Client proposals

Freelance proposal

Send a small business one page with your photo, what you'll deliver, your plan week by week, and your fee with the deposit worked out.

A one-page freelance proposal with a smiling designer's photo in a peach circle, a big headline, a checklist of deliverables, a four-step timeline, and a navy card that shows the £6,400 fee.
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A4 PDF
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Client proposals
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Free to copy and use in your own templates
Source
Made by thirds.ai with the open-licence Bricolage Grotesque and Figtree fonts, a licensed studio portrait, and fictional sample names.

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About this design

What you can make with it.

After a first call, send a small business one page with your photo, what you'll deliver, and your plan week by week. Your fee sits in a bold card, and the deposit and balance work themselves out. Change the client, the plan, and the fee for each new job.

Your details

What you can change.

These are the words and numbers you swap for your own. The design stays the same.

  1. Freelancer nameA short text.
  2. Freelancer roleA short text.
  3. ContactA longer text with more than one line.
  4. Client nameA short text.
  5. Project titleA short text.
  6. GoalA longer text with more than one line.
  7. ApproachA longer text with more than one line.
  8. DeliverablesA list of items. Each item has item.
  9. PhasesA list of items. Each item has when and what.
  10. FeeA number.
  11. Deposit percentA number.
  12. Valid untilA short text.
  13. Next stepA short text.
Sample data
{
  "freelancer_name": "Yuki Pickering",
  "freelancer_role": "Brand designer",
  "contact": "yuki@pickeringdesign.co.uk\n07700 900418",
  "client_name": "Ottery Street Roasters",
  "project_title": "A brand your regulars spot across the street",
  "goal": "Your roastery has outgrown its hand-drawn logo. It looks different on every bag, cup, and sign, so new customers don't remember you.",
  "approach": "I'll draw one bold mark, pick your colours and type, and test them on real bags and cups in the shop. You'll see every step before we sign off.",
  "deliverables": [
    {
      "item": "Logo in three layouts"
    },
    {
      "item": "Colour and type guide"
    },
    {
      "item": "Bag labels for four blends"
    },
    {
      "item": "Cup sleeve and loyalty stamp"
    },
    {
      "item": "Shop window sign"
    },
    {
      "item": "Social media starter pack"
    }
  ],
  "phases": [
    {
      "when": "Weeks 1–2",
      "what": "Shop visit and mood boards"
    },
    {
      "when": "Weeks 3–4",
      "what": "Two logo routes, you pick one"
    },
    {
      "when": "Weeks 5–6",
      "what": "Labels, cups, and signs"
    },
    {
      "when": "Week 7",
      "what": "Brand guide and handover"
    }
  ],
  "fee": 6400,
  "deposit_percent": 50,
  "valid_until": "20 Nov 2026",
  "next_step": "Reply to say yes and I'll book your start date for 30 Nov."
}

For developers

Make this file from your code or your AI tools.

Save your copy once, then send the new details with each request. Each finished file costs 1 credit.

API request
curl https://thirds.ai/v1/pdf \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $THIRDS_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: freelance-proposal-1" \
  -d '{"template_id":"tpl_your_copy","version":1,"data":{"freelancer_name":"Yuki Pickering","freelancer_role":"Brand designer","contact":"yuki@pickeringdesign.co.uk\n07700 900418","client_name":"Ottery Street Roasters","project_title":"A brand your regulars spot across the street","goal":"Your roastery has outgrown its hand-drawn logo. It looks different on every bag, cup, and sign, so new customers don'"'"'t remember you.","approach":"I'"'"'ll draw one bold mark, pick your colours and type, and test them on real bags and cups in the shop. You'"'"'ll see every step before we sign off.","deliverables":[{"item":"Logo in three layouts"},{"item":"Colour and type guide"},{"item":"Bag labels for four blends"},{"item":"Cup sleeve and loyalty stamp"},{"item":"Shop window sign"},{"item":"Social media starter pack"}],"phases":[{"when":"Weeks 1–2","what":"Shop visit and mood boards"},{"when":"Weeks 3–4","what":"Two logo routes, you pick one"},{"when":"Weeks 5–6","what":"Labels, cups, and signs"},{"when":"Week 7","what":"Brand guide and handover"}],"fee":6400,"deposit_percent":50,"valid_until":"20 Nov 2026","next_step":"Reply to say yes and I'"'"'ll book your start date for 30 Nov."}}'
MCP call
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "render",
    "arguments": {
      "output": "pdf",
      "idempotency_key": "freelance-proposal-1",
      "request": {
        "template_id": "tpl_your_copy",
        "version": 1,
        "data": {
          "freelancer_name": "Yuki Pickering",
          "freelancer_role": "Brand designer",
          "contact": "yuki@pickeringdesign.co.uk\n07700 900418",
          "client_name": "Ottery Street Roasters",
          "project_title": "A brand your regulars spot across the street",
          "goal": "Your roastery has outgrown its hand-drawn logo. It looks different on every bag, cup, and sign, so new customers don't remember you.",
          "approach": "I'll draw one bold mark, pick your colours and type, and test them on real bags and cups in the shop. You'll see every step before we sign off.",
          "deliverables": [
            {
              "item": "Logo in three layouts"
            },
            {
              "item": "Colour and type guide"
            },
            {
              "item": "Bag labels for four blends"
            },
            {
              "item": "Cup sleeve and loyalty stamp"
            },
            {
              "item": "Shop window sign"
            },
            {
              "item": "Social media starter pack"
            }
          ],
          "phases": [
            {
              "when": "Weeks 1–2",
              "what": "Shop visit and mood boards"
            },
            {
              "when": "Weeks 3–4",
              "what": "Two logo routes, you pick one"
            },
            {
              "when": "Weeks 5–6",
              "what": "Labels, cups, and signs"
            },
            {
              "when": "Week 7",
              "what": "Brand guide and handover"
            }
          ],
          "fee": 6400,
          "deposit_percent": 50,
          "valid_until": "20 Nov 2026",
          "next_step": "Reply to say yes and I'll book your start date for 30 Nov."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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