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The Hypothesis-First Creative Brief Kit

The brief structure I use to turn a raw campaign request into a testable, on-brand decision. Your team can move without bringing every campaign back to you.

A brief that states the bet, not just the askBrand guardrails so the voice holds without youAn AI prompt that drafts it, not decides it
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What’s inside

Five files, one method

Many briefs tell your team what to make without naming what the business expects to learn. A brief that does not state a falsifiable expectation may produce creative, but it cannot tell your team what they learned.

Evidence first in the thinking. Hypothesis first in the brief. Hook after both.
01
The brief template

The fill-in, 8-part brief. Copy it for every campaign.

02
The hypothesis guide

How to turn evidence into a hypothesis that can win or lose.

03
The worked example

One full brief, filled in, so you can see the shape.

04
The brand guardrails checklist

Brand Integrity Guardrails for voice, claims, experience, and pre-ship risk.

05
The AI prompt

A copy-paste prompt that drafts the brief without inventing the strategy.

This kit works on its own to improve a creative brief. But if your team can complete the brief only after asking you for the answers, you have not removed the bottleneck. You have documented it.

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