First-day cover
Launch day as a collector's first-day cover: an airmail envelope in the brand's stripes with a perforated commemorative stamp of the product, a postmark carrying the day it shipped, the product name set large as the envelope's cachet, and the address block handwritten to the customers with what is inside. A dated, keepsake way to say this shipped today.
When the AI picks it
MarketiQ’s Creative Director favours the First-day cover for posts that announce news or start a conversation, when the message is one sharp insight, a list or one product in the spotlight. It is built first to announce news.
It reads each post’s goal and shape first, then its own words, the platform and the facts you have, and offers this template only where it fits.
Who it’s for
Any business. Nothing in it assumes what you sell, so the Director can offer it to a software company, a café or a coaching centre alike — whenever the post fits.
Platforms and sizes
| Size | Where |
|---|---|
| 4:51080 × 1350 px | Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, Pinterest, Reddit |
| 1:11080 × 1080 px | Ads |
| 9:161080 × 1920 px | TikTok |
| 16:91600 × 900 px | X, YouTube |
| 1.91:11200 × 628 px | Newsletter, Blog |
Single image. Each size is laid out for its canvas, not cropped; the sample above is the 4:5 version.
What it needs
The Director offers it only when these exist. Without them it simply picks another template.
- A real number from your post or your brand facts
Rules the AI follows
Word for word from the template library. The Director follows the copy rules when it writes into the template, and the visual review checks every creative against the visual rules.
Copy rules
- The date is the real launch date from the post, exactly as stated.
- The address lines say who it is for and what it brings, in plain words — no invented facts.
Visual rules
- An envelope with an airmail border of brand stripes on a pale brand ground; a perforated stamp in the brand colour with an icon and the product name; a round postmark with the date and wavy cancellation lines.
- The logo and website as the return address top left; the product name large in the heading face as the cachet; the address block handwritten on ruled lines at the bottom right.
More Openings & reveals templates
Redacted teaser
A pre-launch teaser as a project file on a dark desk: a brand-edged sheet stamped CLASSIFIED, the headline, a ruled list of what the file says
Launch week
A launch week as a row of numbered 'advent calendar' doors: the days already revealed show what shipped (today's one lit in the brand colour with an 'open now' tag), the…
In memoriam
A new feature told as a black-bordered obituary notice for the chore it kills
Beta invitation
An invitation card rising out of an opened envelope in the brand colour, sealed with a wax-style seal: 'You're invited' to the beta or early-access programme, the…
Assembly manual
How the new thing works, drawn as flat-pack 'assembly instructions': the product name in condensed caps over a heavy rule, a 'you'll need' parts strip, then three or…
Directory listing
The product as it appears in a launch directory on the day: the brand's tile, the product name and tagline, topic chips, a vote box, three highlight cards and the…
End credits
The team behind a launch as a film's closing credits: letterbox bars, the brand presenting it in italic serif, the product's name in spaced capitals, then roles and real…
Vinyl release
A feature drop released like a record: a brand-colour sleeve with the logo and the release's name, the black disc sliding out of it, and the tracklist
Make a First-day cover with your brand.
MarketiQ writes the post, picks the template that carries it best — this one, when it fits — and fills it with your logo, colours, facts and copy.