Can I post my work done in the studio in my portfolio?

Question

Design

I am a designer. He worked in the studio, rose to art director. I quit my job of my own free will and posted all the works (JPG of the main pages) that I made in the studio - in the portfolio.
For some reason, the studio was dissatisfied with this step and sent a request to the resources where my portfolio was posted with a request to remove my work, because they allegedly belong to the studio.
Q: Do I have the right to post my work in my portfolio?

Answer 1

According to the law, as far as I know, all exclusive rights to what you do (create, write code, etc.) as part of your position belong to the organization you work for, unless otherwise specified in the contract. You may have authorship, but authorship is somewhat different than exclusive rights. You had to agree with your superiors about whether you can include in your portfolio the projects that you did as part of your current position. But the studio has every right not to give consent if it is the holder of exclusive rights. Of course, if the contract states otherwise and there is a clause on such cases, then you should act within the framework of the contract.

Answer 2

If they signed a contract in which this was stipulated and / or NDA, then it is quite understandable why the studio took such actions.
In general, I recommend starting a closed portfolio, and making several open projects for the sites. Show a closed portfolio, for example, when communicating with a client or in an application, although if you signed an NDA, this is not the fairest step.

Answer 3

No you don't, that's theft

Answer 4

No. Your work belongs to the company, not to you. You can post screenshots of projects and write your role in them.

Answer 5

An additional question here: what if you post works created in the studio, but indicating all the sources, and a detailed description of which part of the work you were responsible for and what you did? Or if you keep your personal blog while working in the studio, where you write about the global and current tasks that you face?
It’s just that with all the legal nuances, it turns out strange at the end, you worked for 1-3 years in the company, you decided to move on, and you can’t even show your activities in your portfolio ... it turns out that you simply didn’t do anything for 1-3 years ...

Answer 6

It is impossible to forbid you to indicate links to projects (since you are a web designer), indicating that you worked on these projects under the Labor Code of the Russian Federation.
But here it is forbidden to spread-show the source codes.
Screenshots are a controversial issue, the solution of which will depend on a bribe in court, most likely.

Answer 7

And you don't post. Get the studio to list "you" in the studio portfolio. I hope they have it.

Answer 8

A very difficult question.
To answer you need to know a little more:
1. Can you prove that you are the author?
2. Since the projects themselves belong to the studio - what exactly was your work? That is, did you create these pages according to your direct duties or not?
3. Was there some kind of trade secret agreement or regulation?
In any case, like this:
a. Don't be afraid of the court, there won't be one.
b. Whether the resource admins will delete these materials is not clear, in fact they can do as they want and will be right.