# An ad layout you can actually proofread.

One mobile-readable ad draft with exact-copy and product checks.

## What you need

A product reference and approved headline, offer and CTA. Use fictional copy for practice and label it illustrative. This is a design test, not an ad-performance test.

## The steps

1. Draw three boxes for headline, product and CTA on paper or in a drawing app. Attach the sketch as layout guidance and the product photo as identity guidance; distinguish their jobs.

2. Fill the exact-copy prompt and generate one layout. Check spelling, price, punctuation and implied claims against your supplied copy. Do not let a model choose an offer for you.

3. Inspect at the size a phone viewer would see, then at full resolution. If the image works but the type does not, keep the artwork and typeset the copy in your editor.

4. Save the export with the original brief and a completed check list. Record design acceptance separately from any later campaign results.

## Prompt

```text
Make a 4:5 ad-layout draft. Attached sketch controls placement only; attached product photo controls product identity.
Headline, exactly: [approved headline].
Offer, exactly: [approved offer or leave blank].
CTA, exactly: [approved CTA].
Hierarchy: headline first, product second, CTA third. Leave comfortable margins; no tiny footnotes.
Keep the product unchanged. Do not add badges, discounts, ratings, scarcity, testimonials or performance claims.
If text cannot fit legibly, leave a clean text area rather than shortening or rewriting the approved copy.
```

## Review

- [ ] Every character and number matches the approved copy.
- [ ] The headline and CTA remain readable at phone size.
- [ ] The product and offer are accurate; no invented proof appears.

## If it fails

Generate a text-free background and place approved copy yourself. Fixing typography separately is a successful handoff, not a failed exercise.

## Recall later

What does a good-looking ad draft tell you about conversion rate?

Nothing by itself. Design review and campaign measurement answer different questions.

Tool: https://chatgpt.com/
Written by The Leverage Club. Reference edition 2026-09-08.

## Evidence and limits

Original first-look exercise, not a club benchmark. Earlier course images are practice inputs, not Images 2.5 outputs. Check current access and cost.

Launch: https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-5/
API guide: https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/image-generation

## Your run log

Date:
App and exact model label:
Input filenames and permission:
Requested change:
Accepted or rejected, and why:
Elapsed time:
Displayed cost (or unknown):
Next action: