AHMAD A.

Hey man, lovely to connect. I'm a motion designer too - sending you a connection request on LinkedIn.

If the team you're working with isn't showing creative initiative after the first round of feedback, it might be less about your brief and more about the level of designers on the job. In your case, I'd either (a) try to get a more senior designer involved who can interpret goals better, or (b) accept that you’ll have to hand-hold a bit more, or even mock up rough layouts yourself. You can give super detailed notes, and that helps, but let’s be honest—explaining design through slide-by-slide direction isn't sustainable. What usually happens in agencies is that closers are senior designer but the actual work ends up in the hands of juniors. They’ll stick to the SOPs and branding guides, sure—but that’s about it. You’ll get the logo, the right colors, maybe some structure, but Design is rarely just about following a brief—it’s also about interpreting it with taste and originality.

We’ve settled on Canva and Figma as still the best options (Both have huge libraries of community-built templates you can use as a starting point if needed). They’re also easy for other team members to edit, which helps since decks often need quick content or number changes—and most people on the team are already comfortable using them. There are some newer AI tools like Slidebean and Beautiful.ai, but they’re not very mature yet. They mostly handle the basics—branding, colors, layout—but don’t expect much creativity beyond maybe pulling in a few stock images.