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The no-spec editors
The editorial desk behind no-spec.
The no-spec editors write every page on the site: what freelance designers charge and how to work out a rate, the contract clauses and templates that protect a fee, briefs and proposals, spec work and design contests, and how to handle generative tools with a client and prove your own process.
Every number carries its source and its date, every template is written to be pasted into real paperwork, and every calculator shows its formula. Corrections and the sourcing policy are on the methodology page. For corrections or editorial questions: editors@no-spec.com.
Pieces by the no-spec editors
- SW 03Design contests: what entrants earn, what clients risk, and fairer options
- SW 02Ten reasons designers refuse spec work
- SW 01What is spec work? A plain definition for designers and clients
- NSSpec work and freelance design: frequently asked questions
- TL 04Best AI Humanizer for Freelancers: Pricing, Limits and Voice Control
- TL 05How to Humanize AI Text for Client Work, Step by Step
- SW 04Spec Work in the AI Era: The Free Pitch, Now AI-Generated
- AP 06AI Mockups Are the New Unpaid Pitch
- AP 05How to Prove a Design Is Yours: Process Files, Version History, Provenance
- AP 07Content Credentials for Designers: What C2PA Records and What It Does Not
- AP 01The AI Disclosure Clause: What a Design Contract Should Say
- AP 08Portfolio Provenance: Showing Process So the Work Is Believed
- AP 02AI-Generated Logos: Copyright, Trademark and Who Owns the File
- AP 09Version History as the Design Record: Figma, Adobe and Proof of Authorship
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