01Hiring01
The tell before the tell.
When a brand posts for a Creative Director, they have already decided to commission work. You are weeks ahead of the brief.
BrandBnk watches senior creative and marketing roles as they appear on brands’ own careers pages and hiring boards like Greenhouse, Lever and Workable. Every open role is a commitment to spend, made before anyone is briefed.
Checked daily · Brands’ careers pages, Greenhouse, Lever, Workable, Ashby
02Ad activity02
Money moves before briefs do.
A brand suddenly posting far more than usual is a campaign scaling. Brands buy talent to feed it.
BrandBnk tracks how often brands post on Instagram and YouTube against their own normal pace. When activity jumps, creative demand soon follows. Live ad counts from the Meta Ad Library are being added.
Checked daily · Instagram, YouTube · Meta Ad Library coming soon
03Launch03
New product, new roster.
Launches multiply a brand’s creative demand, and often bring in partners it hasn’t used before.
Trade press, news coverage and new product, collection and campaign pages on a brand’s own website surface a launch as it goes live. That is your window to pitch, before their in-house team catches up.
Checked daily · Trade press, Google News, new pages on brands’ websites
04Funding04
Fresh money, fresh faces.
Funded brands unlock creative budgets first. They spend fast and hire outside their existing network.
Every new share issue filed at Companies House and every round reported in the business press is a new budget event, and brand and marketing usually sit near the top of the spending plan.
Checked 4× a day · Companies House filings, business and trade press
05Rebrand05
Identity moves everything.
A rebrand touches every surface a brand has. Months of creative work sit in a single commissioning window.
Trade and design press, and company name changes filed at Companies House, surface rebrands before the full rollout ships. Full-scope work is up for grabs the moment the change goes public.
Checked 4× a day · Companies House name changes, trade and design press
06Opportunity06
The brief before the brief board.
Agency reviews, pitches and creative tenders are brands asking for help out loud. Most freelancers never see them.
BrandBnk reads the trade press for agency reviews, pitches and searches for creative partners, and public tenders for creative work, and marks the brands that have asked as Confirmed. Pitch before the shortlist forms.
Checked 4× a day · Trade press, Find a Tender, Contracts Finder