Pre-production & PPM · Working
Pre-PPM
ELI5
An internal or agency-production meeting used to resolve issues before the client-facing PPM.
Used in conversation
“The agency wants the Pre-PPM addressed clearly in the next round.”
Pitch context
You may encounter “Pre-PPM” in advertising & director treatments conversations or materials.
Why it matters: Helps interpret the brief, director treatment, bid, award, production process and campaign deliverables.
Caution
This usage is established in practice but is not fully standardised. A domain specialist should review it before release as canon.
Connected terms
- Pre-production meetingThe pre-PPM aligns agency and production before the client-facing PPM; the PPM is the formal approval meeting before production.
- AwardA common commercial treatment and award sequence.
Sources & evidence · 4
Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.
- Association of Independent Commercial Producers — AICP Guidelines and Best PracticesSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- IPA / APA / ISBA — Production Pitch Process Initiative and Best PracticeSupporting source family · institutional · checked 2026-08-14
- AICP — AICP Bid FormSupporting source family · primary · checked 2026-08-14
- pitch.dog — Pitch Dictionary Deep Research SynthesisSupporting source family · practitioner · checked 2026-08-14