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Freelance rate calculator
Turn the income you need into an hourly floor, with the formula shown.
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RC 01
How much graphic designers make
Pay by role and experience, each figure sourced and dated.
RC 02
How much to charge for a logo
Price the mark by scope and use, not by the hours it took.
RC 03
Day rate
Set a day rate and say what a day includes.
RC 04
Design brief template
The questions to answer before you quote.
RC 05
Contract template
A plain contract you can paste, clause by clause.
RC 06
Kill fee
What the client owes if they cancel partway through.
RC 07
Invoice template
An invoice with payment and late terms written in.
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AI and proof
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TL 03
AI disclosure clause builder
Answer a few questions about the job and copy a clause for the contract.
Build the clause
AP 01
The AI disclosure clause
What to put in the contract, and why.
AP 02
Who owns an AI-generated logo
Copyright, ownership and what you can promise.
AP 03
How to prove you didn't use AI
Keep the process trail that answers the question.
AP 04
Checking client copy for AI
What to do when the copy you were sent reads machine made.
AP 05
How to prove a design is yours
Files, dates and drafts that show authorship.
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Spec work
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SW 01
What spec work is, and what it is not
The plain definition, so you can name it when a client asks.
Read the definition
SW 02
Ten reasons to refuse it
The case against free pitches, ready to send.
SW 03
Design contests
How contests work and who carries the cost.
TL 02
Spec work cost calculator
Count the hours a free pitch really asks for.
SW 04
Spec work in the AI era
Free concepts when clients can generate their own.
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TL 01
Freelance rate calculator
Three inputs, one hourly floor, and the formula printed under the result.
Open the calculator
TL 01
Freelance rate calculator
Turn the income you need into an hourly floor.
TL 02
Spec work cost calculator
Put a number on the hours a free pitch asks for.
TL 03
AI disclosure clause builder
Answer a few questions, copy the clause.
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Rates and contracts
TL 01
Freelance rate calculator
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How much graphic designers make
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How much to charge for a logo
RC 03
Day rate
RC 04
Design brief template
RC 05
Contract template
RC 06
Kill fee
RC 07
Invoice template
See all rates and contracts
AP
AI and proof
TL 03
AI disclosure clause builder
AP 01
The AI disclosure clause
AP 02
Who owns an AI-generated logo
AP 03
How to prove you didn't use AI
AP 04
Checking client copy for AI
AP 05
How to prove a design is yours
See all on AI and the designer
See all on proof of work
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Spec work
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What spec work is
SW 02
Ten reasons to refuse it
SW 03
Design contests
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Spec work cost calculator
SW 04
Spec work in the AI era
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