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Distinguish production costs from the creative fee."},{"id":"contact","label":"Your contact","prompt":"Who should Erika reply to? Include your preferred reply method and time zone if requesting a call."}],"preparationSteps":["Choose a few relevant projects from the portfolio and explain what connects them to the brief.","Answer the questions below using the client’s actual details. Leave anything not yet decided as “to be confirmed”.","Review the draft and share it through Erika’s contact form. Confirm her interest and dates before making arrangements.","Appoint one production lead. Use the production guide to prepare a separate estimate request; the client contracts with and pays the provider directly."],"briefTemplate":"CREATIVE ENQUIRY — ERIKA BARKER\n\nClient / brand:\nProject / concept:\nRelevant portfolio links:\nPhotographs / films needed:\nIntended usage, markets and duration:\nCity / location / travel:\nProposed dates / flexibility:\nDelivery deadline:\nBudget range (creative fee and production separately):\nProduction lead / team:\nContact name / reply method / time zone:\n\nAnything not yet decided: to be confirmed.\nErika’s interest, availability, fees and final scope: to be agreed.\n\nProduction is arranged and paid for directly by the client, separately from Erika’s creative fee.","assistantHandoff":{"task":"Shortlist relevant portfolio projects, explain the fit using the published evidence, and prepare a creative inquiry for the client to review.","submission":"Use the contact page after the client reviews the brief. This document does not book a shoot or authorize outreach, payment or sharing private client details.","evidence":"Credits and source links describe historical work. Brands, publications, collaborators and inspiration are not interchangeable client relationships. Portfolio subjects are not portraits of Erika.","confirmation":"Do not invent availability, fees, licensing rights, production arrangements or client details. Ask for missing information and confirm current terms with Erika and the production provider."}}