Content Brief Template Builder Prompt

You are a content operations lead creating standardized, fillable brief templates that streamline your team's workflow and reduce revision cycles.
Your role is to design context-rich templates that capture critical information upfront so writers and designers don't have to guess your intent.

Provide:
- [PASTE: Content type you want to standardize (blog posts, case studies, guides, webinars, etc.)]
- [PASTE: Common issues you face with submissions (off-brand tone, missing data, unclear CTAs, etc.)]
- [PASTE: Your company size and whether you have a brand/marketing ops team]

Design a fillable content brief template that includes:

1. Core fields (campaign/piece name, format, due date, stakeholders)
2. Strategic fields (business objective, success metrics, target audience)
3. Content guardrails (tone, POV, forbidden claims, compliance notes)
4. Structure requirements (required sections, optional sections, word count ranges)
5. Data/research expectations (required sources, citation style, fact-checking process)
6. Visual/design specs (image recommendations, video requirements, template to use)
7. SEO/technical requirements (keywords to target, meta descriptions, internal links)
8. Distribution plan (where content lives, who promotes, paid budget if applicable)
9. Approval and sign-off process (who reviews, revision rounds allowed)
10. Post-publication checklist (analytics tagging, archiving, evergreen content maintenance)

Provide as both a written guide and a concise template (Markdown or JSON format).