Hi I am a web & graphics designer, works in a digital design agency. At the same time, I work as a freelancer, get work from local market and other countries. I have a personal website on which I upload all of my work I have done. The problem is, the work I do in my office where I am employed, they write a small quotation in the footer of each website i.e. Designed by Web Company etc. I want to ask is it reasonable if I also upload my design work I have done for my office to my personal portfolio website? Since my employer is paying me for that but I have few freelance projects to showcase them but have a long list of projects I have done in my office. Suggest me if I can upload official work to my personal portfolio website to show to the people my design skills and level. Also, If I upload it to my site, should I remove the quotation from footer i.e. Designed by Web Company. Regards
Since you have no rights to the work you do for the company (they own the copyright to the work you do), you can't even post that work on your site without violating their copyright. Ask the company if you can post your work on your site as part of your portfolio. If they give you permission, ask if you can remove their copyright notice (that's what the "quotation" is) from the work you put on your site. If you don't have their permission, you can at least be fired for putting the work on your site. In most countries you can also be sued for copyright violation.