Business 101 for Designers: Creative Briefs€¦ · What is a Creative Brief? • A document that...
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Start Up & Working Creative consulting firm structure
and work process.
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Creative Work Flow• Listen to a problem (interview them)
• Think about it (concept/strategy)
• Come up with ideas (design, illustrate)
• Create a diagram (sketch, animatic)
• Sell it (presentation)
• Make it (or hand-off to others)
• Deliver it (on time)
• Bill it
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Project Work Flow
• Projects tend to follow this pattern: STEP 1: Get a call from a client STEP 2: Get a project STEP 3: Create a proposal/contract STEP 4: Get a signed contract STEP 5: Do a full Creative Brief STEP 6: Begin creative work in phases (as outlined in the contract) STEP 7: Deliver and Invoice
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Once you’ve discussed how you will work with a client, you need to understand
what you’ll be working on. Briefings come before and after contract development.
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Your need to be fully prepared to design. That means getting
a proper Creative Brief.
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What is a Creative Brief?• A document that is foundation or framework for
your creative approach
• A summary of key factors impacting a project
• Gives you and the client a common language
• Provides a metric for design/creative approvals: helps you build and defend the work
• Is a great management tool
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A Creative Brief will answer these questions:
• What is this project? Why are we doing it?
• What is the problem or opportunity here?
• Who is the target audience? Why do they care?
• Where and how will it be used?
• How will it be remembered and retold?
• What needs to be done? By whom? and, when?
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Creative Briefing• Overview: Who are they? What is their product or service?
Strengths & Weaknesses? Price point? Competitors?
• Strategy: What are we doing? What are the goals and objectives? What is the delivery media? Any research? Opportunities? Propagation Plan (building buzz into product DNA)
• The Audience: Who is the customer? Demographics? Psychographics? Changes in customers? Customer FAQs?
• Specific Project Info: What are the specs? Who is working with us? Technical parameters? Life Span? Restrictions?
• Schedule: When is this due? Meetings or Benchmarks?
• Summary: Client contact info?
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Briefing Exercise
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Value of Creative Briefs• Links creative to the client’s goals
• Summarizes client expectations
• Indicates how success will be defined, measured, and evaluated
• Guides the decision making process
• Makes approvals clearer and easier for clients
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Keys to Successful Collaborations
• Do what you say you are going to do
• Stay in constant communication
• Treat clients as important contributors
• Create work that meet their goals
• Deliver on time and on budget
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Writing tips for Creative Briefs
• Keep it short: focus, focus, focus
• Assume no prior knowledge
• Use simple sentence structure
• Don’t solve the problem, frame it
• Add visuals to the content
• Use the right format and tone for your team
• Provide clear deliverables and benchmarks
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Clients expect us to be creative. However, they also expect us to
manage our projects well. Creative Briefs assist us
in that goal.
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Homework View: Running a Design Business: Creative
Briefs lynda.com Video Develop 5 multiple choice Q’s
Write: Creative Brief on the Shoe exercise
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Thank You