Brand Asset Fidelity Gate (QA)

Brand Asset Fidelity Gate (QA)

1. 01

   Freeze the approved brand kit before any batch render runs

   Lock logo files, type stack, color tokens, and safe-area rules into a single versioned folder. Every template in the batch points at that folder, not at a designer's local copy.

2. 02

   Render a 12-asset pilot across the widest and narrowest formats in the set

   Pick the largest banner, the smallest social tile, and one long-copy variant. Format extremes expose overflow and truncation that mid-size assets hide.

3. 03

   Inspect text overflow and truncation at the character limits the client actually uses

   Pull the three longest live headlines from the client's last campaign and push them through the template. A template that survives average copy but breaks on a 90-character headline is not ready for delivery.

4. 04

   Verify color and logo reproduction against the client's brand guide under print and screen profiles

   Export one asset as PDF and one as PNG, then compare against the guide's hex and CMYK values. Gradient banding and shifted brand colors are the most common silent failures in automated rendering.

5. 05

   Confirm localization output for every language in scope, including right-to-left scripts

   Check that translated strings are not clipped and that mirrored layouts do not flip logos or icons. A 14-language export with one broken script is a rework ticket, not a deliverable.

6. 06

   Log every defect with the template name, format, and input that triggered it

   Defect logs turn a one-off fix into a template patch. Without them the same overflow reappears on the next client batch.

7. 07

   Run a second pilot after fixes and get written sign-off from the delivery lead

   Sign-off belongs to the person who owns the client relationship, not the person who built the template. That separation catches brand drift the builder has stopped seeing.