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Brand Ambassador’s Duties.
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Brand Ambassador will support Company and its products, exclusively, through
Brand Ambassador’s online activities, including without limitation:
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maintaining publicly available profiles on at least two social media sites such
as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and/or YouTube, on which photos
and videos showing Company’s products are publicly available;
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sharing information on Brand Ambassador’s social media profiles regarding
Company and its products, and provide Brand Ambassador’s unique and
exclusive promotion code, which is provided by Company;
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posting at least once each calendar week on Brand Ambassador’s social media
accounts a high-resolution photograph, video and/or GIF showing Brand
Ambassador using a Company product or Company-issued collateral, such as
clothing, bag, cup, etc. that has the brand name or logo of the Company or a
Company product visible in the photograph, GIF or video. The Company
product or logo must be the focal point of a photograph or GIF, or in the case
of a video the Company product or logo must be the focal point for at least ten
(10) consecutive seconds;
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reviewing and responding in a positive manner to comments and posts by
third parties regarding Brand Ambassador’s posts;
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reviewing posts by potential and actual Company customers and commenting
on, or otherwise responding online to, such posts in a manner that informs
such customers about Company products in a positive manner;
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including links to Company’s social media accounts, which will be provided
by Company, in Brand Ambassador’s posts;
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following and interacting in a positive manner with Company via Company’s
social media accounts;
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sharing via Brand Ambassador’s social media accounts Company promotions,
such as giveaways, that are sent by Company to Brand Ambassador;
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tagging Company and its logos and brands, such as Syntrax®, in social media
posts and using specific hashtags, such as #syntrax, #syntrax[Brand
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maintaining at all times a positive and respectful online presence that
promotes and supports a positive image of Company and its products.
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Brand Ambassador shall provide notice in a timely manner to Company’s Marketing
Department regarding Brand Ambassador’s upcoming offline activities relating to
industry events, including without limitation speaking engagements, milestones, and
competitions, so that Company may, at its sole discretion, promote such activities via
Company’s social media accounts.
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Brand Ambassador will not sell or offer for sale, for any form of compensation,
through any channel any Company product. Without limiting the foregoing, Brand
Ambassador may, with Company’s prior approval, give away Company product(s) as
part of a promotion.
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Brand Ambassador will not promote any protein product or food supplement product
other than Company’s products, and will not promote any person or entity, other than
Company, that produces, supplies, markets, advertises, and/or promotes protein
products or food supplement products.
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Compensation
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Company will provide Brand Ambassador a unique promotional code (“Promo Code”)
that Brand Ambassador will display on Brand Ambassador’s social media profiles.
The Promo Code may be used by Brand Ambassador and Brand Ambassador’s social
media followers to receive a forty percent (40%) discount off of the advertised price
of Company’s products that are purchased at www.si03.com (“Promo Code
Discount”). Brand Ambassador will promote use of the Promo Code by Brand
Ambassador’s social media followers.
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Company will pay Brand Ambassador a fifteen percent (15%) commission (“Promo
Code Commission”) for all purchases made using Brand Ambassador’s Promo Code.
The Promo Code Commission shall be based on the amount paid to Company for a
product after the Promo Code Discount has been applied, and not the advertised price.
Company will pay the Promo Code Commission in one of the following two ways:
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Company will provide on a calendar monthly basis Brand Ambassador a store
credit equal to the Promo Code Commission, with such store credit being
redeemable only for purchase of Company products and/or collateral via the
website www.si03.com; or
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Company will pay Brand Ambassador the Brand Ambassador’s total,
cumulative Promo Code Commission within fourteen (14) business days after
the end of the applicable three-month term, so long as the total, cumulative
Promo Code Commission owed to Brand Ambassador for such three-month
term exceeds twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
Brand Ambassador will inform Company which option Brand Ambassador has
chosen when Brand Ambassador executes this Agreement. Company will update
Brand Ambassador’s Promo Code Commission each calendar week.
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Company will provide Brand Ambassador information and advice directed to
growing and managing Brand Ambassador’s social media presence.
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Company may, at its sole discretion, provide personal recognition for Brand
Ambassador on Company’s social media accounts.
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Company will identify, recognize and promote on Company’s social media accounts
Brand Ambassador’s speaking engagements, milestones, competitions, and other
relevant offline activities.
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Company may make available to Brand Ambassador, at Company’s sole discretion,
marketing materials for Brand Ambassador’s use in connection with Brand
Ambassador’s online and offline activities supporting Company’s products.
Company’s willingness to provide marketing materials pursuant to this Section will
be affected by the quality and frequency of Brand Ambassador’s activities supporting
Company’s products.
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Ownership Rights
Brand Ambassador acknowledges that the results and proceeds of
the services provided by Brand Ambassador pursuant to this Agreement, including without
limitation all ideas, photographs, videos, GIFs, printed media, images, themes, materials, and
designs developed, created and/or provided by Brand Ambassador (the “Work”) are owned by
Company for all purposes. Company may use any or all Work, or not use any or all Work, for
any purpose in its sole discretion. To the extent that any Work is determined to not be a work
made for hire, and without limiting the foregoing, Brand Ambassador hereby assigns and
transfers to Company all right, title, ownership and interest therein, presently known or
hereinafter ascertained, including without limitation all copyright, trademark, trade secret and
patent rights, as well as any rights of publicity therein, the right to secure the copyright,
trademark, trade secret and/or patent rights, as well as rights of publicity (and all renewals,
reissues and extensions of any kind thereof) throughout the world, without any restrictions as to
use, in return for consideration provided in this Agreement. For the sake of clarity, and without
revising the foregoing in any manner, Brand Ambassador agrees that Company ay reproduce,
modify, adapt, create derivative works from, distribute, display, license, assign, transfer and/or
otherwise use the Work, including anything assigned hereunder, and all elements and derivatives
thereof, in whole or in part, in all media now known or hereafter developed worldwide, in
perpetuity, royalty-free and without restriction of any kind. Brand Ambassador shall not display
in any media any Work that Company has modified, adapted, and/or derivatized, except in such
Work’s modified, adapted and/or derivatized form. Brand Ambassador acknowledges the
validity of Company’s copyrights, brands, trademarks, trade dress, trade secret, and patent rights,
whether or not created or contributed to by Brand Ambassador.
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Use of Likeness
Brand Ambassador grants to Company the irrevocable right and
permission to film, videotape, photograph and/or otherwise record Brand Ambassador, and to
reproduce, publish, distribute, display, broadcast, exhibit, and/or in any other way use Brand
Ambassador’s image, likeness, signature, voice, name (including nicknames), actual and/or
paraphrased statements, whether spoken or written, biographical information, and/or any other
information or attribute identifying and/or otherwise associated with Brand Ambassador
(collectively, “Likeness”), in whole or in part, distorted, altered, modified and/or adapted in
character and/or in form, alone and/or accompanied by other material(s), in perpetuity and
royalty-free, for any purpose whatsoever, including without limitation for the purpose of
advertising, publicity, promotion, and/or other marketing for Company, its products, and/or the
Work, in all media now known or hereafter developed, including without limitation all forms of
social media.
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No Right of Approval
Brand Ambassador affirmatively and irrevocably waives any
and all right to inspect and/or approve Company’s use, modification, dervitization, alteration,
and/or adaptation of the Work and/or Likeness, including without limitation any text, image
and/or other creative elements that may be used in connection with the Work and/or Likeness.
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Confidentiality
Brand Ambassador will regard and retain as confidential, and will not
divulge to any third party, or use for any unauthorized purpose (including without limitation for
Brand Ambassador’s own benefit) either during or after Brand Ambassador’s engagement with
Company, any proprietary or confidential information or know-how that Brand Ambassador
acquires in connection with Brand Ambassador’s activities pursuant to this Agreement, without
the prior written consent of Company. For the sake of clarity, and without revising in any
manner the intended broad scope of the foregoing, this Agreement, both in written form and the
provisions herein, is confidential information subject to this provision. Brand Ambassador
agrees to return to Company all confidential information, in whatever form, upon termination of
this Agreement.
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Representations and Warranties
Brand Ambassador represents and warrants that: (i)
Brand Ambassador has the full and unrestricted right and authority to enter into and fully
perform this Agreement, including without limitation granting the rights granted herein; (ii)
Brand Ambassador is not breaching any duty to any third party, including without limitation any
contractual duty, by entering into this Agreement; (iii) Brand Ambassador has, and will continue
to, comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations in rendering the services to be
performed pursuant to this Agreement; (iv) the Work is original to Brand Ambassador and has
not been copied, derived or otherwise based upon the work of any other person or entity; (v) the
grants provided herein relating to the Work and/or Likeness do not and will not violate the rights
of any third party, including without limitation any contract, copyright, patent, trademark, trade
secret, right of privacy, and/or right of publicity of any third party; (vi) the Work will not contain
any disparaging, pornographic, offensive, libelous, and/or defamatory material; and (vii) Brand
Ambassador will perform the services in a timely and professional manner.
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Release and Indemnity
Brand Ambassador hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
releases, discharges, and agrees to hold harmless Company and its officers, directors, employees,
agents, and licensees (collectively, “Company Parties”) from and against all actions, claims,
demands, causes of action, liabilities, damages, judgments, losses, costs, and expenses (including
without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) of any kind whatsoever, whether known or
unknown, arising at any time out of or in connection with use of the Work and/or Likeness
and/or any breach of this Agreement.
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Term
This Agreement will be effective as of the Effective Date set forth above, and will
remain in effect for at least three (3) months unless terminated by Company as provided below,
and will automatically renew for successive three-month periods unless written notice of
termination is given by either Party to the other Party prior to the end of the then-applicable term.
If such written notice of termination is given, this Agreement shall end at the end of the thenapplicable
term.
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Termination
Company shall have the right, at its sole discretion, to terminate this
Agreement immediately in the event that: (i) Brand Ambassador fails, neglects or refuses to
fully perform any of the obligations required by this Agreement; (ii) Brand Ambassador
materially breaches any provision in this Agreement, including without limitation any of the
representations or warranties made herein; (iii) Brand Ambassador commits any act or does
anything that is or may be an offense involving moral turpitude under any federal, state or local
law(s), or which brings Brand Ambassador, any Company Party, and/or any Company product
into public disrepute, contempt, scandal, or ridicule, or which insults or offends the community
or any substantial organized group thereof, or which might tend to injure the success of any
Company Party.
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Independent Contractor
Nothing in this Agreement is to be construed as creating an
employment, partnership, joint venture, association, agency, or any other relationship between
Brand Ambassador and Company. Brand Ambassador is an independent contractor in relation to
Company with respect to all matters arising under this Agreement. Brand Ambassador shall
have no express or implied right or authority to assume or create any obligation on behalf of, or
in the name of, Company or to bind Company to any contract, agreement, duty, or any other
undertaking with any third party.
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Assignment
Any or all of Company’s rights and obligations hereunder may be assigned
by Company without Brand Ambassador’s consent and, upon such assignment, Company shall
have no further obligation to Brand Ambassador, and shall no longer be liable to Brand
Ambassador in respect to any obligation assigned. Brand Ambassador’s rights and obligations
under this Agreement may not be assigned or transferred without Company’s prior written
approval.
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Choice of Law and Forum
This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State
of Missouri, U.S.A., without regards to its conflict of laws provisions, and Brand Ambassador
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and
federal courts sitting in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, U.S.A. in connection with any action,
litigation or proceeding relating to the subject matter of this Agreement.
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Miscellaneous
This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the Parties
and supersedes all prior agreements between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
and shall bind each Party and its successors and permitted assigns. No amendment or
modification of this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless made in writing and executed by
the Party against whom it is to be applied. No waiver by any Party of any of the provisions
hereof shall be effective unless explicitly set forth in writing and signed by the party so waiving.
No waiver by any Party shall operate or be construed as a waiver in respect of any failure, breach
or default not expressly identified by such written waiver, whether of a similar or different
character, and whether occurring before or after that waiver. No failure to exercise, or delay in
exercising, any right, remedy, power, and/or privilege arising from this Agreement shall operate
or be construed as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy,
power, and/or privilege hereunder preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, remedy, power, and/or privilege. If any part of this Agreement is determined to
be invalid or unenforceable, then such invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed
superseded by a valid enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original
provision, and the remainder of the Agreement shall remain in effect. The captions and section
headings used in this Agreement are solely for reference purposes and shall not be considered in
connection with construing or interpreting any provision in this Agreement.