Fill a proven creative-brief template — objective, audience, message, deliverables and timeline — then export a client-ready PDF.
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No deliverables yet — click Add deliverable to list each asset, its format/size and quantity.
No milestones yet — click Add milestone to lay out key dates from brief approval to final delivery.
The PDF uses your browser’s print dialog — pick “Save as PDF” for a clean, client-ready brief on a letterhead. The Markdown copy/download drops straight into Google Docs, Notion or an email. Empty sections are left out automatically.
A creative brief is the short, agreed document that sets up a creative project before any work begins. It captures what you're making, who it's for, the single thing it needs to say, and how everyone will know it worked. The brief is written by the marketer, brand or account lead and signed off by the client, then it becomes the reference the whole team — strategists, designers, writers, directors and editors — works against. A good brief is tight: one page is the goal, two pages is the limit. Its job is to focus the work, not to describe everything.
Use this as your creative brief template checklist — the builder above has a field for each:
Want a creative brief example to start from? Click Load example in the builder above — it fills in a complete brand-film brief you can edit and export as your own design brief sample.
The single-minded message is the part most briefs get wrong. It is not a list of everything that's true — it is the one idea you want to land. Write it as a single sentence in plain language a stranger would understand. If you need an "and" to fit a second idea in, you have two messages, and the work will end up saying neither clearly. Pressure-test it: does it come from a real audience insight, can your reasons to believe actually back it up, and could a competitor honestly say the same thing? If a rival could claim it word for word, sharpen it until only your brand can.
The creative brief is the first document in the chain — every later document inherits from it. Once the brief is approved, the concept becomes a storyboard that shows the idea frame by frame; the storyboard breaks down into a shot list of the coverage you need; the shot list is ordered into a shooting schedule; and each shoot day turns into a call sheet that tells cast and crew where to be and when. Get the brief right and every step after it points the same direction — which is exactly why it's worth the hour it takes to write one well.
A creative brief is a short document that aligns a team and its client on a creative project before work starts. It states the background, the objective, the target audience, the single-minded message, the deliverables, the tone, the timeline and the budget — so designers, writers and directors all build toward the same goal. Load the example above to see a complete one.
At minimum: project name and client, background and context, a measurable objective, the target audience, the single-minded message, reasons to believe, tone and style, the deliverables with their specs, any mandatories (logos, legal, brand guidelines), the timeline and milestones, the budget, and who approves the work. The builder above gives you a field for each — load the example to see them all filled in.
Start from the goal and work outward: write the objective and how you'll measure it, describe the audience and what you want them to feel or do, then distil everything into one single-minded message. Add the reasons to believe, the tone, the deliverables and the practicalities (mandatories, timeline, budget, approvers). Keep it to a page, cut anything that doesn't help the team make the work, and get it signed off before briefing creatives.
They're the same document for different scopes. A creative brief covers any creative project — a film, a campaign, a brand idea — and leads with the message and the audience. A design project brief is a creative brief focused on a design deliverable (a logo, a website, a layout) and usually goes heavier on deliverables, specs and mandatories. This template works for both: fill the sections that apply and leave the rest blank — empty sections are omitted from the export.
One page is the target; two is the limit. A brief exists to focus the work, so the discipline of fitting it on a page is part of the value — if it runs longer, you're probably describing the project instead of briefing it. Keep each section to a few tight sentences and push the detail into deliverables, specs and mandatories where it belongs.
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