committed third-party costs, and any cancellation fee stated in the project agreement. Deposits are non-refundable unless the agreement expressly says otherwise.
A project paused by the client may be rescheduled according to current availability. Projects inactive for an extended period may require a new estimate before work resumes.
6. Intellectual property
Upon full payment, the client receives the rights specifically granted in the project agreement for approved final deliverables. Working files, rejected concepts, drafts, methods, templates, processes, tools, and pre-existing materials remain the property of Clifford Kadis unless expressly transferred in writing.
Third-party materials remain subject to their own licenses. The client is responsible for complying with usage limits, renewals, territories, media restrictions, and attribution requirements associated with those materials.
7. Portfolio and credit
Unless confidentiality has been agreed in writing, Clifford Kadis may display completed and publicly released work in portfolios, websites, social channels, presentations, awards, publications, and promotional materials. Reasonable client credit and project context may accompany the work.
The client agrees not to present unfinished or rejected concepts as final work or remove authorship credit where credit has been contractually required.
8. Client materials and approvals
The client confirms that it has permission to provide and use all names, copy, images, trademarks, data, and other materials supplied for the project. The client is responsible for legal review, factual accuracy, proofreading, accessibility requirements, regulatory compliance, and final approval before publication or production.
Approval of a deliverable authorizes progression to the next phase or release. Changes requested after approval may incur additional fees and affect timing.
9. Confidentiality
Each party will use reasonable care to protect non-public information identified as confidential and will use it only for the project. Confidentiality does not apply to information already public, independently developed, lawfully received from another source, or required to be disclosed by law.
Sensitive credentials should be shared through an appropriate secure method rather than ordinary email whenever possible.
10. Website use and privacy
This website is provided for general information and project inquiries. You may not attempt to disrupt the site, gain unauthorized access, scrape content at scale, impersonate another person, or reuse site content in a way that infringes intellectual property rights.
Information submitted through an inquiry is used to evaluate and respond to the potential project. Because the current inquiry flow prepares an email in your own email application, transmission is also governed by your email provider. Do not submit highly sensitive personal or financial information through the form.
11. Warranties and liability
Creative and commercial outcomes depend on many factors outside the designer’s control. No guarantee is made regarding sales, engagement, publicity, awards, market performance, platform availability, or legal clearance unless expressly stated in writing.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, liability arising from a project or use of this website will not exceed the fees paid for the specific services giving rise to the claim. Neither party will be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or lost-profit damages. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded.
12. General provisions
Neither party is responsible for delay caused by events reasonably beyond its control. If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions continue in effect. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
These terms may be updated periodically. The version in effect when a project agreement is accepted will apply to that engagement unless the parties agree otherwise. Questions may be sent to josiah@clifford-kadis.com.