Complete a campaign: brief, keys, embargo and submission

After acceptance, the campaign workspace becomes your source of truth. Use it before you record, publish or submit anything. It contains the brief, resources, game access, timeline and submission workflow for that specific campaign.

Start with the campaign workspace

Open the accepted campaign from your dashboard or campaign list. Its tabs organise the work:

Tab	Use it for
Overview	Campaign context, dates, payout information and high-level requirements.
Brief	The deliverables, mandatory rules, required hashtags and production context.
Keys	Your assigned game key, if the campaign uses one, and any giveaway-key request.
Resources	Campaign media, links and files supplied by the studio.
Submissions	Creating, following and opening your video submissions.

Not every campaign includes keys or resources. Their absence does not prevent a campaign from being valid or ready to work on.

Read the brief before production

Open Brief and separate two kinds of information:

• Mandatory rules are the requirements the studio can use during review. Follow each one exactly.
• Production constraints give context and direction but do not remove your creative freedom in the same way.

Also check the requested format, required platforms, deliverable, maximum submissions, disclosure and required hashtags. Ripple does not check hashtags automatically after publication, so make sure required hashtags are included before submitting and publishing; the studio checks them against the brief.

Your tone, editing style and creative angle remain yours as long as mandatory rules are respected.

Use keys and resources correctly

If the studio assigned you a game key, open Keys to find the key and the platform it belongs to. Treat it as campaign access: do not share it unless the campaign specifically provides giveaway keys.

Some campaigns offer a giveaway-key flow. You can request a quantity for your community; the studio reviews that request before assigning any keys. A request is not an approval.

Open Resources for campaign-specific images, video, logos, links or other reference material. Resources support your production, but the brief remains the final requirement. If a resource is missing or unclear, do not assume a replacement asset or rule.

Respect the embargo

When a campaign has an embargo, the campaign overview shows the date it lifts. You can prepare material before that date, but you must not publish the video or upload blocked content before the embargo lifts.

An embargo breach automatically makes the related submission ineligible for payout. Scheduling a video to publish after the embargo is fine; publishing it early is not.

Practical steps:

1. Add the embargo date and campaign end date to your calendar.
2. Verify the timezone shown by the campaign before scheduling.
3. Keep drafts private until the embargo has lifted.
4. Recheck the date immediately before publishing.

Create a submission

Open Submissions and select the action to add a submission. The exact next step depends on the studio’s validation mode:

• Manual review (with automatic approval after 24, 48 or 72 hours): submit a review video first and wait for approval before you publish. If the studio does not decide within its configured 24-, 48- or 72-hour window, the submission is approved automatically to publish and that approval is final.
• Auto-validate (immediate automatic approval): Ripple approves the submission immediately and lets you proceed to the publish flow without waiting for a manual studio review.

A submission represents one piece of content, not one platform post: it holds one review video, then up to one published public video per allowed platform for the campaign’s format (Video or Short-form). Attaching a published video on one allowed platform is enough for the submission to become Published; additional allowed platforms are optional and attached to the same submission rather than created as separate submissions. The campaign’s Max videos per creator setting (1, 2 or 3) counts all of your submissions on the campaign regardless of their status, so do not create test submissions you do not intend to use.

The next guide explains feedback, approval and choosing the published video from your connected accounts: Handle review feedback and publish.

Before submitting: final checklist

• The content matches the requested format and platform.
• Every mandatory rule is met.
• Required hashtags and disclosure are ready to use.
• You have not crossed the embargo date.
• Your draft uses the correct game, assets and campaign context.
• You understand whether the campaign needs approval before publication.