Streamline your design process and save valuable time using the The Brief integration with Zapier. Through Zapier, you can establish custom triggers that activate The Brief’s API, automating the creation of visuals using templates from your The Brief team. These designs can be efficiently distributed via email or conveniently stored in your preferred cloud storage service.
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Benefits of Using The Brief with Zapier
- Automation. Zapier allows you to automate your design creation process by using Zaps.
- Efficiency. Automating tasks can increase efficiency in your workflow. For example, you can generate design variations through a spreadsheet or an E-commerce platform.
- Flexibility. Zapier offers a high degree of flexibility in setting up your automation. You can trigger events and actions, set up filters and conditions, and customize how data is passed between apps.
- Increased Productivity. By automating repetitive tasks, you and your team can focus on more important and creative aspects of your work, ultimately increasing overall productivity.
Before We Begin
Please ensure you have the following prerequisites for a smooth and successful transition between The Brief and Zapier.
- An active Ulta, Team or Enterprise subscription.
- Available credits. Every design created through Zapier will consume the allotted export credits to your team.
- Zapier account.
- Designs or design sets to act as templates¹.
- Ensure that the new elements you'll use to create design variations are of similar size and format to the original elements in your templates.
Connect The Brief with Zapier
Making the connection between the two platforms is a straightforward process:
- First, create the API key. From your The Brief account, go to your profile in the upper right corner and click on Manage account.
- Next, under the Team settings section, go to API credentials² and click Create API key*, which you'll use to connect The Brief with your Zapier account.
- Lastly, go to Access Zapier, which will connect The Brief and Zapier. All that's left to do is to click on Accept Invite & Build a Zap.
Note¹: Each layer within the design should have a distinct name for easy identification, and no title should be used twice. When working with designs with multiple slides, you can name the layers differently (e.g., Heading slide 1, Heading slide 2).
Note²: Team settings can be accessed by a Team Owner or an Admin
Important*: Deleting an API key will block all already configured integrations from accessing The Brief’s API. That means your Zapier workflows won't work anymore, for example. You can either create a new API key and replace it in the integrations you made before deleting it or create a new one and re-create the integrations.
Please note that Public API keys can only be generated with an active Enterprise subscription
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