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- Explain whether you design artwork or also produce printed goods.
- Check who owns and can reuse the finished files.
- Compare formation options against your team and client contracts.
What will appear on your invoice?
Logo design, a packaging layout and a delivered batch of printed boxes are different promises. If your business designs the artwork but a printer contracts directly with the customer, explain that arrangement. If you sell the finished goods yourself, include that in the activity review.
Make a short list of the work you expect to sell in the first year. It might include visual identities, social graphics and presentation design. Avoid adding every creative service you can think of when a smaller, accurate scope would describe the business better.
Choose a structure you can work with
The right route depends on how you contract, whether you want a partner and whether you intend to employ a team. Individual creative permits have scheme-specific conditions. Check those with the provider and compare them with the relevant company options before deciding.
Use Dubai’s licence guidance alongside the authority’s activity list. Ask about workspace, permitted combinations and any extra approvals for the actual services you intend to advertise.
Agree the artwork handover early
A client may assume that paying for a logo includes editable files, every unused concept and unlimited future changes. Your agreement should explain the deliverables, revisions and usage rights in ordinary language.
- List final formats and whether source files are included.
- Record the treatment of fonts, photographs and stock assets.
- Agree permission to show the project in your portfolio.
- Set out approval and payment stages.
Keep the brand and company checks separate
A customer’s approved trade name does not settle trademark ownership or permission to use a particular visual. Raise those questions when the design brief arrives. Our trade name and trademark guide explains the distinction.
For your own company, budget for the licence, workspace, visas where needed, software subscriptions and renewal. Include any printing or production activity in the same discussion rather than bolting it on after formation.
Kompani Setup can help compare suitable formation routes using your proposed design packages and hiring plans. Bring one sample client brief so the conversation stays focused on work you will actually do.
