Systems and interfaces for managing content

A computer-implemented method for creating an advertising creative, the method comprising acts of:

• receiving, from a distributed computer system, at a user interface for a creative user, a plurality of tasks;
• displaying on the user interface for the creative user, a new task menu;
• receiving a selection by the creative user, the new task menu on the user interface;
• displaying on the user interface for the creative user, responsive to the selecting the new task menu by the creative user, a list of the plurality of tasks organized into a plurality of tabs including a first tab including one or more first items from the plurality of tasks that have not yet been opened, a second tab including one or more second items from the plurality of task that have been opened but not yet accepted by the creative user, and a third tab including one or more third items for which a clarification has been requested prior to acceptance;
• displaying on the user interface for the creative user, a filter menu;
• receiving from the creative user on the filter menu of the user interface one or more filter terms comprising a customer identifier and a campaign identifier;
• filtering the list of the plurality of tasks to display one or more of the plurality of tasks that match the one or more filter terms;
• receiving from the creative user on the user interface a selection of a first task from the plurality of tasks;
• displaying, responsive to the selection of the first task by the creative user, information on the selected first task comprising a task brief, shareholder information, and assets;
• determining, responsive to the selection of the first task from the plurality of tasks, whether the creative user has access to one or more content elements related to the first task, wherein the determining is based on metadata information for the one or more content elements;
• based on determining that the creative user has access to the one or more content elements related to the first task, receiving, from the distributed computer system, at the user interface for the creative user, respective representations of the one or more content elements and accessing a plurality of software applications including content element editing software and search software to process the one or more content elements from the user interface directly without accessing a web browser or logging into any of the plurality of software applications;
• storing a local copy of at least one content element for the creative user, wherein the creative user creates or edits the at least one content element within the user interface;
• displaying a representation of the at least one content element in the user interface to the creative user;
• sending, responsive to a control input within the user interface to submit the at least one content element for approval, the representation of the at least one content element from the creative user to a reviewing user, wherein a status of the first task is updated to indicate that the creative user has completed the first task and a version of the at least one content element is stored at the distributed computer system, wherein the reviewing user uses markup or annotates the at least one content element to describe requested changes;
• receiving, from the distributed computer system, at the user interface for the creative user, a second task for an edit request from the reviewing user and indicating the edit request from the reviewing user to the creative user within the user interface, wherein the edit request includes the markup or annotations from the reviewing user;
• subsequent to a selection of the second task, receiving, at the user interface for the creative user, a request to open the at least one content element within the content element editing software;
• opening, within the user interface, via a link, the at least one content element within the content element editing software, wherein opening the at least one content element within the content element editing software comprises opening a version of the at least one content element suitable for the content element editing software;
• performing at least one edit operation, responsive to an editing control operated by the creative user, within an interface of the content element editing software, on the at least one content element based on the markup or annotations from the reviewing user included in the edit request;
• sending, responsive to a control input within the user interface to submit the at least one content element for approval, a representation of the edited at least one content element from the creative user to the reviewing user for approval, wherein a status of the second task is updated to indicate the creative user has completed the second task and a version of the edited at least one content element is stored at the distributed computer system;
• and
• allowing the edited at least one content element to be used in an advertising creative based on the reviewing user approving the edited at least one content element, wherein metadata information for the edited at least one content element is updated to indicate approval and any local copy of the edited at least one content element is removed.