Gave myself a day to calm down and still pissed. I designed a typeface for a client as part of a larger brand system. I didn’t have to. No one asked me to. I felt that it was necessary to do it (1/2)

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Just no. You won't look like an asshole if you speak up with the truth. Email or talk to them directly. If they don't respond appropriately and take the post down and stop claiming credit, pursue it with your ECD. You have the proof of the work, they don't.

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Do it anyway. They are the ones who should feel weird about it, not you. Sorry that is annoying

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I’m sorry, totally hear you. And been there!!!

A) Absolutely do NOT credit your partner when you post it. So many will take credit for your work in the future. Start getting used to it now and fight for your dignity! It’s YOUR work and people will know the truth if it comes from you!

B) Do you get along with your DD? Leadership accepts criticism when there’s humility or a sense of humor. Because consequence: you go hard and they think you’re a selfish prick. (You are not but that will be their perception.) And 5 years from now when you apply to a job, and your DD will be friends with the recruiter, and they will ask, “Hey do you know this girl?” Your DD will be like, “Oh yah she’s talented. But she has a stick up her ass and tends to be sensitive about taking credit. Oof.” = no good. I swear your paths will cross again in one way or another.

I often get my point across with questions: “Hey so I was curious to understand where the credit to X came from. Did you just want him to feel good about himself/make him happy? No I mean he’s definitely a nice guy and I’m happy others get to shine thanks to my work. Is that how [agency] usually credits teams?”

And he could be like, “Oh wait your partner didn’t work on it at all? My bad, I thought he assisted you in some way...” and then he could catch up his mistake at the next agency meeting and be like “Look at the stellar work that was wonderfully led by [you]”

That way, he hurts no ones feelings (guy’s and yours) but making sure you’re the one to shine.

Please do fix it now because this won’t be the last time this work will come up in public settings.

I have SO been there. Was even taken off the public agency meeting and other leechers presented MY work in front of my face, and THEY were congratulated. 🤬😚

Good luck!

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Absolutely claim it!

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To give our client a more unique voice. I finally got the typeface to a place where I felt it was ready to use and send to people. Yesterday my white male DD posts it on his Instagram and puts “designed in collab with [my name here] and [fellow male poc designer]”. The most they did was offer some feedback when I sent them the typeface originally to let me know if they saw any weird kerning or odd letters. There wouldn’t even be an original typeface if I hadn’t pushed for it and said I could do it. Now I feel like I’m going to look like an asshole if I post the typeface anywhere and only credit myself

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Claim it. There’re too many assholes like that out there.

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Post it and show some of of your progress sketches. Just talk about your work and your struggles. Make it about you and the process. People will always steal work and credit themselves and find better opportunities but you actually did the work so instead of feeling shitty about the situation feel empowered and proud that you made something others want to steal! And after all one day when you actually have to prove what you can do you would be able to versus someone who claimed work that wasn’t theirs.

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“He worded the post like he had done the work and that the other designer and I merely helped” To be honest, I wouldn’t worry too much about that. You are not competing with your DD for jobs, you have separate eco-niches. When my CCO posts on Facebook about a campaign I CD’d, nobody thinks he did all the work, and it really helps me with the exposure — all his CCO friends now know stuff in my book. And your DD probably has some good DD friends following him, too. He’s still an asshole, your guy. But I wouldn’t confront him.

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Thanks all. I’m still trying to figure out how I can approach this situation with my DD. He’s a nice guy and I definitely don’t think he did this understanding how his post and comments could be perceived.

As for the other designer, I don’t even think he realises what happened. He’s been on vacation this past week. I don’t think he would ever try and claim this as his own either. My biggest issue was that the DD worded the post like he had done the work and that the other designer and I merely helped.

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Agree with the above about taking credit.
(But should anyone be posting client work that hasn’t gone live yet?)

I disagree with the comments above. While it’s awesome and amazing that you had the idea and initiative to create a typeface, our work is a team sport. Do you think Michael Jordan got pissed when his team celebrated a win? It took your boss to assign the project to you, and perhaps fight for it in meetings. It took someone to cultivate a good client relationship so they would buy it. It took someone navigating the politics of the organization to agree on the brief. It took someone costing up the job so your team got paid. Don’t be such a hungry ghost. Your boss credited you and deserves to be proud of his team’s work. Even if you wished he had have said, “check out x’s work” you shouldn’t be mad that he didn’t. Cultivate your generosity. Do what you want with it in your own channels.

@droga5 1 I get where you’re coming from and I appreciate it but there’s a difference between the team effort that went into the brand system as a whole and the part I solely contributed. No, you’re right, Michael Jordan wouldn’t get pissed if his whole team celebrated a win, but Michael also gets credit for the points he contributed. Just like each players gets credit for their points and assists.

Anyway, my boss and I chatted. He understood where I was coming from and I better understood why he posted it that way. When I post this project on my portfolio, I plan on crediting the whole team on the branding, but certainly calling out myself on the typeface.

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