Approach

The work, before there's a portfolio.

BracktonGroup is new — case studies are being built right now with our founding partners. Until those go live, here's exactly how we'd run a campaign for you, and the principles we run by.

Case studies — coming soon

Our founding partners' campaigns become the studies you read here.

We'll publish the work in full — what we ran, what worked, what we got wrong — alongside the brands we ran it for. If you'd rather be in one of the studies than read one, the founding-partner cohort is open.

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The principles

Five rules we don't break.

Every brief, every shortlist, every report is checked against this short list. They're the difference between a campaign that sells and a campaign that just posts.

Audience fit over follower count.

A 30k creator whose audience matches your customer is worth more than a 300k creator whose audience doesn't. We look at the comments, the saves, the way they answer DMs — not the headline number.

We do"Their last 20 comments mention dry-skin concerns — that's a fit for Brand X's barrier serum."
We don't"They have 280k followers and post about beauty. Send the brief."

Saves & sentiment over AVE.

Advertising Value Equivalent is a number agencies invented to make underperforming campaigns look like wins. We measure saves, share rate, sentiment in the comments, and attributed orders. If the campaign didn't sell, we'll say so.

We do"422 saves, 11.2% positive-sentiment comments, 38 attributed orders."
We don't"Earned media value: $187,400 (estimated)."

Creator-led writing, brand-led structure.

You give us the actives, the ingredient story, and the brand voice. The creator writes the post. The result reads true because it is true — and the audience can tell. Briefs in their voice, not yours.

We do"Here's the actives story and three non-negotiables. The rest is yours."
We don't"Please use this exact caption: I just discovered…"

Tell the truth on time.

If a creator underperformed, we'll say so in the next read-out — not in the wrap deck three months later. If the campaign isn't tracking to goal, you'll hear it by week two. Bad news, on time, beats good news at the end.

We do"Two of the eight aren't converting. Here's what we'd cut and what we'd add."
We don't"Final read-out: the campaign achieved a mix of qualitative and quantitative outcomes."

Treat creators as partners, not as inventory.

We don't mark up creator rates. We pay on time, no exceptions. We re-hire the ones who deliver, even when the brand changes. The roster grows because they want to come back — which is the same reason our clients do.

A sample brief

What a BracktonGroup brief actually looks like.

We write creator briefs that respect the creator's voice and protect the brand's. Short. Specific. Non-negotiables flagged, everything else trusted to the person making the post.

The example on the right is anonymized — a representative version of what a founding-partner brief looks like in the first week of a campaign.

brief — barrier-serum-launch — v1.pdf
Brand X Barrier serum Reels · 1 post + 1 story

The product

A peptide-and-ceramide barrier serum from Brand X. Built for compromised skin — post-active, post-procedure, mid-winter. Lead with how skin feels at hour 24, not at the first application.

The audience to bring

The people who comment on your routine posts asking "what helped your barrier come back?" Not the audience you reach with a discount code — the audience you reach with a recommendation.

Non-negotiables

1. Mention peptides + ceramides by name. 2. Do not pair with a competing brand in the same post. 3. Tag @brandx and add the supplied disclosure. That's it.

Everything else

The hook is yours. The voice is yours. Lo-fi if that's how you shoot. Editorial if you'd rather. We trust you here — if we didn't, we wouldn't have asked.

Timing

Live by the 19th. Draft for review by the 14th — we'll come back with notes inside 24 hours, no scope creep.

A taste of the roster

The kind of creators we'd put on your shortlist.

A small, anonymized cross-section of the creators we follow, watch, and would consider for the right brand. Real handles arrive only after a brand becomes a partner.

A
Aesthetician · NYC
Mid micro · combination skin · post-retinol creator
Actives literate PIP-friendly Editorial feed
Comments thread with people asking about their actual routine, not just where to buy. Reads strong for a barrier or repair launch.
D
Derm-curious · LA
Low micro · acne-prone · ingredient-thread voice
TikTok-first Long captions Gen-Z lead
Quietly trusted in the actives-explainer corner of TikTok. Long captions, deep saves, audience that brings questions.
F
Founder-creator · London
Macro · sensitive skin · founder-led voice
Editorial photography Reads as press UK-first
A founder voice that audiences treat as press, not promotion. Strong for considered launches — capsule drops, capsule-priced products.
M
Mature-skin advocate
Mid micro · 40+ · routines for hormonal change
Repeat audience Quiet engagement Honest reviews
A category most agencies under-serve. High repeat-audience overlap on barrier, retinol-alt, and peptide launches.
P
Photo-led editorialist
Macro · oily skin · capsule-launch specialist
Photo-led Aesthetic match Brand-collab veteran
A feed that lives in the same visual world as quietly-luxe brands. Their post reads like an editorial credit, not a sponsorship.
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More — reserved for partners
The rest of the roster goes out under NDA
Full handles and shortlists are shared once a brand becomes a partner. It's how we keep the relationships earned, not auctioned.
Founding partner cohort

Become one of the brands we build the portfolio with.

A limited number of skincare brands will sit at the centre of our work this season. Founding partners get the founder running their account, priority pricing held year-on-year, and first sight of every creator we add to the roster.

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