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Often designers look for a partner who has a different skill set than their own. It could be someone who can handle administration, legal paperwork, or client follow-up, or it may even be someone to handle the money side of things. Whatever it is, designers look for someone with knowledge in an area in which they have little experience or interest.

While this is a good idea, it often makes it difficult to fully outline the roles and responsibilities of each partner. It’s hard to equate your partner’s equal share of work with your equal share of work. It’s also difficult to fully appreciate and agree on the value of each other’s skills. What one partner does may not be as highly valued by the other partner. In fact, it’s not unusual for the designer to feel a little abused over time because he or she seems to be doing all the work, with little or no downtime, while his or her partner appears to be finished his or her work on time and heads home for the evening.

Resentment can also build around the topic of “grunt” work. Grunt work is the “heavy-lifting” part of the business. If one partner feels this type of work is not equally distributed and shared, it can have an adverse effect on the partnership.