Direction you keep.

A creative director's system, installed in your brand. It runs in Claude or ChatGPT, turns your brand into campaigns ready for production, and stays with you after the project ends.

7 skillsClaude and ChatGPT
1 folderThat you own
12 yearsOf brand direction

How it works

Your brand, as a system your AI can run

What makes your brand look like itself usually lives in one person's head. The OS writes it down once, then runs every campaign through the same direction.

Brand Brain v1 0facts confirmed

1.Build your Brand Brain

Your guidelines, product shots, past campaigns and claims go into one folder. A guided interview fills eight files, and every fact is marked known, assumed, missing or in conflict.

Launch campaignStep 1 of 7
  • 01DiscoveryWait
  • 02InsightWait
  • 03TerritoriesWait
  • 04ConceptWait
  • 05Art directionWait
  • 06Channel planWait
  • 07HandoffWait
OutputKeep

2.Direct a campaign

Seven steps, each run by a skill that asks before it generates. Every step ends in one output and a decision: keep it, rework it or kill it.

3.Hand it to production

Every piece leaves with its spec, prompt, approved copy and locks. Your AI operator, photographer or Shopify developer can execute without a single follow-up question.

The system decides before it generates.

Systems, not courses. Every skill directs the work.

7skills

Direction skills for Claude and ChatGPT, built from the systems I use on client work.

Brand-Brain_YourBrand8 files
01_BRAND-CORE.md Known
02_VOICE.md Assumed
03_VISUAL.md Known
04_PRODUCT.md Conflict
05_CLAIMS.md Missing
Facts checked0 / 31

8files

One Brand Brain your AI reads before it makes anything. Written once, used by every campaign.

Your accounts

Projects

Your Brand

Launch

Q3 drop

CLAUDECHATGPT
Brand Brain · 8 files
7 skills installed
Tracker.xlsx

0new software

It runs in the tools you already pay for, and every file stays in your accounts.

Built on real work

Innerceuticals, from zero to Amazon

A women's supplement brand I built from the first sketch. The OS runs on it end to end, and the full case comes inside, module by module.

PackagingFour SKUs on one bottle system, told apart by color and label.
SocialAI-directed content living next to real product photography.
Amazon A+Premium content and storefront built from the same rules.
MailingsEmail that sounds and looks like the shelf.
Brand worldEvent and launch renders from one visual constitution.
Product truthWhat the product looks like, and what it can never look like.
ProfileThe feed as one system, not a series of posts.

Inside the OS

Everything a campaign needs, in one system

Nine parts that work together, plus the full Innerceuticals case and a 10-minute walkthrough.

Brand Brain BuilderFills your 8-file brand folder with you
Campaign DirectionBrief, insight, territories and concept
Art Direction SystemVisual rules, shotlist and execution packets
SPL databasesPoses, camera angles and acting, coded
Experimental PackshotProduct imagery that keeps the product true
SPL Shotlist + MotionShotlists and motion prompts for video ads
Channel KitMeta, Shopify PDP, Amazon A+ and email
Production HandoffChecklist, PDF and delivery folder
Campaign trackerNotion, Google Sheets or Excel

Work by Ponce de Leon Studio for Bloque, Future Kids, RFNE, Kiri's Faves, Nodo, Quispe and Miaroo

The handoff

What lands on the producer's desk

One source, three formats: a checklist page, a PDF and the delivery folder. Copy and claims come from your Claims Bank, never typed by hand.

handoff_launch.html

Production handoff · Launch

12 pieces in 3 channels

0 of 6 approved

FileRatioOwnerStage
File name and role in the campaign
Channel spec and safe zones
Prompt, negatives and references
Locks and acceptance criteria

Three ways in

One system, at the depth you need

Start with the free audit, run the system yourself, or have me install it for your brand.

You, with AI

Brand Direction Audit

Ten questions. A score and three fixes.

Free
Get the audit

Includes

  • Ten questions, about four minutes
  • A score in six areas, with charts
  • Three fixes, in the order to make them

Free · runs on this site

You, with my system

Brand-to-Campaign OS™

Run your brand and your campaigns yourself.

$297$497First 30
Get the OS

Includes

  • Brand Brain folder and the skill that fills it
  • Seven direction skills for Claude and ChatGPT
  • The 7-step campaign engine
  • Production Handoff
  • Tracker for Notion, Sheets or Excel
  • Full Innerceuticals case and 10-min walkthrough

Secure checkout on Gumroad

Me, for your brand

Brand Direction System

I install the system and direct your first campaign.

$3,000$6,000Founding

Includes

  • Your Brand Brain, filled
  • A brand skill that directs like I do
  • One campaign through all seven steps
  • Six key visuals and a handoff for 12 pieces

5 founding spots

Done for you

Or I install it for your brand

In three weeks you get the OS built around your brand, a skill that directs like I do, and your first campaign ready for production.

Your team keeps generating with the same direction after I leave.

$3,000$6,000
5 of 5 founding spots open

Founding brands get half price in exchange for a case study and a testimonial. Final production of every piece, media buying and web development are quoted separately.

Week 0Apply, 20-min call, onboarding
Week 1Discovery and Brand Brain
Week 2Strategy, concept, visual rules
Week 3Key visuals, handoff, delivery
  • Your Brand Brain, filled and in your accounts
  • Visual Constitution v1 for your brand
  • Your own brand skill for Claude and ChatGPT
  • One campaign through all seven steps
  • Production Handoff for up to 12 pieces in 3 channels
  • Six key visuals as proof of direction
  • A 60-min recorded delivery call and 30 days of async support

FAQ

Before you buy

Is this a course?

No. It's a system. Every skill directs the work: it asks, proposes an answer you can correct, and pushes back on generic ones before anything gets generated. The only video is a 10-minute walkthrough.

Who is it for?

Founders and small teams selling physical products on Shopify, Amazon, Meta and email. It works for a brand starting from zero and for one already selling. Starting from zero, it tells you which parts are still assumptions and how to test them.

Do I need to be technical?

No. If you can upload files to a project in Claude or ChatGPT, you can run it. You need to know your brand and what good work looks like for it.

Claude or ChatGPT?

Both. The skills install in Claude, and every skill also comes as plain instructions for ChatGPT. Your Brand Brain is a folder of plain files, so it moves with you to whatever model comes next.

Do I need Notion?

No. Notion is only the campaign tracker. The same tracker comes as a Google Sheets and Excel file.

OS or Direction System?

Choose the OS if you or your team will run the campaigns. Choose the Direction System if you want it built for your brand and the first campaign directed by me. Not sure yet? Start with the free audit.

How do I pay?

Everything goes through Gumroad. The OS checkout opens straight from this page. For the Direction System, the payment link comes after the call.

What do I keep?

Everything. The brand folder, the skills, every output and the tracker live in your own accounts. Nothing depends on me to keep working.

Start here

Start with ten questions

Answer ten questions and get a score for your brand in six areas, plus the three fixes to make first. Free, about four minutes.

Start the audit

Brand Direction System · Founding spot

Tell me about your brand

I read every application myself. If it's a fit, you get a link to book a 20-minute call.

Active channels

Your email app should open with the application ready. If it didn't, write to hello@marcoponcedeleon.com.