Creative Studio complete workflow and field reference

What this does

Create, template, upload, version, review, approve, and archive creative assets while preserving Brand Kit and campaign usage relationships.

Steps

1. Open Workspace > Creative Studio in the main navigation.
2. Choose a template or upload supported media.
3. Apply available Brand Kit values and metadata.
4. Run Creative Check and inspect every finding.
5. Resolve BLOCKED findings; review WARNING findings; confirm PASS eligibility.
6. Approve when authorized, then publish or use through the eligible Campaign, Reviews Widget, or AdNet workflow.
7. Review usage before archiving or replacing a version.

Brand Kit

Brand colors, fonts, logos, and reusable identity settings apply within their configured group/location scope and available templates.

Creative Check

PASS has no blocking finding. WARNING requires a human review of the stated risk. BLOCKED is ineligible until each blocking finding is resolved. Approval is a separate authorized action.

Versions, archive, and usage

Versions preserve replacement history. Usage shows dependent campaigns/widgets/AdNet work. Archive removes normal selection but should not erase historical relationships.

Canva availability

Canva remains provider-review dependent and is not generally available. When available, edits in Canva require a return/import or sync step to become a SmartQ asset version.

Find Creative Studio in Workspace

Open Creative Studio in the Workspace section of the main navigation, not under SmartQ. The secondary navigation offers Create, Templates, My Assets, Brand Assets, Review / Verification, and Recent Designs. These open /admin/creative and its templates, assets, brand, review, and recent routes. Moving the navigation entry does not grant access: Creative Studio and individual page permissions still apply. If the entry is missing, ask an authorized administrator to check your Creative access; changing location or using a direct URL does not bypass permissions.

Mobile menu and Support access

On mobile, open Menu and find Creative Studio under Workspace; Search menu filters the primary entries. Selecting an entry closes the menu sheet. Desktop and mobile use the same primary route order, while mobile uses an overlay sheet rather than a persistent sidebar. Support Center remains in the main navigation. The duplicate Help for this page shortcut is no longer in either topbar. Panel-specific help links, where present, remain separate. This is a source-reviewed navigation contract, not a physical-device or production screenshot acceptance.

Settings reference

Permissions and scope

• No Access hides or blocks the module. Read Only permits viewing but disables changes. Editor permits the documented create, edit, publish, or administrative actions within the user's assigned scope.

Mobile

• On narrow screens, open the sidebar or overflow menu to reach the same actions; labels and save behavior are unchanged unless this article says otherwise.
• On mobile, open Menu and find Creative Studio under Workspace; Search menu filters the primary entries. Selecting an entry closes the menu sheet. Desktop and mobile use the same primary route order, while mobile uses an overlay sheet rather than a persistent sidebar. Support Center remains in the main navigation. The duplicate Help for this page shortcut is no longer in either topbar. Panel-specific help links, where present, remain separate. This is a source-reviewed navigation contract, not a physical-device or production screenshot acceptance.

Customer-visible states

• draft
• uploading
• upload failed
• PASS
• WARNING
• BLOCKED
• pending approval
• approved
• archived

Create, Templates, My Assets, and Brand Assets

This control is covered by the Creative Studio complete workflow and field reference workflow.

Applies to /admin/creative/*

Upload, edit, versions, archive, and usage relationships

This control is covered by the Creative Studio complete workflow and field reference workflow.

Applies to /admin/creative/*

Brand Kit settings

This control is covered by the Creative Studio complete workflow and field reference workflow.

Applies to /admin/creative/*

Creative Check PASS, WARNING, BLOCKED, approvals

This control is covered by the Creative Studio complete workflow and field reference workflow.

Applies to /admin/creative/*

AI Suggestion

This control is covered by the Creative Studio complete workflow and field reference workflow.

Applies to /admin/creative/*

Canva provider-review availability

This control is covered by the Creative Studio complete workflow and field reference workflow.

Applies to /admin/creative/*

Reviews Widget and AdNet relationships

This control is covered by the Creative Studio complete workflow and field reference workflow.

Applies to /admin/creative/*

What happens next

Your change is available within the scope you selected.

Warnings

• Canva is not generally available while provider review remains pending. Do not depend on it for a production workflow until the UI reports an available connection.
• WARNING requires review but does not mean the same thing as BLOCKED; BLOCKED must be resolved before eligible publication.

Troubleshooting

• Upload failure can reflect file type, size, dimensions, duration, transfer, or validation.
• If archive is unavailable, inspect Campaign, Reviews Widget, or AdNet usage relationships.
• Editing a Canva design does not silently overwrite a published SmartQ asset; return and import/sync the updated design as a new/current version when the integration is available.
• For creative check pass, warning, blocked, approvals, verify the selected scope, access level, required connection, and displayed validation or freshness status; retry once after correcting the cause, then create a context-rich Support case if it continues.