Creator Sponsorship Deal Desk

A practical sponsorship workflow kit for independent video creators: review an offer, make vague scope visible, price the work from your own inputs, negotiate clearly, and track the campaign through payment and closeout.

Suggested listing price: $9.99 USD
Format: Claude skill ZIP plus editable Markdown templates
Audience: YouTube and other video creators handling direct brand sponsorships

The problem it solves

A sponsorship offer can look simple while the work hides in the details: multiple content formats, repeated revisions, paid usage, creator-handle ads, exclusivity, broad reuse rights, rushed deadlines, or unclear payment triggers. This kit turns the offer into a decision you can inspect and respond to.

What is included

• Claude skill that produces a structured, evidence-labeled deal review
• Deal intake form to capture the offer and your boundaries
• Rights scope matrix for platform, term, paid use, edits, exclusivity, and raw files
• Creator-defined fee worksheet with transparent arithmetic and no invented market rates
• Negotiation message bank for clarification, counters, scope trades, and polite declines
• Campaign tracker from agreement through publication, invoice, payment, and usage expiry
• Worked fictional example showing how to separate facts from assumptions
• Official platform and disclosure references to re-check before each campaign

What makes it useful

• It makes missing terms visible before you agree.
• It separates deliverable fees from licensing and exclusivity requests.
• It helps you make a counteroffer that changes scope as well as price.
• It drafts messages without inventing performance claims or product experience.
• It treats contract questions as review points and does not pretend to replace a lawyer.

How to use it

1. Upload the ZIP as a Claude skill, or open SKILL.md and use it as project instructions.
2. Start a new chat and paste the brand email, brief, or relevant contract excerpt. Remove private account and payment data first.
3. Fill in templates/DEAL-INTAKE.md, especially your own minimum, capacity, audience fit, and non-negotiables.
4. Ask Claude: “Review this offer using the Creator Sponsorship Deal Desk. Separate provided facts, calculations, assumptions, and unknowns. Then give me an ordered recommendation and a ready-to-send reply.”
5. Review every output, verify all arithmetic and names, and confirm the agreed scope in writing before work begins.

Important boundaries

This is a planning and drafting aid, not legal advice, a market-rate database, or a guarantee of campaign results. It does not determine whether a contract is enforceable or what rate a creator should charge. All estimates depend on the creator's own inputs. Platform policies and disclosure rules can change and vary by location; check current sources and seek qualified advice for legal questions.

Contents

• SKILL.md — Claude skill instructions
• START-HERE.md — quick start and safe use
• templates/ — editable worksheets and message templates
• examples/ILLUSTRATIVE-DEAL-REVIEW.md — fictional walkthrough
• REFERENCES.md — primary source links
• PROMOTIONAL-ASSETS.md — copy direction for product images