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Beauty influencer brief template: what UK brands should include
A working structure for a UK beauty influencer brief: deliverables, #ad disclosure wording, usage rights, fees and the legal contact for contract queries.
What to take away
- A UK beauty brief is a working document with six fixed sections, not a strategy deck.
- Disclosure wording, including #ad and the paid partnership label, belongs in the brief itself.
- Name someone in the brand's legal team for contract queries and give a response window.
- Version every brief by date, so you can prove what was agreed if a post is challenged.
- Keep the document to two pages plus a posting timetable.
Why a planning template is not enough
Planning templates cover objectives, audiences and channels. They rarely answer what a beauty creator asks in the first reply: which product, which shots, which deadline, and which words mark the post as paid. A brief is the document creators work from, so keep it readable on a phone.
Demand for a beauty influencer brief template UK teams can download is really demand for structure. Brand managers want the headings, the order and the approved wording, then they fill in the specifics.
Screen the creator before you write a line of the brief. Our beauty influencer vetting checklist covers follower audits and past disclosure, which no brief can fix.
The six sections every UK beauty brief needs
Every brief for a UK beauty campaign should carry the same headings in the same order. Creators work with several brands at once and spot an incomplete document quickly.
Six sections every UK beauty brief needs
- Objectiveone measurable outcome
- Deliverablesplatform, format, count, window
- Disclosureexact wording and caption placement
- Usage rightswhere and how long
- Fees and giftingfee, payment, returns
- Contactsnamed legal contact, response window
| Section | What it must state | Who owns it |
|---|---|---|
| Objective | One measurable outcome, such as 25 saved videos | Marketing |
| Deliverables | Platform, format, count and posting window | Campaign manager |
| Disclosure | Exact wording and where it sits in the caption | Marketing, checked by legal |
| Usage rights | Where the content may run and for how long | Legal |
| Fees and gifting | Fee, payment date, product value and returns policy | Finance |
| Contacts | Named legal contact and response window | Legal |
Anything that does not fit those six headings belongs in an appendix or in the separate contract. Mixing the two is how disputes start.
Disclosure wording goes inside the brief
The CAP Code requires marketing communications to be obviously identifiable as ads, and the advertising codes published by the ASA cover gifted items, affiliate links and paid posts alike.
Write the exact sentence you want used. For example: 'Gifted by [brand]. Contains affiliate links. #ad.' Put it under a heading called Disclosure, so no one can miss it.
The Competition and Markets Authority can treat a hidden commercial relationship as a misleading action. Ban vague tags such as #collab or #sp in the brief.
If you keep creator bank details, addresses or ID checks on file, that is personal data. The ICO guide to data protection for organisations sets out how long to keep it and who may see it.
Build the brief in six steps
- Write one objective with a number and a date, such as 25 saved videos by 30 June.
- List deliverables platform by platform, with format, count, length and posting window.
- Paste the approved disclosure sentence into the brief as the model wording.
- Set the usage window and the regions where content may run. Our guide to fashion influencer content usage rights covers the licensing clauses worth copying.
- State the fee, the payment date and who pays for returns on gifted stock.
- Name the legal contact, add a response window, then save the file with a version date.
A worked example with labelled figures
An illustrative UK skincare campaign might budget three creators at £1,200 each (£3,600), product and postage at £900, paid amplification at £1,200 and a £300 contingency. That is £6,000 in total, and each line should appear in the brief. Creators ask what the fee covers when returns or reshoots come up.
When a creator asks for changes
Creators push back on exclusivity windows, revision rounds and whitelisting. Record any change in the brief and reissue it with a new date, rather than agreeing terms in a direct message. Where the change touches payment or usage rights, route it to the named legal contact.
Common questions
Should the brief say gifted or ad?
Use both when both are true. A paid post needs #ad, and an unpaid PR package still needs a clear gifted label if the brand sent it for free.
Who approves disclosure wording?
Marketing drafts the sentence and the legal contact signs it off before the brief goes out. Sending the document first and fixing the wording later is how ASA rulings happen.
How long should a beauty brief be?
Two pages plus a timetable suits most campaigns. Long documents get skimmed, and the disclosure line is the part creators skip first.
Does each platform need its own brief?
One brief can cover several platforms if deliverables are listed line by line. Add separate shot lists where the formats differ, such as a TikTok video and a static Instagram post.
