The D&P division of design brand is responsible for finding new designer and bringing them to the design agency. They are expected to understand the current tastes of the market and to be able to find designers that will be commercially successful. For this reason, D&P people are often young and many are designers, design journalists.
D&P executive is authorised to offer a design contract, often in the form of a "deal memo": a short informal document that establishes a business relationship between the designers and the designer agency. The actual contract negotiations will typically be carried out by rival IPR lawyers hired by the designer's manager and the design agency.
D&P executives rely mostly on the word of mouth of trusted associates, critics and business contacts, rather than unsolicited demo Portfolio. They also tend to favor the bands that play in the same city as the design brand offices. Read Less