Ad Creative Guidelines

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Step 2: Select Ad Category

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Display Banners

  • Creative animation must be a maximum of 30 seconds in length after which it must come to a stop (every aspect of the animation).
  • Creative requires a one pixel border to clearly identify the brand, product or promotion being offered. Learn more.
  • Creative must click through correctly (hence having the clickTAG correctly built as per specs). Learn more.
  • HTML5: All code and assets must be referenced using a relative path to resources included in the .ZIP file. Learn more.
  • 100 KB or smaller recommended for images, 120 KB or smaller recommended for HTML5. Third-party Ad serving files sizes, please contact us.
  • File type: .jpg, .gif, .png, HTML5 (.zip)
Display Banner Double Billboard

Top-performing ad size

  • LEADERBOARD: 728x90

Other supported ad sizes

  • DOUBLE BILLBOARD: 750x200
  • TRIPPLE BILLBOARD: 750x300
  • LARGE LEADERBOARD: 970x90
  • TOP BANNER: 930x180
  • PANORAMA: 980x120
  • BANNER: 468x60
Display Banner Medium Rectangle

Top-performing ad size

  • MEDIUM RECTANGLE: 300x250
  • LARGE RECTANGLE: 336x280

Other supported ad sizes

  • SMALL SQUARE: 200x200
  • NETBOARD: 580x400
  • TRIPLE WIDESCREEN: 250x360
Display Banner Half Page
  • HALFPAGE: 300x600
Display Banner Wide sky

Top-performing ad size

  • WIDE SKYSCRAPER: 160x600

Other supported ad sizes

  • SKYSCRAPER: 120x600
  • PORTRAIT: 300x1050

Display Rich Media

  • Necessary materials:
    - Brand Style guides:
    - Two source files, one for standard view and second for expanded view.
    - Click and impressions trackers (if 3rd party tracking applies).
    - Suggestion: File size with low weight, allows faster ad load times.
  • Possible functionality:
    - External video in .mp4 format.
    - YouTube video link.
    - For HTML 5 assets for DCM, you can learn more here.
    - You can learn more about all the technical requirements here.
Display Rich Media Pushdown

EXPANDABLE AD

  • Expandable from standard ad sizes: 300x250, 728x90, 160x600, etc.
    expand size: depends on the size of the default banner
Display Rich Media Pushdown

PUSHDOWN

  • Expandable from the banner size 970x90
    expand size: size depends on the size of the banner.
Display Rich Media Lightbox

LIGHTBOX

  • Expandable from standard ad sizes: 300x250, 728x90, 160x600, 300x600, 336x280, etc.
    expand size: 900x540 (default, max size 920x640).
Display Rich Media Floor AD

FLOOR AD

  • Expandable from 1024x300 to 900x540
    (default, max size 920x640).

Display Video Ads

Pre-Roll

  • MAX AD LENGTH: 30 seconds
  • AD FORMAT: MP4 or Web M
  • COMPANION BANNER: 300x250
  • MAX FILE LOAD SIZE: 95MB max upload
  • VIDEO ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 recommended

YouTube Pre-Roll

  • MAX AD LENGTH: 12 seconds (minimum video length) 15 seconds or 30 seconds (non-skippable ads) Up to 60 seconds (skippable ads)
  • AD FORMAT: MP4, MOV, .MPEG4, .AVI, .WMV or Web M
  • MAX FILE LOAD SIZE: 95MB max upload
  • VIDEO ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 recommended

YOUTUBE Companion Banner

  • MAX AD LENGTH: 30 seconds
  • AD FORMAT: JPG, GIF, PNG
  • COMPANION BANNER: 300x60
  • MAX FILE LOAD SIZE: 50KB max upload

ROLLOVER-TO-PLAY (ROTP) / CLICK-TO-PLAY (CTP)

  • MAX AD LENGTH: up to :30 seconds for initial auto-play. Once viewer engages, any length video (suggested up to 3:00 minutes)
  • UNIT SIZE: 300x250
  • AD FORMAT: MOV or MP4
  • MAX FILE LOAD SIZE: 95MB max upload
  • VIDEO ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 recommended

300X250 VIDEO

  • MAX AD LENGTH: any length video (suggested up to 3:00 minutes)
  • UNIT SIZE: 300x250
  • AD FORMAT: MOV or MP4
  • MAX FILE LOAD SIZE: 95MB max upload
  • VIDEO ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 recommended

Mobile banners

  • Creative animation must be a maximum of 30 seconds in length after which it must come to a stop (every aspect of the animation).
  • Creative requires a one pixel border to clearly identify the brand, product or promotion being offered. Learn more.
  • Creative must click through correctly (hence having the clickTAG correctly built as per specs). Learn more.
  • HTML5: All code and assets must be referenced using a relative path to resources included in the .ZIP file. Learn more.
  • 50 KB or smaller recommended for images, 120 KB or smaller recommended for HTML5. Third-party Ad serving files sizes, please contact us.
  • File type: .jpg, .gif, .png, HTML5 (.zip)
Mobile Banners Leaderboard
  • MOBILE LEADERBOARD: 320x50
  • LARGE MOBILE BANNER: 320x100
Mobile Banners Rectangle
  • SMALL SQUARE: 200x200
  • SQUARE: 250x250
  • MEDIUM RECTANGLE: 300x250
Mobile Banners Interstitials
  • INTERSTITIALS:
    320x480, 480x320, 1024x768, 768x1024

Mobile Rich Media

  • Necessary materials:
    - Brand Style guides:
    - Two source files, one for standard view and second for expanded view.
    - Click and impressions trackers (if 3rd party tracking applies).
    - Suggestion: File size with low weight, allows faster ad load times.
    - For HTML 5 assets for DCM, you can learn more here.
    - You can learn more about all the technical requirements here.
Mobile Richmedia banner

Banner

  • SMALL SQUARE: 200x200
  • SQUARE: 250x250
  • MEDIUM RECTANGLE: 300x250

Mobile Video Ads

MOBILE APP PR/GLIDER

  • MAX AD LENGTH: 30 seconds
  • UNIT SIZE: 480x320
  • AD FORMAT: MP4
  • MAX FILE LOAD SIZE: 95MB max upload
  • VIDEO ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 recommended

MOBILE APP CTP

  • MAX AD LENGTH: no max length - suggested up to 3:00 minutes
  • UNIT SIZE: 300x50, expands to full screen
  • AD FORMAT: HTML - video is MP4
  • MAX FILE LOAD SIZE: 95MB max upload
  • VIDEO ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 recommended

MOBILE WEB CTP

  • MAX AD LENGTH: no max length - suggested up to 3:00 minutes
  • UNIT SIZE: 300x250, plays full screen on smartphones but plays within the unit on tablets
  • AD FORMAT: HTML - video is MP4
  • MAX FILE LOAD SIZE: 95MB max upload
  • VIDEO ASPECT RATIO: 16:9 recommended

Facebook Ads guide



  • The guide has design recommendations to aid in creating optimal adverts.
  • Adverts will need to adhere to the technical requirements found for each objective.
  • Some of the adverts previews can be seen below.
  • In the objectives column of the Adverts Guide, all the latest Facebook ad offerings and image text checking tool can be seen in the buttons below:
    Adverts Guide Image Text Check
Facebook Links

Facebook Links
(Desktop View, Mobile View and Right Column)

  • Recommended image size: 1200 x 628 pixels
  • Image ratio: 1.9:1
  • Text: 90 characters
  • Headline: 25 characters
  • Link description: 30 characters
  • Your image may not include more than 20% text. Click here to see how much text is on your image.

Call to Action
Add a Call to Action button to tell people what you want them to do when they see your advert.

Facebook Carousel

Facebook Carousel
(Desktop View, Mobile View and Right Column)

  • Recommended image size: 600 x 600 pixels
  • Image ratio: 1:1
  • Text: 90 characters
  • Headline: 40 characters
  • Link description: 20 characters
  • Your image may not include more than 20% text. Click here to see how much text is on your image.
Instagram Clicks to Website Links

Instagram Links
(Desktop View, Mobile View)

Design recommendations

  • Image ratio: 1:1
  • Image size: 1080 x 1080 pixels
  • Caption: Text only, 125 characters recommended
  • Your image may not include more than 20% text. Click here to see how much text is on your image.

Call to Action
Add a Call to Action button to tell people what you want them to do when they see your advert.

Instagram Click to Website carousel

Instagram Carousel
(Desktop View, Mobile View)

Design recommendations

  • Image size: 1080 x 1080 pixels
  • Caption: Text only, 125 characters recommended
  • Your image may not include more than 20% text. Click here to see how much text is on your image.

Call to Action
Add a Call to Action button to tell people what you want them to do when they see your advert.