A quick and easy interactive brief form tailored specifically for the TV Product Creative Team at Virgin Media.


‘Quickbrief’ interactive request form (click to open)

Background

No one likes to fill out forms, and this is evident when a submitter rushes through it and leaves important fields blank (or writes ’n/a’ in them). Long static forms also turn off the submitter, even if they are asked to fill out only a small portion of it. The TV Product Creative Team was often having difficulty collecting good briefs because of these issues.

I decided to create an interactive form that would address these common problems that plague static brief forms.

Features

  • A one sentence summary (stating who, what and when) appears at the top of the form, in real time, while it’s being filled
  • Users are unable to advance if required fields are left blank, preventing user from leaving out important information.
  • Universally clients often write ‘ASAP’ for a deadline, but this form forces the user to choose a date using a calendar picker.
  • The length of Section 2 will depend on the questions answered in Section 1, making the form shorter and more relevant for smaller jobs.
  • The majority of the form relies on multiple choice, so users don’t have to search for the right terms and can fill in the form very quickly.
  • Users can ‘autofill’ a page based on data entered before.
  • A page indicator at the bottom tells the user how many steps they have left
  • The entire brief can be reviewed and edited as one page before being submitted.
  • All briefs are saved on the server for retrieval later.
  • UI design, coding: Ryan Gilmore