For brands, in writing.

The Nexus Club Agency is the editorial and commercial counterparty. Members on the platform are independent creators, not employees of the agency, and your contract for any campaign is with the agency unless a brief states otherwise. Members are bound to the agency through their membership and to the campaign through the brief.

A campaign is the deliverable described in the brief — posts, stories, reels, captions, comments, replies — bound to the publishing window the brief names. Anything not named in the brief is not in scope. Re-scoping mid-flight is in writing only and is paid against the agreed margin.

Campaign fees are flat and stated in the brief. Invoicing is on kickoff; payment is due net-fifteen unless the brief names another window. The schedule below is the standing form:

1. Brief signed → invoice issued (day 0).
2. Member confirms receipt and opens the publishing window (day 1–3).
3. Campaign delivers per the brief (within the named window).
4. Payment due to the agency — net-fifteen from invoice, unless the brief shortens or extends the window.

If a brand's payment is delayed beyond day fifteen, the agency fronts the member's stated payout from its own treasury per the disputes policy — the member is paid on time regardless. Brand-side late payment may accrue interest at the prevailing commercial rate after a written grace period; outright non-payment terminates standing on the brand side and is a matter for the agency's collection counsel.

Posts published through Nexus Club carry the disclosure required by the holder's jurisdiction, plainly and above the fold, per our Editorial Standards. Brands agree not to ask a member to bury, weaken, omit, or backdate a disclosure. A request to do so is a breach of these terms and ends the campaign without refund.

The member retains copyright in the work they create. The brand receives a perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the campaign deliverables for the purposes named in the brief — typically: the campaign post itself; reposting on the brand's owned channels for ninety days; case-study use with attribution. Paid media uses, dark posts, and likeness usage outside owned channels are negotiated separately and named in the brief.

Where the brief asks for category exclusivity, it must name a category, a window, and a geography. Open-ended or industry-wide exclusivity is not in scope. Reasonable category exclusivity for the publishing window is the standing default; outside the window, members are free to take other work.

Posts that have been published as part of a campaign cannot be silently un-published by either party after the window closes. Removal requested by the brand is a chargeable change order; removal initiated by the member follows the disputes path. Removal compelled by law (a regulator, a court order) is recorded and communicated to both parties.

Briefs, member identities prior to public assignment, payout figures, and brand-supplied assets are confidential. The brand shall not share member identities outside the small set of brand-side approvers named in the brief. The same expectation runs in the other direction — members are bound by the member non-disclosure clause in the creator-side terms.

The brand indemnifies the agency and the member against claims arising from brand-supplied assets, brand-required claims, and the brand's use of the campaign deliverables outside the licence granted. The agency indemnifies the brand against claims arising from the agency's breach of these terms. Each side is responsible for its own wrongdoing; neither indemnifies the other against its own.

These terms govern from signature of the first brief through the completion of the last live campaign. Either party may decline to sign further briefs at any time. Termination of an in-flight campaign follows the dispute and removal sections above.

Disagreements travel the path described in the Disputes policy: written notice, direct exchange, editorial review, optional mediation, then binding arbitration in a recognised forum named in the brief. Nothing in these terms removes either party's right to seek injunctive relief in a court of competent jurisdiction.

Neither party is liable for indirect, consequential, or punitive damages. Direct liability for any campaign is capped at the fees paid or payable for that campaign. The cap does not apply to liability for gross negligence, wilful misconduct, breach of confidentiality, or indemnification obligations.

Brand-side questions, prospective briefs, or amendment requests: brands@thenexusclub.org. Disputes: disputes@thenexusclub.org. Notices and corrective actions on these terms are dated and published at this URL; brands on a long-running engagement receive written notice of material changes.