These community guidelines are a document where people can come to keep everyone associated with Fearless actionable for their behaviour, approach and adhering to our values. We created Fearless to change the way people get hired and build relationships within the design world. These guard rails have been put in place to ensure our community continues to flourish and create value for our members.

Before we get started on the logistics we'd like to remind people what the core values and principles of Fearless are:

Always go above and beyond for clients, candidates and the wider design community.

Don't sit around and wait for things, get after your goals.

People over profits. Period.

Make bold moves to drive purposeful change.

Fearless is a community for designers of all levels. We urge members to not assume the pronouns of others. While many of our members use he/she, for example, some use they/them. Remember not to judge people's gender based on their photos or names they use on LinkedIn.

We asked our community members and you've told us that spam is the quickest way to lose your enthusiasm. Spam includes surveys, irrelevant product or event promotions, and self-promotion without reason in the wrong channels. If you wish to promote a product or service via our community, you may use dedicated channels otherwise you will need authorisation from Tom or Lauren to do so. Anyone seen to be breaking this guideline could be removed from the community.

This will not be tolerated. Bullies and harassers in our community will be reported to the relevant authorities, and you will be removed from our channels.

Our community leads will have accountability over our channels to ensure our code of conduct is being followed. If they feel that anyone is violating these terms, they are within their rights to have you removed. They also will hold the responsibility of permitting entry into their channels.

If you are inactive for a period of 3 months or more, you will be removed from the channel. This is to ensure that we adhere our commitment to channel to make sure only active people are involved and our commitment to users that your data won't be stored without being active.

We encourage active participation. When someone reaches out, please try and respond. If you see a question or post unanswered feel free to comment and provoke conversation. We are all accountable for nurturing our shared community.

If you have a question or concern, don’t just sit on it. Please contact one of our community leads. Finally, if you believe a violation of law has occurred, please report immediately to us.

We created this community to serve our design community, so if you think we can do something to improve the experience or new services we'd love to hear your ideas. ❤