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Andrew McCormick
17,730 PointsShowing examples from work done for a Marketing Firm
I may be over over thinking this, especially since I'm not working with some multi-million dollar firm, but I was wondering what the thoughts are on displaying work done for a marketing firm.
For example:
I do work for an agency we'll call Raspy Emu {fake name genrated using the Agency Name Generator} . Their client for whom I build the website is called Fuzzy Rockets.
I want to show off the dev / design work I did for this site on my portfolio and have permission from the agency to do so. Should I list it as:
a) Work done for a client of Raspy Emu.
b) Work done for Fuzzy Rockets, a client of Raspy Emu
c) work done for Fuzzy Rockets who needed a site that did blah blah blah
d) it really doesn't matter unless the agency's client is Nike
3 Answers
Adrian Scott
8,284 PointsHello Andrew,
I believe that if you worked on a project by "yourself", and no other team member (a designer, for example) was involved, then you have the right to showcase your work on your personal portfolio. But to be 100% sure, you could always ask your project manager first.
And you should probably list it as option C.
Aaron Walton
3,557 PointsA or B but you should clarify with Raspy Emu - they are the boss after all. I had a situation many years ago where a subcontractor of our agency put work samples on his personal site and did not mention that he did the work with our agency. The client for whom the work was done for found his page many months later and sent him a nasty email stating that he was claiming a work relationship that didn't exist. We had to contact the client and sort the mess out. So best to be as forthcoming as possible on your site.
Ashlynn Pai
11,679 PointsI would go with A myself unless I had seen the contract between Raspy and Fuzzy and/or had express permission from Fuzzy to put its name on your website. Without more information about the situation I would go with the safest option you proposed. Your "right" to showcase your own work may have been negotiated away by you and/or by Raspy. I would also make sure that the employee or agent of Raspy who authorized you to showcase your work had the authority to do so. With more information about Fuzzy's view of the situation as well as its contractual rights, you might be able to consider B or C.