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+{
+  "name": {
+    "label": "Name",
+    "placeholder": "Richard Hendricks"
+  },
+  "position": {
+    "label": "Position",
+    "placeholder": "CEO, Pied Piper"
+  },
+  "phone": {
+    "label": "Phone Number"
+  },
+  "email": {
+    "label": "Email Address"
+  },
+  "description": {
+    "placeholder": "You can write about how you and the reference contact worked together and which projects you were a part of."
+  }
+}