POLICIES
Content of the Project
• All edited text, logos, photographs, artwork, or other materials pertinent to the content of the project must be submitted to the SDC before work on the project can begin.
• If all materials are not provided, the SDC will hold the job until they are made available. The deadline will then be adjusted accordingly. Text must be reviewed and edited by your department, committee, or organization before submission to the SDC. Excessive text edits while the project is in progress may result in extra charges. When providing a free service to student organizations, the SDC reserves the right to limit the number of hours spent to complete any design project.
Availability and Fees
• Please expect charges of $30/hour (except ORG recognized organizations, MSA/GPC, and Student Life) for work done by the SDC.
• The Creative Director can provide you with a free estimate of expenses.
• In order to receive free services, the client must be from a ORG (Organization Resource Group) recognized organization in good standing, an MSA (Missouri Students Association) or GPC (Graduate/Professional Council) department, or the Department of Student Life. Other clients will be charged a fee of $30 per hour for labor and internal supplies. In the event of a cancellation, the client will be billed for any work already completed. Please see the Creative Director for a free quote, which will include an estimate of expenses. Any estimate is a minimum only. The SDC is funded by ORG, MSA/GPC, and the Department of Student Life.
Scheduling
• The SDC requires at least three weeks of lead time for projects, except as listed below. We will not accept projects that must be finished in a shorter amount of time.
• Please see the Creative Director for deadline estimates on logos and booklets (projects that contain more than eight pages).
• Please remember to allow time before your event not only for the design of the project, but also its printing, publication, and/or distribution.
• The SDC will give projects a final design deadline of three weeks after the date the project is submitted. The SDC operates on a first come first serve basis. Although we request three weeks of working time after all materials have been submitted, we cannot guarantee completion of a project if SDC designers are working at full capacity. All designers of the SDC are full time students and work on a part time basis; your patience is appreciated.
Contact Persons
• Only one person may be the contact for a designated project.
• The ideal outcome of the project is reached when one contact person is maintained; this ensures faster final decisions and design consistency. Meeting times to discuss project changes should be arranged between the designer and client. Please do not come to the SDC and ask someone besides your designer to make changes on your project.
Designers
• SDC designers are students working on degrees in graphic design, advertising, interior design, & architecture and may offer their opinion on the design of your product.
• Please treat SDC employees with respect, as they will treat clients.
SDC employees are majoring in graphic design and/or advertising and may suggest how your project's layout and design would be most effective. Designers will not ignore your requests, but do their best to provide you with various artistic approaches to your project.
Project Restrictions, Usage Rights and Waste
• Spec work is strictly prohibited. Do not employ the SDC staff if you do not plan to use their designs.
• The copyright on all work produced by the SDC may not be altered without permission.
• All rights not here expressly transferred to the client are reserved by the SDC.
• In order to protect the integrity of our work, the SDC retains ownership of original designs. The client may not alter or adapt any SDC design without approval of the SDC and the original designer. After the design process begins, clients will not allow other individuals, organizations, or design firms to implement other works (including, but not limited to, alternative or spin-off designs such as posters, newspaper ads, brochures, etc.) related to or promotions of the same event or subject matter as the SDC project.
To avoid the waste of student government resources, when a client has already started the design process at the SDC they must notify the SDC of a cancellation immediately. Any work already completed by the SDC will subject the organization to be billed the designers pay rate. If the project was summited by an organization and not used for any purpose the organization will not be able to us the Design Center services for one semester. Any usage rights not exclusively transferred are reserved to the SDC. Usage beyond that granted to the client herein shall require payment of a mutually agreed upon additional fee subject to all terms. Any transfer of rights is conditional upon receipt of full payment.
Violations and Penalties
Any violation of these policies will limit the client's future use of the SDC and possible termination of services at the Advisors discretion.