Smiths & Tailors Terms and Conditions

Effective Date: April 19, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Smiths & Tailors. We are a curated platform that connects vetted motion designers in Los Angeles with entertainment and commercial producers who need them. By using this site, you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, please do not use the platform.

These Terms form a binding agreement between you and Smiths & Tailors LLC ("Smiths & Tailors," "we," "us," or "our"). Read them carefully.

2. Definitions

Platform: The Smiths & Tailors website at smithsandtailors.com, including all related services, features, and content.
User: Anyone who accesses or uses the Platform, whether logged in or not.
Designer: A motion designer, VFX artist, animator, or other creative professional accepted into the Smiths & Tailors network.
Producer: A producer, production company, agency, studio, or other entity using the Platform to find and engage Designers.
Content: Portfolios, reels, images, text, profile information, messages, and any other material posted, shared, or transmitted on the Platform.
Account: A registered user profile on the Platform.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to use the Platform. By creating an Account, you confirm that you meet this requirement and that the information you provide is accurate, current, and complete. You are responsible for keeping your Account information up to date.

We reserve the right to refuse, suspend, or terminate any Account at our discretion, including if we determine that an applicant does not meet our quality standards or has violated these Terms.

4. The Platform and What It Does

Smiths & Tailors is an introduction service. We curate a network of vetted Designers and provide Producers with access to their portfolios, contact information, and credentials. Once a Producer and Designer connect, any work, contract, payment, or business relationship between them is entirely their own.

We do not act as an employer, agent, manager, or representative of any Designer. We do not negotiate rates, contracts, or terms of work. We do not guarantee that any Producer will hire any Designer or that any Designer will accept work from any Producer.

We may, from time to time, offer additional services such as concierge placement, in which we personally recommend Designers to Producers based on project requirements. Any such service is offered at our discretion and subject to separate terms where applicable.

5. Accounts and Curation

Smiths & Tailors is invite-only and curated. Designer applications are reviewed individually and acceptance is at our sole discretion. We may decline applications, archive incomplete profiles, or remove Designers from the network at any time.

Producers may sign up to browse the Designer network. Some features may require a paid subscription or other qualification.

You are responsible for all activity on your Account. Keep your password secure. Notify us immediately if you suspect unauthorized access.

6. Payments, Subscriptions, and Fees

Some features of the Platform may require payment. All fees are stated on the relevant signup or pricing page.

Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. You may cancel at any time through your Account settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.
Refunds are not provided for partial billing periods unless required by law.
Payment processing is handled by third parties, currently Stripe. Your use of those services is subject to their own terms and privacy policies.
Smiths & Tailors does not take a commission on work arranged between Designers and Producers. We charge subscription and access fees only.

We may change pricing at any time. Existing subscribers will be notified of price changes before they take effect.

7. Designer Content and Licensing

Designers retain full ownership of all original work they post on the Platform. By posting Content, Designers grant Smiths & Tailors a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to display, reproduce, and distribute that Content for the purpose of operating, promoting, and marketing the Platform. This includes showing Designer work on the Platform itself, in The Motion Brief newsletter, on Smiths & Tailors social media accounts, in promotional advertising on the website, and in promotional materials.

Designers may revoke this license by removing their Content or closing their Account, though Content already published in newsletters or printed materials may remain in circulation.

Designers are responsible for ensuring they have the rights to post any Content they upload, including any work made for hire, NDA-restricted material, or third-party assets.

8. Producer Use and Contact Information

Producer subscriptions grant access to Designer contact information for the purpose of engaging Designers for legitimate creative work. Producers agree to:

Use Designer contact information only for direct, professional outreach related to actual or potential creative projects.
Not share, sell, scrape, or redistribute Designer contact information to third parties.
Not use the Platform to send spam, mass marketing, or unrelated solicitations.
Treat Designers professionally and respect their stated rates, availability, and terms.

Violations may result in immediate account termination without refund.

9. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

Post Content that is illegal, infringing, defamatory, harassing, hateful, or sexually explicit.
Impersonate another person or misrepresent your affiliation with any individual or organization.
Use bots, scrapers, crawlers, or any automated means to access, copy, or extract data from the Platform.
Use Platform Content to train artificial intelligence or machine learning models.
Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of the Platform, other Accounts, or related systems.
Reverse engineer, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract source code from the Platform.
Interfere with or disrupt the Platform or its servers.
Use the Platform to circumvent Smiths & Tailors and recruit Designers or Producers for a competing service.

10. Intellectual Property

The Smiths & Tailors name, logo, design, code, copy, and overall look and feel are owned by Smiths & Tailors and protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. You may not copy, modify, distribute, or create derivative works based on the Platform without written permission.

Designer Content remains the property of the Designer. Producer-submitted information remains the property of the Producer. Both are licensed to Smiths & Tailors only as described in these Terms.

11. AI and Automated Data Collection

Smiths & Tailors expressly prohibits the use of any Platform Content, including Designer portfolios, reels, profile information, and editorial content, for the purpose of training, fine-tuning, or otherwise developing artificial intelligence or machine learning models. This prohibition applies whether the Content is accessed through the Platform directly or through any third party.

Automated scraping, crawling, or data extraction is prohibited. Our robots.txt file and HTML metadata reflect this prohibition. Bypassing these signals constitutes a violation of these Terms and may result in legal action.

12. Confidentiality

Communications between Producers and Designers conducted off-platform are not monitored or stored by Smiths & Tailors. Users are responsible for handling any confidential information shared during those communications, including NDAs or other agreements between the parties.

13. Disclaimers

The Platform is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We do not guarantee that the Platform will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that any specific result will be achieved through its use.

We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of any Designer portfolio, credit, rate, or representation. Producers are responsible for vetting Designers for their specific project needs.

We do not warrant the conduct, professionalism, or work quality of any Designer or Producer. Any engagement between users is at their own risk.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Smiths & Tailors and its founders, employees, contractors, and partners will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including lost profits, lost revenue, lost data, or business interruption, arising from or related to your use of the Platform.

Our total liability for any claim arising under these Terms is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months preceding the claim, or one hundred dollars, whichever is greater.

15. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Smiths & Tailors, its founders, employees, and contractors from any claim, demand, loss, or expense, including reasonable attorney fees, arising from your use of the Platform, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any third-party rights.

16. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your Account at any time for any reason, including violation of these Terms or behavior we determine is harmful to the Platform or its users. You may close your Account at any time through your Account settings or by contacting us.

Upon termination, your right to access the Platform ends immediately. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination, including intellectual property rights, disclaimers, limitations of liability, and dispute resolution, will survive.

17. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict of laws principles. Any dispute arising from these Terms or your use of the Platform will be resolved as follows:

The parties will first attempt to resolve any dispute informally through direct communication.
If informal resolution fails, disputes will be resolved through binding arbitration administered by a recognized arbitration service in Los Angeles County, California, in accordance with its commercial arbitration rules.
You waive any right to participate in a class action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration against Smiths & Tailors.
Notwithstanding the above, either party may seek injunctive relief in court for intellectual property infringement or unauthorized access.

18. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced on the Platform or by email at least seven days before they take effect. Continued use of the Platform after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the new Terms.

19. Contact

For questions about these Terms, contact us at info@smithsandtailors.com.