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Priya's Wednesday, two versions

9 lessons · 29 prompts

A day in the life of a Creative Director: what changes with these prompts.

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Priya, a creative director at a mid-sized brand agency.

Priya starts Wednesday with a kickoff call for a sparkling water brand. The notes are a mess of half sentences, client asides, and a deadline that moved twice. Before the course, she would spend the next hour turning that into a brief while her team waited.

Now she opens Claude, pastes the notes, and uses the Draft Creative Briefs prompt. She adds one line: the client wants a calmer, more grown-up feel than last year. In ten minutes she has a structured brief with objectives, audience, and a tone section. She edits the tone section herself, because that is the part that matters.

After lunch, she uses Generate Campaign Concepts to get three distinct territories for the same brief. She asks for mood directions and a few line options. One territory is too safe, one is too strange, and the middle one gives her team something real to push against. She sends it to them with a note: react to these, then bring your own.

At four, a client calls to say the last round felt too quiet. Priya uses the Pitch And Present To Clients prompt to build a short narrative for Thursday's meeting, with a slide on why the quieter direction fits the brand. She also uses Review And Critique Work to turn her own scribbled notes into clear feedback for her junior team. She leaves at 5:15 and makes her pottery class, which she has missed three weeks in a row.

Before

  • Kickoff notes scattered across three notebooks
  • Brief written after everyone has left
  • Concepts stuck in one safe lane
  • Feedback delivered in a rush

After this course

  • Brief done before the second coffee
  • Three territories the team can argue about
  • Feedback the juniors can use
  • Pottery class on a Wednesday

What you'll learn

  • Draft briefs: Turn messy kickoff notes into a clear brief the team can use.
  • Shape concepts: Generate distinct territories and lines to react to and refine.
  • Critique work: Pressure-test ideas against the brief and give clear feedback.
  • Pitch to clients: Build a tight narrative and prepare for pushback.
  • Plan shoots: Turn a concept into a shot list and talent direction.
  • Keep brand voice: Define tone and check copy across every touchpoint.
  • Lead your team: Run sharper one-on-ones and hand off work clearly.
  • Write case studies: Turn finished work into a strong story and learn new tools.

How this course works

  1. 9 lessonsOne task of your job each, from draft creative briefs to write case studies and learn.
  2. Ready-to-paste promptsCopy, fill in the parts in {{brackets}}, paste into ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  3. Tick and completeTick the prompts you tried and mark each lesson complete.
  4. Get certifiedFinish and keep the prompts as your own library.