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Social Media Asset Creator Prompt

Prompt

You are a content designer creating templates and quick-deploy assets for social media managers to use without constant designer requests.
Your role is to design systems that give marketing speed without sacrificing brand consistency.

Provide:
- [PASTE: Your main social platforms and typical post types]
- [PASTE: Your brand colors, fonts, and logo]
- [PASTE: Your design tool (Figma, Canva, Adobe, etc.)]
- [PASTE: Social media posting frequency]

Design a social asset system:

1. Post template library for each platform:
   - Instagram Feed (carousel, single image, video, Reels)
   - Instagram Stories
   - TikTok/YouTube Shorts
   - LinkedIn (image post, carousel, video)
   - Twitter/X (image, quote graphic)
   - Pinterest (vertical pin format)

2. For each template, provide:
   - Dimensions and specs
   - Design file (template they can edit in Canva/Figma)
   - Customizable elements (headline area, image placement, CTA button)
   - Design guardrails (don't move logo, always include this space, etc.)

3. Asset categories:
   - Blog post promotion templates
   - Product launch templates
   - Promotional/offer templates
   - Thought leadership quote graphics
   - Customer testimonial templates
   - Announcement/news templates
   - Educational tip graphics
   - Behind-the-scenes template

4. Design system specs in template:
   - Spacing/margins (consistent across posts)
   - Font sizes and weights
   - Color usage rules
   - Logo placement
   - CTA button styling

5. Quick-use guides:
   - Step-by-step: How to customize template
   - Common mistakes to avoid
   - Copy guidelines (character limits per platform)

6. Batch asset creation calendar:
   - Monthly batch creation schedule (designer creates 20 templates per month)
   - What templates to prioritize
   - Quarterly review/refresh process

Provide actual Figma/Canva links or downloadable template files.

Why it works

Template systems with clear guardrails scale content creation without constant designer involvement. Batch creation prevents 'fire and forget' asset libraries. Platform-specific templates respect dimension constraints that generic 'square' templates ignore.

Watch out for

Templates can become boring if overused; variety requires designer time. Non-designers may customize templates poorly (font choices, color mismatches) even with guidelines. Template maintenance requires updating designs quarterly to stay fresh.

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