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Creative Strategy & Direction

Principles, briefing, direction and the frameworks behind work that lands.

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What this shelf covers

  • Briefing: how to write one, how to read one, how to push back on one
  • Creative direction as a discipline — setting it, holding it, changing it
  • Strategic frameworks, diagnosis and the argument for a direction
  • Testing strategy, creative diversity and how a portfolio of work is planned

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  • The campaign idea that comes out of the strategy — Campaign Ideas & Platforms
  • What the brand stands for and how it is positioned — Brand & Positioning

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Brand & PositioningCampaign Ideas & PlatformsCopy & MessagingVisual DirectionProduct PhotographyCampaign & Lifestyle PhotographyCreative ProductionTalent & CastingAI Creative Models & Agents

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