Creative Digital Media Production Unit 8: Lesson 9

What is a contract?

A written agreement concerning a persons employment. It lists what is expected of them including
job roles, legal requirements/issues and working hours as well as stating their pay/salary and
holidays entitlement.
Type of contract What it means Benefits Drawbacks
Full Time 5 day of work, Probably getting Might not have enough
37.5h. a week or enough money. time for yourself.
more
Part Time Less than 37.5h. a You will have more Getting less payed.
week free time.
Permanent Permanent job Dont have to You dont have
until retirement worry about losing flexible graphic.
a job.
Fixed Term You are specified Easier to achieve You cant leave the
for specific a target. project, you will
amount of time have to finish it.
Freelance Working on project Freedom of work Can be a problem of
to project for a hours finding a job.
client Choice of jobs.
Self-Employed Working for You are in control You have to rely only
yourself of your project. on yourself.

Type of Payment What it means

Salary A fixed amount per set amount of time. For
example 16000 per year.
Deferred payment An agreed sum of money payed in
instalments.
Fees Charging for rights or service. For
example to play a copyrighted song.
Payment on completion You get payed when you complete the
project.
Hourly rate Getting payed for time( hours for
example).
Commission Being hired and paid for a particular
project.
Advances An advanced payment of the total sum for
the employee live on whilst completing the
project.
Percentage of returns A percentage of the overall profit of a
product.

Types of unpaid work

 Type of work What it means
Pro Bono Working for a public benefit.
No Pay Simple no pay.
Working Experience No pay, just to get experience or name.
Voluntary Just helping out.

Go on to www.creativeskillset.org and click on to the job roles section.

Find three jobs that you find

appealing and make bullet points of
what the job entails and what
qualifications you will need.