Campaign brief questions.

72 campaign briefquestions from the bank — open to read. Pick one and practice it out loud; a coach note comes back in seconds.

Learn the ideas first

All 72 questions

Drive 10K paid signups for a new B2B project-management tool in Q2. Audience: ops leads at series-A startups. Walk me through your brief.Audience targetingMid–seniorYou have a $2M budget to relaunch a consumer brand in 90 days. What's your channel mix and why?Channel mixSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd build a message hierarchy for a campaign whose product does five different things.Message hierarchyMid–seniorDesign a brief for a campaign that has to feel different from everything else in the category. Walk me through how you'd push the agency.Creative directionSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd set success metrics for a brand campaign that won't show direct purchase intent.Success metricsSenior–leadershipYour CMO cut your campaign budget by 40% the day before launch. Walk me through the prioritization.Budget allocationSenior–leadershipDesign a campaign for a meditation app trying to reach men over 50 who don't think the product is for them.Audience targetingMid–seniorYou're launching a B2B SaaS product into a category dominated by a single competitor. Walk me through your initial-quarter channel strategy.Channel mixSenior–leadershipYour client wants the brief to say 'fast, secure, and easy to use'. Walk me through how you'd push back.Message hierarchySenior–leadershipBrief a campaign that pivots from existing campaign aesthetics. How do you keep brand consistency while shifting the work?Creative directionSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd measure the success of an integrated campaign across paid, owned, and earned media.Success metricsSenior–leadershipDesign a campaign brief for a financial product targeting Gen Z who don't yet trust traditional banks.Audience targetingSenior–leadershipWalk me through a campaign brief for launching a CPG product in 10 grocery chains. Budget is $500K.Channel mixMid–seniorYour competitor just launched a campaign almost identical to your planned brief. Walk me through how you'd respond.Message hierarchySenior–leadershipBrief a campaign that requires humor without being clever. How would you direct the agency to avoid trying too hard?Creative directionSenior–leadershipWalk me through what you'd measure to know whether an influencer-led campaign was worth the spend.Success metricsMid–seniorHow would you split a $1M annual budget across always-on demand-gen and one tentpole brand moment?Budget allocationSenior–leadershipDesign a campaign for an enterprise product whose users hate marketing. What's the brief look like?Audience targetingSenior–leadershipYou're launching a campaign in three countries with very different media landscapes. Walk me through how you'd vary the mix.Channel mixSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd structure messaging for a campaign aimed at two distinct audiences who'd see the same creative.Message hierarchySenior–leadershipHow do you write a brief that gives the agency creative freedom without losing control of the outcome?Creative directionSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd set up an in-flight optimization plan for a campaign before launch.Success metricsSenior–leadershipWalk me through a brief that targets buyers and influencers in B2B who have different motivations.Audience targetingSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd choose between investing more in paid social or in content production for a content-led brand.Channel mixSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd construct a campaign message when your product solves a problem most people don't know they have.Message hierarchySenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd brief a campaign where the legal team has restricted half the obvious creative angles.Creative directionSenior–leadershipYour CMO asks you to defend last year's biggest campaign. Walk me through how you'd structure that read.Success metricsSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd allocate budget across an integrated campaign with brand, paid social, and influencer components.Budget allocationSenior–leadershipBrief a campaign for a luxury product targeting an audience that's increasingly skeptical of luxury signaling.Audience targetingSenior–leadershipWalk me through how you'd brief a campaign whose hero piece is a 60-second film. What does the rest of the orbit look like?Channel mixSenior–leadershipYou're launching a campaign for a new energy drink aimed at college students during finals season. Walk me through how you'd define the target audience in the brief.Audience targetingEntry–midWalk me through how you'd allocate a $50K budget across three channels for a local fitness studio's summer membership drive.Budget allocationEntry–midYou're briefing a campaign for a new podcast app. The product has discovery, offline listening, and social sharing features. How do you decide which benefit leads the message?Message hierarchyEntry–midBrief a social media campaign for a sustainable sneaker brand that wants to avoid looking preachy. What creative guardrails would you set?Creative directionEntry–midWalk me through what metrics you'd track for a TikTok-first campaign promoting a new snack brand to Gen Z.Success metricsEntry–midYou have $75K to launch a campaign for a tutoring service. Would you focus on paid search, Instagram ads, or local events? Walk me through your reasoning.Channel mixEntry–midWalk me through how you'd brief a campaign for a career-coaching service targeting recent layoff victims. How do you approach the audience sensitively in the brief?Audience targetingEntry–midYour campaign for a meal-kit service needs to work on both Instagram and podcast ads. Walk me through how you'd structure the message for each channel.Channel mixEntry–midYou're briefing creative for a campaign that needs to communicate both price and quality for a mid-range furniture brand. How do you balance these two messages?Message hierarchyEntry–midWalk me through how you'd measure success for a YouTube campaign aimed at driving app downloads for a language-learning tool.Success metricsEntry–midBrief a campaign for a bookstore's holiday sale. The owner wants it to feel warm and community-focused, not transactional. What creative direction would you give?Creative directionEntry–midYou have $25K for a back-to-school campaign for a backpack brand. Walk me through whether you'd invest more in content creation or media spend, and why.Budget allocationEntry–midYou're launching a premium electric vehicle in a market where Tesla owns 70% share of voice. Walk me through your campaign brief and how you'd differentiate.Creative directionSenior–leadershipDesign a brief for a healthcare app targeting uninsured hourly workers. Walk me through audience segmentation and your primary message.Audience targetingMid–seniorYou have $500K to drive awareness for a cybersecurity product among non-technical C-suite executives. What's your channel strategy?Channel mixMid–seniorWalk me through how you'd structure KPIs for a recruitment campaign aimed at diversifying your engineering team over 12 months.Success metricsMid–staff+Your legal-tech startup needs to acquire 500 law-firm clients in six months. Design your targeting strategy and explain your segmentation logic.Audience targetingMid–seniorBrief a campaign to reposition a legacy accounting software as AI-powered. How do you message innovation without alienating your existing base?Message hierarchySenior–leadershipYou're allocated $3M across performance and brand for a DTC furniture launch. Walk me through your budget split and the rationale.Budget allocationSenior–leadershipDesign a campaign brief for a sustainable fashion brand that refuses to use the word 'sustainable.' How do you convey the value?Creative directionMid–seniorYou're launching a neobank for freelancers. Build a channel plan that reaches them without relying on paid social. What do you prioritize?Channel mixMid–seniorBrief a campaign for enterprise cloud storage targeting IT buyers who've been burned by a competitor's data breach. How do you structure the message?Message hierarchyMid–seniorYou have 30 days and $150K to drive trial for a B2C subscription app before your Series A closes. Walk me through your brief.Budget allocationMid–seniorDesign a brief for a pharma brand campaign that must comply with FDA regulations but still feel emotionally resonant. Walk me through your approach.Creative directionSenior–leadershipYou're targeting CFOs at mid-market companies for a spend-management platform. Explain your audience research plan and key insights you'd need before briefing.Audience targetingMid–seniorWalk me through how you'd set success metrics for a nonprofit awareness campaign with no conversion event and a $200K budget.Success metricsMid–seniorYour gaming company is launching a title in a saturated genre. Design a go-to-market brief that explains how you'll break through.Creative directionMid–seniorBuild a message architecture for a B2B product whose core benefit is 'saving time' — but so do all your competitors. How do you own it?Message hierarchyMid–seniorYou have $1M to enter a new geographic market where your brand has zero awareness. Walk me through channel prioritization for months 1-6.Channel mixSenior–leadershipDesign a campaign targeting parents of teens for a mental-health platform. Walk me through how you'd navigate the sensitivity in your brief.Audience targetingMid–seniorYour board wants proof that brand spend drives pipeline. Walk me through how you'd design measurement into a campaign brief from day one.Success metricsSenior–leadershipYou're briefing an agency on a rebrand while the company is under public scrutiny. How do you direct creative without making the campaign feel reactive?Creative directionSenior–leadershipWalk me through your budget allocation for a product launch that needs both immediate sales and long-term category creation.Budget allocationSenior–leadershipBrief a campaign for an API product targeting developers who hate being marketed to. What channels and creative approach do you take?Channel mixMid–seniorYou're launching a premium grocery delivery service in a market dominated by low-cost players. Walk me through your positioning and primary message.Message hierarchyMid–seniorDesign a brief for a campaign targeting recent college grads for a personal finance app. How do you segment this audience and what's your lead message for each segment?Audience targetingEntry–midYour CMO says PR reporting on impressions is meaningless and asks you to rebuild the measurement framework for the annual earned-media program. Walk me through what you'd propose.Success metricsMid–seniorYou have $150K to launch a B2B product that has no obvious news hook. Walk me through how you'd split effort between earned and paid, and why.Channel mixSenior–leadershipYour company wants to be seen as an innovator, but coverage still frames it as a legacy player. Brief the media relations campaign to shift that — which outlets and voices, in what order?Audience targetingMid–seniorYour CEO wants a thought-leadership program and has five topics they're passionate about. Walk me through how you'd build the platform and what you'd tell them about the other four.Message hierarchyMid–seniorBrief a data-driven PR campaign built on commissioned research. What guardrails would you set so journalists treat the study as news rather than marketing?Creative directionMid–seniorA scaling startup is funding its first real PR program. Walk me through how you'd allocate the annual budget between an always-on press office and big campaign moments.Budget allocationMid–senior