Hey, I'm Ahad, founder of HeyOz. Most ad creative dies in the feed because it was built to look good, not to perform. I think creative is the last real lever left in paid media: targeting is commoditized, the auction is automated, and all that is left is whether your ad earns the click.
This is the system we use inside HeyOz to turn any product into ad creative built to win that click, from first concept to ready-to-test.
Read time: 8 minutes.
🧠Start Here: Install Your Creative Brain (do this once)
Every skill in this system gets dramatically better when Claude already knows your business. Before you run anything, load your Creative Brain one time. It becomes the shared context every skill pulls from, so you never re-explain your brand, offer, or audience again.
- Open Claude and select the latest model (Opus 4.x or newer).
- Create a new Project in Claude and name it "[Brand]: Creative Director." Projects keep your Creative Brain loaded across every chat.
- Copy the template below, replace every [BRACKET] with your real information, and paste it into the Project's custom instructions (or pin it as the first message).
- From then on, start any skill with "Using my Creative Brain, ..." and Claude personalizes every output to your brand automatically.
- Keep it alive. Every time you find a new winning ad or shift your positioning, update the Creative Brain so the whole system gets sharper.
# MY CREATIVE BRAIN
You are my AI Creative Director. This is the permanent context behind everything you produce. Reference it in every response and never contradict it.
## THE BUSINESS
Company: [NAME]
What we sell: [PRODUCT / SERVICE IN DETAIL]
Category: [B2B SAAS / DTC / OTHER]
Price point / ACV / AOV: [PRICE]
Primary conversion goal: [DEMO / TRIAL / PURCHASE / QUALIFIED LEAD]
## THE OFFER
Core offer: [WHAT THEY GET]
Front-end / lead offer (if any): [DESCRIBE]
Guarantee or risk reversal: [IF ANY]
Key differentiator: [THE ONE THING COMPETITORS CANNOT SAY]
## THE AUDIENCE (ICP)
Who buys: [ROLE / DEMOGRAPHICS / FIRMOGRAPHICS]
Core pain: [THE PROBLEM THAT KEEPS THEM UP AT NIGHT]
Desired outcome: [WHAT THEY ACTUALLY WANT]
Top objections: [3-5 REASONS THEY DO NOT BUY]
Awareness level: [PROBLEM-AWARE / SOLUTION-AWARE / PRODUCT-AWARE]
How they talk: [REAL WORDS AND PHRASES THEY USE]
## PROOF
Best results and numbers: [ROAS, REVENUE, GROWTH, TIME SAVED]
Strongest testimonials: [2-3 QUOTES]
Logos / clients / press: [IF ANY]
## WHAT IS WORKING NOW
Current best-performing ads: [TOP 2-3: hook, angle, format, why they win]
Target metrics: [CPA / CPL / ROAS / CTR TARGETS]
Channels: [META / TIKTOK / LINKEDIN / YOUTUBE / ETC]
## BRAND AND GUARDRAILS
Brand voice: [BOLD / TECHNICAL / PLAYFUL / PREMIUM / ETC]
Visual style: [COLORS, FONTS, AESTHETIC: polished, raw, editorial]
Words or claims to avoid: [BANNED WORDS, COMPLIANCE NO-GOS]
Competitors: [LIST + WHAT THEIR ADS LOOK LIKE]
Confirm you have absorbed my Creative Brain and are ready to act as my AI Creative Director.
How To Use This System
- Load your Creative Brain first. Everything below assumes Claude already knows your business.
- Pick the skill that matches the job: research, concept, copy, art direction, production, resizing, testing, or diagnosis.
- Replace anything in [BRACKETS] with your real inputs. When a skill asks for it, upload ad images, screenshots, or performance exports directly into the chat.
- Run skills in sequence for a full creative cycle: Research → Concept → Copy → Art Direction → Produce → Resize → Test → Diagnose → Scale.
- Treat every output as a senior first draft. Push back, ask for variations, and direct it. Your Creative Director gets sharper the more you steer it.
What This System Handles
A creative director sits between strategy, data, and production. This system covers the full scope:
1. Creative Research: audience mining, competitor teardowns, swipe-file pattern extraction
2. Concept and Angle Development: net-new concepts, angle expansion, pattern interrupts
3. Hook Engineering: scroll-stopping openers for static and video
4. Copywriting: primary text, headlines, descriptions, objection handling, by funnel stage
5. Art Direction: static, video, carousel, and UGC briefs ready for production
6. AI Creative Production: image and video generation prompts for AI static and AI UGC
7. Placement and Resizing: turning one winner into every placement and aspect ratio
8. Testing Frameworks: structured tests, 3:2:2, iteration sequences, kill and scale rules
9. Performance Diagnosis: reading data into creative decisions and fatigue detection
10. Scaling and Velocity: winner variations, sprint plans, production calendars
Every one of these is a runnable skill below.
Module 1: Creative Research & Intelligence
Skill 1: Deep ICP & Message-Market Fit Map
Using my Creative Brain, act as my creative director and build me a message-market fit map for my next round of ad creative.
Go deeper than my Creative Brain and pressure-test it:
1. CORE PAINS: the top 5 pains my ICP feels, ranked by emotional intensity, with the real-world consequence of each.
2. DESIRES: the top 5 outcomes they actually want (status, relief, identity), beneath the surface-level ones.
3. OBJECTIONS: every reason they hesitate to buy, and the belief behind each one.
4. LANGUAGE: the exact phrases, words, and metaphors they use to describe the problem (so my copy sounds like their inner monologue).
5. ENTRY POINTS: for each pain and desire, the single sharpest ad angle that opens the conversation.
Output a table: Pain/Desire | Emotional Driver | Their Words | Best Ad Angle. Then tell me which 3 angles you would test first and why.
Skill 2: Competitor Ad Teardown
Using my Creative Brain, tear down a competitor ad that appears to be working (it has been running a long time) and extract the strategy I can use.
Competitor ad:
Copy: [PASTE FULL COPY]
Visual: [DESCRIBE OR UPLOAD]
Format: [STATIC / VIDEO / CAROUSEL]
Running since: [DATE]
Tear it down:
1. Why does the hook work? What emotion does it open on?
2. What is the underlying copy framework?
3. Why does the visual stop the scroll?
4. What objections does it pre-empt?
5. What funnel sits behind this ad?
6. What is the one transferable principle here?
Then write 2 original concepts for my brand that use the same underlying principle but look and sound completely different. Full briefs.
Skill 3: Swipe File Pattern Extraction
Using my Creative Brain, I am going to give you a set of ads I admire. Extract the patterns I should steal.
[UPLOAD OR DESCRIBE 5-10 ADS: note what you liked about each]
Analyze:
1. Visual patterns that repeat across my picks.
2. Copy and hook patterns that repeat.
3. The emotional triggers I am instinctively drawn to.
4. What this reveals about my creative point of view.
5. Which patterns map best to my offer and ICP.
Then write 3 concepts for my brand that synthesize the strongest patterns into something original. Full briefs.
Skill 4: Market Angle Gap Finder
Using my Creative Brain, map the angle landscape in my market and find the gap I can own.
Here is what I see competitors doing: [DESCRIBE THE COMMON ANGLES, VISUALS, TONES, AND OFFERS IN MY SPACE]
Do this:
1. List every angle the market is already saturating.
2. Identify which angles are fatigued (everyone uses them, attention is dropping).
3. Find 3 angle gaps nobody is running that fit my differentiator.
4. For each gap, write a concept that would let me own it: hook, angle, format, and why it is defensible.
5. Flag the one contrarian angle that could break the pattern entirely.
Module 2: Concept & Angle Development
Skill 5: 10 Net-New Ad Concepts
Using my Creative Brain, act as my creative director and generate 10 genuinely different ad concepts for my next campaign. Not 10 versions of one idea: 10 distinct concepts across at least 5 emotional triggers (curiosity, fear, aspiration, social proof, urgency, identity, authority, transformation, humor, controversy).
For each concept give me:
1. CONCEPT NAME: a short memorable label
2. ANGLE: the emotional trigger or narrative
3. FORMAT: static, video, carousel, or UGC, and why
4. HOOK: first line for static (under 8 words) or first 3 seconds for video
5. CORE MESSAGE: 2-3 sentences
6. CTA: how it closes
7. WHY IT WORKS: the strategic reasoning
8. AUDIENCE: TOF cold, MOF warm, or BOF hot
End by ranking the 10 from highest to lowest expected performance with one line of reasoning each.
Skill 6: Angle Expansion (1 Winner → 5 Concepts)
Using my Creative Brain, I have a winning ad. Expand it into 5 new concepts that keep what works but give Meta's algorithm enough creative variation to keep scaling.
My winner: [DESCRIBE: hook, angle, creative, message, results]
Why I think it wins: [YOUR HYPOTHESIS]
Generate 5 expansions:
1. SAME ANGLE, NEW FORMAT
2. SAME ANGLE, NEW HOOK (different entry emotion)
3. SAME ANGLE, NEW PROOF (lead with different social proof)
4. SAME ANGLE, NEW PERSONA (rewrite for a sub-segment of my ICP)
5. SAME ANGLE, OPPOSITE TONE (flip serious to playful or vice versa)
For each: full brief: hook, primary text, headline, visual direction, format.
Skill 7: Problem-Aware Concept Generator
Using my Creative Brain, my audience knows they have a problem but does not know my solution exists. Generate ads that meet them exactly where they are.
For each of my top 5 pains, write 2 concepts:
- Concept A: PAIN AMPLIFICATION: make the problem feel urgent and expensive, then introduce my solution as the relief.
- Concept B: EMPATHY BRIDGE: prove I understand the problem deeply, then position my solution as the obvious next step.
For each concept: hook, primary text, headline, visual direction, format, and CTA.
Skill 8: Pattern-Interrupt Concepts
Using my Creative Brain, every competitor in my feed looks the same. Build me ads that break the pattern.
Generate 5 pattern-interrupt concepts:
1. CONTRARIAN CLAIM: challenge a belief everyone in my market holds.
2. UNEXPECTED FORMAT: a format nobody in my space uses.
3. TONAL SHIFT: a completely different emotional tone than the market.
4. ANTI-AD: make it feel like organic content, not an ad.
5. BOLD VISUAL: a visual so different it stops the scroll on disruption alone.
For each: hook, copy direction, visual brief, format, and why it stands out in the feed.
Module 3: Hooks, Copy & Messaging
Skill 9: Hook Engine (20 Scroll-Stoppers)
Using my Creative Brain, write me 20 hooks for [TOPIC OR OFFER], each engineered to stop the scroll in the first 1.5 seconds.
Cover a mix of these hook types and label each one:
- Curiosity gap
- Bold number or result
- Direct question
- Contrarian statement
- Story opener
- Fear of missing out
- Social proof lead
- "How to" promise
- Pattern interrupt
- Identity statement ("If you are a [TYPE]...")
Rules: one line each, no wind-up, written in my ICP's language. Rate each hook's predicted scroll-stop power from 1 to 10, then list the 5 you would produce first.
Skill 10: Primary Text Variations (5 Angles)
Using my Creative Brain, write 5 completely different primary text versions for the same offer so I can test messaging angles head to head.
Offer: [WHAT I AM PROMOTING: or pull from my Creative Brain]
Write 5 versions:
1. PAIN-FIRST: agitate the problem before the solution
2. RESULT-FIRST: lead with the transformation
3. STORY-FIRST: open on a personal or client story
4. SOCIAL-PROOF-FIRST: lead with numbers or testimonials
5. DIRECT-OFFER: skip setup, lead with what they get and why it is worth it
For each: the visible portion (before "see more"), the full body, and a matching headline.
Skill 11: Headline & Description Combinations
Using my Creative Brain, generate 10 headline and description combinations for the field below my Meta ads.
For each:
- Headline (under 40 characters)
- Description (under 30 characters)
- Why it works
Mix the approaches: benefit-led, curiosity, urgency, social proof, direct offer, and question-based. Flag the 3 you would test first.
Skill 12: Funnel-Stage Copy (TOF / MOF / BOF)
Using my Creative Brain, write ad copy for all three funnel stages, all promoting the same offer but calibrated to awareness level.
TOF (cold, never heard of me): lead with the problem and curiosity, no brand mention, goal is to stop and engage.
MOF (warm, engaged or visited): reference their interest, build trust, handle early objections.
BOF (hot, viewed pricing or added to cart): crush final objections, add urgency, make the CTA irresistible.
For each stage: primary text, headline, description, CTA button recommendation, and the creative format I should pair it with.
Skill 13: Objection-Handling Copy Bank
Using my Creative Brain, build me a bank of copy blocks that neutralize every major objection my audience has. I want to plug these into any ad.
For each objection in my Creative Brain (or the ones I list here: [OPTIONAL]), write:
- A 2-sentence block that handles it subtly, woven into an ad
- A 2-sentence block that handles it head-on
- A social-proof angle that dissolves it
Give me 15 total blocks I can mix and match across any creative.
Module 4: Art Direction & Production Briefs
Skill 14: Static Ad Creative Brief
Using my Creative Brain, write a complete static ad brief a designer can produce without asking a single question.
Concept: [ONE-LINE IDEA, OR ASK ME / PULL FROM A CONCEPT ABOVE]
Funnel stage: [TOF / MOF / BOF]
Emotional trigger: [WHAT THIS AD SHOULD ACTIVATE]
The brief must include:
1. AD CONCEPT: one sentence
2. HOOK TEXT: the on-image text overlay (under 8 words)
3. PRIMARY TEXT: full ad copy
4. HEADLINE and DESCRIPTION
5. CTA BUTTON: which and why
6. VISUAL DIRECTION: composition, focal point, color palette, typography, human element, product placement, background, and exactly what text appears where
7. REFERENCE: an existing ad or style this should feel like
8. DO NOT: what the designer should avoid
9. SPECS: recommended sizes (1080x1080, 1080x1350, 1080x1920)
Skill 15: Video Ad Brief (Scene by Scene)
Using my Creative Brain, write a complete video ad brief an editor or UGC creator can shoot from directly.
Length: [15s / 30s / 60s]
Format: [UGC / TALKING HEAD / B-ROLL / SCREEN RECORDING / HYBRID]
Emotional trigger: [WHAT IT SHOULD ACTIVATE]
Include:
1. CONCEPT: one sentence
2. HOOK (0-3s): what is shown and said. This is the most important part. Give me 3 hook options.
3. BODY: scene-by-scene: on-screen visual, voiceover or on-camera line, text overlay, pacing note
4. PROOF: where and how social proof enters
5. CTA (final 3-5s): what they see and hear
6. SOUND: mood, tempo, trending-audio direction
7. TEXT OVERLAYS: every on-screen line with timing
8. VISUAL STYLE: grading, lighting, polished vs raw
9. SHOT LIST: every shot needed, in order
10. DO NOT: policy flags and brand no-gos
Skill 16: UGC Creator Brief
Using my Creative Brain, write a UGC brief I can send a creator so they film exactly what I need with zero back-and-forth.
Product: [WHAT THEY ARE PROMOTING: or from my Creative Brain]
Length: [TARGET DURATION]
Include:
1. CREATOR PROFILE: age range, gender, energy, aesthetic, which audience segment they fit
2. SETTING: where to film and what the environment looks like
3. WARDROBE: what to wear and what to avoid
4. CAMERA SETUP: selfie, tripod, handheld, screen recording, or mixed
5. SCRIPT: word for word: hook (first 3s), body, CTA
6. TONE: conversational, excited, calm authority, testimonial, day-in-the-life
7. B-ROLL: every extra shot needed
8. DOs AND DON'Ts: specific instructions
9. DELIVERY: 9:16, raw plus one edited take, no burned-in captions
10. REFERENCES: 2-3 example ads to watch for tone
Skill 17: Carousel Ad Brief
Using my Creative Brain, design a carousel ad built to earn the swipe on every slide.
Offer / concept: [DESCRIBE OR PULL FROM ABOVE]
Number of slides: [3-6]
For each slide give me:
- The headline / on-slide text
- The visual direction
- The reason someone swipes to the next slide
Plus: the cover slide (must earn the first swipe), the final CTA slide, and the primary text caption that complements rather than repeats the carousel. Flag the single most important slide to nail.
Module 5: AI Creative Production
Skill 18: AI Static Image Prompt Builder
Using my Creative Brain, turn this static ad brief into ready-to-run image generation prompts for AI tools (Midjourney, Nano Banana, Freepik, or similar).
Brief or concept: [PASTE A BRIEF FROM SKILL 14, OR DESCRIBE THE AD]
For the concept, output:
1. A primary image prompt: subject, composition, lighting, lens, mood, color palette, and style, written the way the chosen tool expects.
2. 3 variation prompts: same concept, different visual treatments for testing.
3. Negative prompt / what to avoid.
4. The exact text overlay to add after generation (kept separate, since AI tools render text poorly).
5. Aspect ratio recommendations for the placements I am running.
Make the prompts specific enough that the output looks like a professional ad, not stock AI art.
Skill 19: AI UGC Script & Generation Prompt
Using my Creative Brain, build me an AI UGC ad I can produce with an AI video tool (HeyGen, Arcads, Veo, or similar).
Concept / angle: [DESCRIBE OR PULL FROM A CONCEPT ABOVE]
Length: [15s / 30s]
Output:
1. CREATOR PERSONA: the avatar type that best fits my ICP (age, energy, setting, vibe).
2. SCRIPT: word for word, written to sound like a real person, not an ad: hook (first 3s), body, CTA. Mark where to pause or emphasize.
3. SCENE / VISUAL PROMPTS: what each segment should show, written for the AI video tool.
4. ON-SCREEN CAPTIONS: every caption with timing.
5. B-ROLL or SCREEN-RECORDING inserts to cut in for authenticity.
6. 3 ALTERNATE HOOKS to test against the main one.
Skill 20: Concept Visualization Prompt
Using my Creative Brain, before I commit production budget, generate a mockup prompt so I can see this concept first.
Concept: [DESCRIBE]
Give me a single detailed image prompt that visualizes the full ad as it would appear in-feed: the visual, the rough placement of the hook text, and the overall mood. Then list the 3 things I should check in the mockup before greenlighting production.
Module 6: Placement, Resizing & Adaptation
Skill 21: Multi-Placement Resize Brief
Using my Creative Brain, take one winning ad and adapt it cleanly for every placement so nothing breaks and nothing looks stretched.
The winning ad: [DESCRIBE OR UPLOAD: visual, hook text, layout]
For each placement, tell me exactly how to rebuild it:
- Feed (1:1 / 4:5)
- Stories and Reels (9:16)
- In-stream / landscape (16:9)
- Right column / small formats
For each: how to recompose the layout, where the hook text goes, what to crop or rebuild, and what to keep sacred so the ad still converts at that size. Flag any placement where this concept will not work and should be replaced instead.
Skill 22: Cross-Channel Adaptation
Using my Creative Brain, adapt this ad across channels, not just sizes. Each platform rewards a different native feel.
Source ad: [DESCRIBE: the winning version and the channel it won on]
Rebuild it for:
- Meta (Feed + Reels)
- TikTok (native, sound-on, creator-led)
- LinkedIn (professional, B2B credibility)
- YouTube (hook in first 5s, longer payoff)
For each channel: what changes in the hook, pacing, tone, and visual style to feel native, while keeping the core angle intact. Note which channels this offer should and should not run on.
Skill 23: Winner Variation Pack (1 → 10)
Using my Creative Brain, I found a winner. Build me a 10-ad variation pack that keeps what works while giving the algorithm fresh creative signals.
The winner: [DESCRIBE FULLY: hook, copy, visual, format, performance]
Produce 10 new ads derived from it:
- 3 hook variations (keep body and visual)
- 2 visual variations (keep hook and copy)
- 2 format translations (e.g. static to video)
- 1 long-form version
- 1 short-form version for Reels and Stories
- 1 fresh-take version (same angle, new execution that feels different)
For each: what changed, what stayed, and why.
Module 7: Testing & Iteration
Skill 24: 30-Day Creative Testing Plan
Using my Creative Brain, build me a structured creative testing plan for the next 30 days.
My monthly ad budget: [$X]
My production capacity: [NEW ADS PER WEEK]
My current winner: [DESCRIBE]
My target: [CPA / CPL / ROAS]
Build a 4-week plan. For each week: the variable to test (hook, format, visual, angle, offer, audience), how many variants, budget per variant, success criteria for declaring a winner, kill criteria for shutting off a loser, and how the learning feeds the next week.
Skill 25: 3:2:2 Flexible Test Builder
Using my Creative Brain, set up a Meta 3:2:2 flexible ad test (3 creatives, 2 headlines, 2 descriptions).
My current winning angle: [DESCRIBE]
Produce:
- 3 CREATIVES: full visual brief and the variable each one tests
- 2 HEADLINES: text and reasoning
- 2 DESCRIPTIONS: text and reasoning
Then explain what each creative isolates, what the winners will tell me, and what the next test should be for each possible outcome.
Skill 26: Iteration Sequence (Isolate the Winning Variable)
Using my Creative Brain, I found a winner and want to iterate properly, one variable at a time, to learn what actually made it work.
My winner:
Hook: [PASTE]
Copy: [PASTE]
Visual: [DESCRIBE]
Format: [STATIC / VIDEO / CAROUSEL]
Performance: [CTR, CPA, ROAS, SPEND]
Build a 5-step iteration sequence: test the hook, then the visual, then the body copy, then the format, then the offer frame. For each: the exact change, the hypothesis, and the expected learning.
Skill 27: Kill / Iterate / Scale Decision Framework
Using my Creative Brain, build me a simple decision framework I can run every time I check my campaigns.
My target CPA: [$X]
My target ROAS: [X]
Minimum spend before deciding: [$X]
Define, with specific numbers:
1. KILL criteria
2. ITERATE criteria
3. SCALE criteria
4. FATIGUE criteria (when a winner is dying)
5. TIME rules: how many days at each stage before acting
6. BUDGET rules: how much to scale and how fast
Output it as a flowchart I can follow in under 60 seconds.
Module 8: Performance Diagnosis & Creative Decisions
Skill 28: Creative Performance Diagnosis
Using my Creative Brain, diagnose my creative performance and turn the data into decisions.
[PASTE AD-LEVEL DATA: for each ad: name, format, spend, impressions, CTR, outbound CTR, cost per result, ROAS or CPL, frequency, days running]
My goal: [TARGET]
Diagnose:
1. WINNERS: which ads beat target and what they share
2. LOSERS: which are below target and the pattern behind it
3. FATIGUING: which were working but are now declining
4. UNTESTED: which have not spent enough to judge
5. PATTERNS: which creative elements correlate with success
6. GAPS: what creative types are missing
End with 5 specific actions to take this week.
Skill 29: Creative Fatigue Detection & Refresh Plan
Using my Creative Brain, find my fatiguing ads and build a refresh plan.
[PASTE 14-30 DAYS OF AD DATA: show how CTR, CPM, CPA, and frequency changed over time per ad]
For each ad: is it fatiguing (CTR down, CPM up, frequency above 2.5, CPA rising week over week)? How urgent is the refresh? What specifically needs refreshing: hook, visual, copy, format, or the whole concept?
Then build the plan: which to pause now, which to refresh with new hooks, which to remake with new visuals, which to replace entirely, and the timeline for each.
Skill 30: Hook & Format Performance Analysis
Using my Creative Brain, analyze which hooks and formats are actually working so I can double down.
[PASTE ADS WITH THEIR HOOKS, FORMATS, CTR, CPA, AND SPEND]
Analyze:
1. Categorize each hook by type (question, bold claim, result, story, pain, curiosity, social proof).
2. Which hook TYPE wins on CTR? Which wins on CPA?
3. Is there a gap between what gets clicks and what converts?
4. Which FORMAT delivers the best CPA and gets the most algorithmic spend?
5. Where am I over- or under-investing?
6. Write 10 new hooks using the patterns that are proven to convert for me.
Module 9: Scaling, Systems & Velocity
Skill 31: Weekly Creative Sprint Plan
Using my Creative Brain, build me a weekly creative production sprint so I never run out of fresh creative.
My production capacity: [ADS PER WEEK]
My team: [SOLO / DESIGNER / EDITOR / UGC CREATORS / AI TOOLS]
My current top 3 winners: [DESCRIBE]
My biggest creative gap: [WHAT IS MISSING]
Lay out Monday to Friday: analysis and planning, concept development, brief writing, production, then review and launch. Tell me how many of each type to produce: new concepts vs winner iterations vs format translations.
Skill 32: AI + Human Production Workflow
Using my Creative Brain, design a hybrid workflow that uses AI tools and human production to hit high creative volume without high cost.
My tools: [CLAUDE, MIDJOURNEY, NANO BANANA, HEYGEN, CAPCUT, ETC]
My volume goal: [ADS PER WEEK]
Map the pipeline:
1. What Claude handles (copy, briefs, concepts, analysis)
2. What AI image tools handle (statics, variations)
3. What AI video tools handle (AI UGC, repurposing)
4. What humans handle (real UGC, brand shoots, final QA)
5. The step-by-step path from concept to live ad
6. Quality checkpoints where a human signs off
7. Realistic time per ad through the pipeline
Skill 33: The Full Creative Strategy (Run This Monthly)
Using my Creative Brain, act as my full-time creative director and build my complete creative strategy for the next 30 days.
I will give you everything:
MY CURRENT ADS: [DESCRIBE OR UPLOAD ALL ACTIVE ADS WITH PERFORMANCE]
MY DATA: [PASTE AD-LEVEL DATA: spend, CTR, CPA, ROAS, frequency, days running]
MY GOALS: [TARGET CPA OR ROAS, MONTHLY BUDGET, PRODUCTION CAPACITY]
Build:
1. DIAGNOSIS: what is working, what is not, and why
2. OPPORTUNITIES: the creative gaps to attack
3. STRATEGY: the creative approach for the next 30 days
4. CONCEPTS: 10 new concepts with full briefs
5. TESTING PLAN: what to test first and how
6. PRODUCTION CALENDAR: week by week
7. SCALING PLAN: how to scale winners when they appear
8. MEASUREMENT: what to track and the decision rules
This is the one to run at the start of every month to reset your entire creative engine.
That's the system.
You now have the same creative thinking we run inside HeyOz. Load your Creative Brain once, then let it carry the weight on every ad you ship.
If creative is the bottleneck on your Meta or Google spend, there are two ways to work with us at HeyOz:
Self-serve platform for performance marketers and founders who want to generate, test, and iterate on creative themselves, fast. Paste a URL, get ads built to ship.
Done-for-you for brands who would rather hand it off. Our team runs creative strategy and production end to end, treating your ad account like a testing engine, not a portfolio.
Creative is the last real lever in paid media. If your ad needs to earn the click, let's talk.
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About the author
Ahad Shams
Ahad Shams is the Founder of HeyOz, an all-in-one ads and content platform built for founders and small teams. He has worked across consumer goods and technology, with experience spanning Fortune 100 companies such as Reckitt Benckiser and Apple. Ahad is a third-time founder; his previous ventures include a WebXR game engine and Moemate, a consumer AI startup that scaled to over 6 million users. HeyOz was born from firsthand experience scaling consumer products and the need for a unified, execution-focused marketing platform.

