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Design Business - Creative Briefs
Design Business - Creative Briefs
a. Whoever has the most client and project knowledge is the best person to write the brief.
b. The more you boil down the information , the more useful a creative brief will be.
c. Drivers
- What drives the creative ?
- What will the design achieve ?
- What is purpose of the work ?
- Define top 3 objectives
- Summarize insights
- What is driving you as creative team
- How do you know when you’ve done good job.
d. Audience
- Define who the design is for
- What do they think about the production / service ?
- What will appeal to this audience?
- What is the audience talking about on social media ?
- What would be effective call for action for this target audience.
e. Competitors
- Define competition
- What are they saying to the target audience ?
- SWOT the competition
- Objectively compare to your client.
f. Tone
- Describing mood, voice and pov
- What adjectives describe the approach and personality ?
- How should content flow ?
- How does customer behaviour affect the style ?
g. Message
- Summarize what needs to be said
- Key message
- Identify client offering
- What is the audience take away ?
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h. Visuals
- Thematic iconography
- Decide to develop new images or existing
- What type of images (photo, illustration or infographics ?
- How do existing style guides affect the project
i. Project details
- Liste deliverables ( discuss preconcieved ideas)
- Get technicals
- What is the best delivery media
- Timeline and budget
j. People
- Who is involved ?
- Who are the stakeholders/supervisors?
- How do clients want to be communicated to ?
2.3. Creative brief development process
3. Write It
- Match discoveries with the 10 categories
- Write, then re-wrire
4. Client Approval
- Solicit their feedback
- Let the client have their say here
- Let clients be controlling and precise about their creative briefs.
- Have a written approval.
5. Begin Design
- Review with team members
- Add any missing info
- Send it back to the client for approval
- Lock it and design
Review of sample creative briefs > refer exercise file > make your own.
Listen > Collaborate > Frame the problem > Build Trust
Show respect throughout the project so that client returns with more projects.
WRITING UP
1. Overview :
2. Strategy :
3. Audience
4. Project details
5. Schedule :
6. Contact info :
2. Keep it current
- Infuse your briefs with relevant and current references
- Designers are typically consumers of what most current in any society
- You’ve got to reach the designer first.
1. Have a deadline
2. Don’t try to be perfect
3. Skip around
4. Write as much as /as fast as you can.
5. Talk it through
Measuring a creative brief’s effectiveness = how well did the creative work to achieve the
client’s goals
Creative briefs > frameworks > assignment’s frameworks > serve as a set of metrics >
guidelines for a project.