Freelance motion project with explicit client sign-off

Challenge

A freelance motion designer delivered a 60-second launch cut for a B2B SaaS client. Feedback came as fragmented email notes (“can we try a different track?”) with no tie to a specific export version. Invoicing after “final” often triggered another round of unpaid tweaks.

Approach

The creative locked terms with two revision cycles on the hero cut milestone, then:

1. Submitted v1 in Review Workspace with timecoded comments.
2. Tracked 2/2 revision rounds used inline when consolidated feedback arrived.
3. Collected Approval Lock from the client marketing lead on the exported master.

Payment release opened only after approval — no more chasing “we’re good” replies.

Results

Approval dropped from roughly two weeks of async back-and-forth to three days with pinned, timecoded feedback. The client cited the Vault record when finance asked for proof of sign-off before releasing the milestone payment.

Takeaway

For short-form video, the win is not more comments — it is binding approval to the exact cut the client accepted under contracted revision limits.