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Emma Wilson
June 26, 2026 ยท Work
SKILL LEVEL
Intermediate
AI TOOL
๐Ÿค– ChatGPT

Our campaign briefs went from vague to actually useful. AI helped.

I manage marketing for a mid-size brand and the number of campaigns that have gone off the rails because of a bad brief is embarrassing. The creative team gets a vague brief. They make assumptions. We get back work that misses the point. Multiple revision rounds. Everyone frustrated. I started using ChatGPT to stress-test briefs before they go out. I paste the brief and ask: "What questions would a creative director ask about this brief before starting work? What's unclear, missing, or ambiguous?" The list that comes back is painful to read. But better to find those gaps before the creative team does. We've also started using it to write the "insight" section of briefs โ€” the bit that explains why the audience would care about what we're saying. That's the hardest part to articulate and AI is surprisingly good at it given the right context. The briefs are tighter. The work coming back is better. The number of revision rounds has dropped. I'll take that.

โฑ Time saved: 2-3 revision rounds per campaign๐Ÿ’ฐ Money saved: $5,000+ in wasted creative time
โœฆ WORKFLOW STEPS
1Write your brief as normal
2Paste into ChatGPT and ask what a creative director would question
3Answer those gaps and update the brief
4Ask it to help write the audience insight section if stuck
5Send the improved brief
๐Ÿ“‹ THE PROMPT
Here is a creative brief: [paste]. What questions would a senior creative director ask about this before starting work? What is unclear, ambiguous, or missing? Be direct.

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