Working to a Brief

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A unique opportunity to hone your skills and enhance your professionalism.

How it works

Receive your instructions.

Watch the LIVE launch of the latest Working to a Brief assignment (or catch up on the replay), and read the detailed brief.

Each brief we assign contains detailed information about what you need to deliver, from the objective and purpose of the image or film to its lighting, mood and composition.
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Deliver what the client wants.

Stay focused on their demands and expectations, and harness all of your skills and expertise to meet them.

Each brief gives you a unique opportunity to practice responding to the kind of commercial brief you would be given by a client or art director hiring you for a job.
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Submit your work for review.

Every submission we receive is reviewed in a follow-up live workshop – a rare chance to get detailed professional feedback on your creative work.

By helping you learn how to execute work to a commercial standard, our ‘Working to a Brief’ assignments offer a great way to hone your creative skills and enhance your professionalism.
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Looking to step up into the commercial world? Already working with commercial clients? Improve your chances of professional success by Working to Brief.

Ready to start Working to a Brief?

Working to a Brief 15: Toothbrush

For our fifteenth Working to a Brief assignment, we're tasking you with capturing a clean and clinical toothbrush image.

Deadline: 17th December 2023
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Sep / 2023

Working to a Brief 15: Toothbrush

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Sep / 2023

Working to a Brief 14: Members’ Gallery

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Jun / 2023

Working to a Brief 14: White Wine

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Jun / 2023

Working to a Brief 13: Members’ Gallery

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Mar / 2023

Working to a Brief 12: Members’ Gallery

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Mar / 2023

Working to a Brief 13: Floating Glasses

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Jan / 2023

Working to a Brief 11: Members’ Gallery

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Jan / 2023

Working to a Brief 12: Beer Bottle

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Sep / 2022

Working to a Brief 11: Cosmetic Swatches

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Sep / 2022

Working to a Brief 10: Members’ Gallery

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Jun / 2022

Working to a Brief 9: Members’ Gallery

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Jun / 2022

Working to a Brief 10: The Dewdrop Flower

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May / 2022

Working to a Brief 9: The Cutting Saw

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May / 2022

Working to a Brief 8 Members’ Gallery: Honey-Jar Composite

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Feb / 2022

Members’ Gallery: Milk-Splash Photography (WTB 7)

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Jan / 2022

Honey Jar Composite Photography Brief (WTB 8)

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Nov / 2021

Members’ Gallery: Flat-Lay Pie Ingredients

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Nov / 2021

Milk-Splash Photography Brief

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Sep / 2021

Flat-Lay Pie Ingredients brief

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May / 2021

Photography Brief #5 – Coca-Cola Product Shoot

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