Overview
Creatives are the actual ad content that users see - the videos, images, text, and interactive experiences that bring your brand message to life. In the Scope3 platform, creatives are created and stored at the Brand Agent level (the advertiser’s account), then referenced by multiple campaigns as needed.Important Architecture: Creatives belong to Brand Agents, NOT to campaigns. You first create creatives in the brand agent’s library, then campaigns reference those creatives. This enables reuse across multiple campaigns.
Creative Architecture
How Creatives Work
Creatives implement specific formats using assets: Key Concepts:- Assets - The actual media files (images, videos, text) you provide
- Format - The AdCP specification that defines requirements
- Creative - Implements a specific format using your assets
- Delivery - Creative is delivered to campaigns that need that format
Asset Requirements
Important: All creative assets must be uploaded to a public CDN where we can access them. You provide URLs to your assets when creating creatives.
Core Creative Concepts
1. Creative Types
🎬 Video
Connected TV & Online Video
- 15s, 30s, 60s formats
- VAST/VPAID compatible
- Adaptive bitrate streaming
- Captions and overlays
🖼️ Display
Banner & Rich Media
- Standard IAB sizes
- Responsive layouts
- Retina-ready graphics
- HTML5 animations
📝 Native
In-Feed & Content
- Headline + description
- Sponsored content format
- Platform-native styling
- Multiple image ratios
🎮 Interactive
HTML5 & Playables
- Rich interactive experiences
- Game demos
- Product configurators
- AR/VR experiences
2. Creative Formats
Creatives implement specific formats defined by publishers and standards bodies. Each creative targets one format.📖 Learn About Creative Formats
Understand how AdCP formats work and how creatives implement them
3. Creative Assignment Pattern
Creatives follow a create-once, use-many pattern: Benefits:- Efficiency: Upload once, use everywhere
- Consistency: Same creative across campaigns
- Performance Tracking: See which creatives work best
- A/B Testing: Easy creative rotation
Creative Lifecycle
Creative Creation Approaches
Choose from three approaches to create creatives:Use existing ad server tags (e.g., Google CM360, Flashtalking)We take your ad server code and wrap it in a creative - it’s a single step:Best for: Teams with existing ad server relationships
How it works: Your ad server tag is passed through directly to publishers
Campaign Assignment
Creatives are assigned to campaigns during creation or via updates:Step 4: Performance Optimization
The platform automatically optimizes creative delivery based on performance:📊 Creative Rotation
Automatic A/B Testing
- Even rotation initially
- Performance-based weighting
- Winner emergence over time
- Statistical significance testing
🎯 Contextual Matching
Right Creative, Right Context
- Sports content → Athletic creatives
- News sites → Native formats
- Entertainment → Video focus
- Shopping → Product displays
⚡ Dynamic Optimization
Real-Time Adjustments
- Dayparting optimization
- Device-specific selection
- Audience resonance
- Fatigue management
🔄 Format Adaptation
Cross-Platform Delivery
- Automatic format conversion
- Resolution optimization
- Bandwidth adaptation
- Platform compliance
Creative Best Practices
Quality Guidelines
🎬 Video Creatives
🎬 Video Creatives
Technical Requirements
- Resolution: 1920x1080 minimum (4K preferred)
- Frame rate: 24-30 fps standard
- Bitrate: 10+ Mbps for HD
- Audio: 128 kbps minimum stereo
- Hook within first 3 seconds
- Clear brand identification
- Captions for sound-off viewing
- Strong CTA in final frame
- Multiple duration versions (15s, 30s)
🖼️ Display Creatives
🖼️ Display Creatives
Design Standards
- High contrast for readability
- Mobile-first responsive design
- Retina-ready graphics (2x resolution)
- File size under 200KB for display
- 300x250 (Medium Rectangle)
- 728x90 (Leaderboard)
- 160x600 (Wide Skyscraper)
- 320x50 (Mobile Banner)
- 300x600 (Half Page)
📝 Native Creatives
📝 Native Creatives
Content Strategy
- Value-first messaging
- Editorial-style writing
- Authentic imagery
- Subtle brand integration
- Headline: 25-40 characters
- Description: 75-90 characters
- Clear value proposition
- Action-oriented CTAs
API Mapping
Core Creative Operations
Create Creative
POST /creatives
- Add new creative to brand agent libraryList Creatives
GET /creatives
- View all creatives for a brand agentUpdate Creative
PUT /creatives/{id}
- Modify creative propertiesAssign to Campaign
PUT /campaigns/{id}
- Assign creatives via campaign updateAdvanced Creative Tools
Format Discovery
GET /creative-formats
- Discover available formats and specsAsset Management
POST /assets
- Manage reusable asset libraryPublisher Sync
POST /creative/sync
- Sync to publisher platformsApproval Status
GET /creative/approval
- Check publisher approval statusCommon Patterns
Multi-Format Campaign Launch
Creative Performance Analysis
Troubleshooting
❌ Creative Not Delivering
❌ Creative Not Delivering
Common Causes:
- Creative not approved by publishers
- Asset URLs not accessible (403/404 errors)
- Format incompatible with inventory
- File size exceeds limits
⚠️ Poor Performance
⚠️ Poor Performance
Diagnostic Steps:
- Check creative age (fatigue after 4-6 weeks)
- Verify audience-creative match
- Review competitive landscape
- Test new variations
🔄 Sync Issues
🔄 Sync Issues
Publisher Sync Problems:
- Spec mismatches
- Missing required fields
- Approval delays
Next Steps
🚀 Quick Start
Create your first creative in the main quickstart guide
🤖 AI Agents
Leverage AI for creative generation
📊 Performance
Analyze creative effectiveness
Pro Tip: Start with 3-5 creative variations to enable meaningful A/B testing. The platform’s ML optimization works best with multiple options to choose from.