Creating an assignment
An assignment is a request for assets associated with a pitch. Assignments often have a specific editor, assignee, due date, and detailed instructions.
To create an assignment:
- Do one of the following:
- Search for and open an existing pitch, or create a new one. If creating a new pitch, you must save it before being able to add an assignment.
- On the pitch's content edit page, under Assignments, click Assignment.
- Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
- Click Save.
| Field | Description |
| Title | Enter a title. Editors see the assignment's title in various widgets, such as search results. |
| Due Date | Select a date by which the assignment must be completed. The date will be tracked by the Editorial Calendar. |
| Urgent | Toggle on to mark this assignment as urgent. When doing searches on assignments, editors filter for those that are urgent. |
| Assignment Type | Select the content type associated with this assignment. |
| Description | Enter a description. Editors see the assignment's description in various widgets, such as search results. |
| Pitch | Select the pitch associated with this assignment. For details about creating a pitch, see Creating a pitch. |
| Related To | Select an existing asset associated with this assignment. That asset may provide prompts to the team working on this assignment. |
| Attachments | Upload or provide URLs of files that provide background to the team working on this assignment. |
| Event Information | |
| Event | Select an event associated with this assignment, or create a new one. For details about creating an event, see Creating an event. |
| Team | |
| Additional Team Members | Select existing editors or external team members. Brightspot sends notifications to the team members as the assignment progresses. For additional information, see Creating a user, Creating external team members, and Assignment Desk notifications. |
| Assignment (widget in right rail) | |
| Status | Set to New. |
| Editor | Select an existing editor or team member to oversee fulfillment of the assignment, or click to create a new editor from the content picker. |
| Assignee | Select an existing editor or team member to perform the assignment, or click to create a new editor from the content picker. |
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