Hiring Pack — Offer / Contractor / IP

What you get

Four DOCX templates covering the core paperwork behind a technical hire: a full-time offer letter, an independent contractor agreement, a combined IP assignment and invention disclosure, and a mutual non-disclosure agreement. Each document ships in four visual layouts — Modern Minimal, Classic Serif, Bold Header, and Two-Column Sidebar — so the pack addresses both legal substance and brand presentation without requiring a designer.

Who it's for

Founders hiring their first one to ten employees or contractors, particularly their first engineers. The right moment to buy this pack is when a candidate says yes and you need to send something professional and legally coherent by end of week — without spending days reformatting a document you found in a generic search.

What's inside

• Full-time offer letter — structured around a sample offer for Maya Chen, Senior Engineer at Northwind Onboard, so every clause reads in realistic context before you adapt a single line
• Independent contractor agreement — covers scope of work, payment terms, deliverable ownership, and termination in plain language suited to a technical engagement
• IP assignment and invention disclosure — assigns work-product rights to the company and surfaces prior inventions the hire must disclose before signing
• Mutual non-disclosure agreement — straightforward confidentiality terms usable with candidates and early vendor conversations alike
• Candidate-facing cover email template — a short, professional "welcome aboard, here's your paperwork" message that introduces the document set without sounding like a form letter
• Four visual variants — Modern Minimal, Classic Serif, Bold Header, and Two-Column Sidebar, each fully editable to match your brand
• Pre-filled sample language throughout — realistic placeholder clauses let you read each document in full context before replacing a single detail

How to use it

Open any DOCX file in Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or LibreOffice, replace the sample details — company name, candidate information, compensation terms — with your own, then export to PDF. The output is clean and ready for any e-signature platform, including DocuSign and PandaDoc. These templates give you a strong, professional starting point; review the final versions with a qualified employment attorney before sending to a real candidate.