Create a smart brief
A brief defines the goals, audience, messaging, and key milestones for a campaign or initiative.
You can create a smart brief from either of the following locations:
- Briefs page
- Briefs tab in the campaign overview page
You can add content manually or use the AI Assistant to generate text and build a timeline with key milestones.
Tip
Alternatively, you can generate a brief using Brand Assistant.
Create a brief from the Briefs page
To create a smart brief from the Briefs page:
- In the navigation menu, click Strategy.
- In the left sidebar, select Briefs.
- On the Briefs page, click Create brief.
- In the Create brief dialog, select a brief type, then click Create brief.
- To rename the brief, click its default name at the top of the page, enter a new name, and press Enter.
- Complete the required fields. Depending on the field type, you can optionally use the following:
- Rich text fields - use the toolbar to format text.
- Fields with AI Assistant, use AI to generate text:
- Click the AI Assistant icon on the toolbar.
- Enter a prompt describing the content you want to generate.
- Click Send .
- Refine the generated draft, then refine the prompt and regenerate it if needed.
- Click Accept to insert the content.
- Timeline field - use AI to generate milestones:
- Click AI Suggestions.
- Review the generated suggestions.
- Regenerate or remove suggestions as needed.
- Click Accept to insert the timeline.
- To upload supporting media, click Upload.
- Click Save.
The new brief is added to the Briefs page. You can then link it to one or more campaigns as needed.
Create a brief from the Briefs tab
To create a smart brief from a campaign's Briefs tab:
- In the navigation menu, click Strategy.
- In the left sidebar, select Campaigns.
- On the Campaigns page, select the campaign for which you want to create a brief.
- On the campaign's Overview page, click the Briefs tab.
- Click Add brief, then select Create manually.
- In the Create brief dialog, select a brief type, then click Create brief.
- To rename the brief, click its default name at the top of the page, enter a new name, and press Enter.
- Complete the required fields. Depending on the field type, you can optionally use the following:
- Rich text fields - use the toolbar to format text.
- Fields with AI Assistant, use AI to generate text:
- Click the AI Assistant icon on the toolbar.
- Enter a prompt describing the content you want to generate.
- Click Send .
- Refine the generated draft, then refine the prompt and regenerate it if needed.
- Click Accept to insert the content.
- Timeline field - use AI to generate milestones:
- Click AI Suggestions.
- Review the generated suggestions.
- Regenerate or remove suggestions as needed.
- Click Accept to insert the timeline.
- To upload supporting media, click Upload.
- Click Save.
The new brief is added to the Briefs page and appears on the campaign's Briefs tab.
Next steps
After saving the brief, you can also:
- Create and assign to-do tasks to those working on the brief.
- Add reviewers to provide feedback or comment on the brief.
- Link the brief to a campaign.
- Convert the brief into a campaign when you're ready to launch.
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