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Before you sign that UX design contract, check these three things.

A product design engagement can start as “design the app” and grow into research, testing and hand-off support. The contract decides which of those the fee covers, what counts as done, and whether you may show the work afterwards.

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Example
Medium risk— a few terms deserve a closer look

This product design agreement lets the work grow on request while the fee stays fixed.

Lower riskHigher risk
Against youHigh · Scope

Research and testing added on request

“As the Company may request” lets research, testing and developer hand-off grow without a limit while the fee in Schedule A stays the same.

Ask for

Ask for the deliverables to be listed, with research, testing and hand-off priced separately if they are wanted.

  • No portfolio use, everMedium · IP
  • Confidentiality never endsMedium · Confidentiality
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The numbers

In May 2025, there were 113,330 wage and salary jobs for web and digital interface designers in the U.S., with a median annual wage of $104,000.

Median hourly wage, U.S., May 2025: web and digital interface designers ($50.00) and 28 other occupations these pages cover. Each dot is one occupation's median.

These figures count jobs, not people, and do not include self-employed work — so they say little about how many web and digital interface designers work freelance or run their own business.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, national estimates for SOC 15-1255. Public domain.

Scope, portfolio rights and NDA length

  1. Scope of the engagement — Research, prototypes, testing and developer hand-off are separate pieces of work. A scope that lists them, with what is excluded, keeps them from being added for free.
  2. Portfolio rights — Some agreements bar you from showing any of the work. Check whether you can show it after launch, or with client details removed.
  3. Confidentiality length — An NDA with no end date can cover product details long after they are public. Look for a time limit and the usual exceptions.

Check the agreement before the kickoff call

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