The Creative BriefThe document that decides whether the work can succeed.MarketingWhat a brief must settle.1The business problemWhat must change commercially, stated as a number.2The audienceA specific person in a specific situation, not a demographic band.3The single propositionOne thing to convey. Not three.4The supportWhy that claim is credible.5The desired responseWhat you want them to think, feel or do.6The constraintsMandatories, channels, budget and timing.If the proposition needs a comma and the word 'and', it is twopropositions and the work will carry neither.The Creative Brieflearnposters.com
The Creative Brief — printable business wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

The Creative Brief, step by step

What a brief must settle.

  1. The business problemWhat must change commercially, stated as a number.
  2. The audienceA specific person in a specific situation, not a demographic band.
  3. The single propositionOne thing to convey. Not three.
  4. The supportWhy that claim is credible.
  5. The desired responseWhat you want them to think, feel or do.
  6. The constraintsMandatories, channels, budget and timing.

If the proposition needs a comma and the word 'and', it is two propositions and the work will carry neither.

Questions about the The Creative Brief poster

What’s on the The Creative Brief poster?
6 numbered steps. What a brief must settle. The business problem — What must change commercially, stated as a number.; The audience — A specific person in a specific situation, not a demographic band.; The single proposition — One thing to convey. Not three.; The support — Why that claim is credible.; The desired response — What you want them to think, feel or do.; The constraints — Mandatories, channels, budget and timing.. If the proposition needs a comma and the word 'and', it is two propositions and the work will carry neither.
Who is the The Creative Brief poster for?
The Creative Brief belongs to the Marketing section rather than to a school year, because business is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning advertising & creative can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the The Creative Brief poster?
A brief with no single-minded proposition produces work with no single-minded effect. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so The Creative Brief belongs on the wall where that business work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with The Creative Brief?
Setting the Budget, Measuring Advertising and What Advertising History Teaches sit alongside The Creative Brief in the Marketing section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Setting the BudgetMeasuring AdvertisingWhat Advertising History Teaches
Is the The Creative Brief poster free to download and print?
Yes. The Creative Brief downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Marketing section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the The Creative Brief poster print at?
The Creative Brief is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of The Creative Brief loses nothing.Printing guide

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