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    The Brief Doctor: making brands better.

Making brands better.

The Brief Doctor exists to make brands better.

Our focus is on engaging people through great communication.

We know that sound strategy saves time and money.

We are strategic thinkers and joyous problem solvers.

We have fun with what we do.

We believe that great briefs are the foundation of awesome creative.

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    We believe that great briefs are the foundation of awesome creative.

What does The Brief Doctor do?

  • We can help you with all aspects of briefs. From project scoping and planning to writing and refining your propositions and creative deliverables.

    We offer our unique Brief Doctor Brief Triage service, where we can transform a troublesome brief in to a thing of beauty.

    We can also undertake a full brief-audit to work out how your briefs can work harder for you, deliver you new templates, and train your team on how to use them.

    By understanding the life cycle of the brief and setting clear objectives and ownership we can make marketing a dream.

    We can also focus on specific issues within your organisation like tricky clients, stakeholders or problem-bosses.

    We believe that great briefs are the foundation of awesome creative.

  • Not only do we write awesome briefs, we respond to them too. From complete branding packages to stand alone adverts, campaigns and events.

    We have a stretch team of experts that we can collate to bring cost effective solutions to any job.

  • We offer bespoke solutions for independent studios, agencies and in-house teams.

    Whether it’s helping a marketing manager grow in to a director role or help scoping a 5 year plan for your agency.

    We call it Creative Counselling a combination of mentoring and coaching to guarantee you results.

  • Whether setting up a new brand or product from scratch or supercharging your existing brands, we can help you with all aspects of positioning, strategy and implementation.

    Our unique Brief Doctor WHO, WHAT, WHY method can streamline your thinking to achieve the results you want and get buy in from the people you need.

    We work on an agile consultancy basis, so no job is too big or too small.

  • The Brief Doctor is known around the world for our innovative and interactive workshops.

    We cover all aspects of brief creation including effective feedback, teamwork and agency or creative team management.

    All workshops can be customised for the specific challenges your team faces and can be delivered in your office, or in a number of exciting locations or as part of broader event or away day.

    We also have a keynote session that can be delivered either stand-alone or as an interactive workshop.

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    Briefs pose a problem that creative seeks to solve.

Meet The Brief Doctor.

Tim Hughes, known as The Brief Doctor, is a TV creative and marketing strategy consultant with a knack for turning complex concepts into compelling narratives.

With a deep understanding of communication dynamics, Tim specialises in distilling intricate marketing strategies into concise and impactful messages. Through his expertise, he guides professionals and organisations to craft memorable TV campaigns that captivate audiences and drive results.

He has won over 100 awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award from Promax and is a regular conference speaker and workshop host. He runs The Brief Doctor, an independent consultancy.

As The Brief Doctor, Tim Hughes is dedicated to transforming marketing challenges into engaging stories that resonate and inspire.

Listen to how Joel Pilger, describes what Tim does:

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