
ApproveThis manages your Compositor Integration approvals.
April 17, 2025
Integration Category: Marketing
When Approval Meets Content Curation
Modern marketing teams face a critical challenge: moving fast without breaking things. Compositor helps teams collect user-generated content and manage digital assets, while ApproveThis brings structure to decision-making. Together through Zapier, they create a closed-loop system where content curation meets accountable approvals – exactly what growth-focused organizations need to scale creative operations.
Why This Integration Matters
Compositor excels at aggregating marketing assets from multiple sources, but traditional email-based approval chains create bottlenecks. ApproveThis adds missing enterprise-grade controls:
- Automatic routing based on content type/budget
- Legal/compliance team oversight without micromanagement
- Real-time audit trails for regulated industries
A healthcare marketing agency using Compositor for patient story submissions reduced approval cycles from 72 hours to 8 hours by adding ApproveThis' HIPAA-compliant review workflows. Their compliance team accesses approvals directly via email without needing Compositor logins.
Three Teams That Win
1. Marketing Operations
Campaign managers using Compositor to collect social media content can configure approval thresholds in ApproveThis. Example: user-generated posts under $500 in product value auto-approve via Calculated Fields, while higher-value items require brand manager review. Vacation Delegation ensures summer campaign timelines stay intact when approvers take PTO.
2. Legal/Compliance
When Compositor ingests contract drafts or partnership agreements, ApproveThis enforces sequential approvals with mandatory comments. A fintech company eliminated version control issues by linking Compositor document revisions to approval records. External counsel approves directly via email – no software licenses required.
3. Creative Services
Design teams handling 200+ Compositor submissions weekly use approval groups for faster consensus. A/B test creatives get parallel approvals from marketing and UX teams, while compliance-sensitive assets follow strict sequences. Real-time dashboards show exactly where delays occur.
Implementation Made Simple
Connecting Compositor and ApproveThis takes 15 minutes in Zapier:
- Create Zapier account (if new to Zapier)
- Choose Compositor "New Submission" trigger
- Map critical fields to ApproveThis request template
- Test with sample Compositor entry
Pro Tip: Use ApproveThis' Calculated Fields to auto-flag submissions needing special handling. Example: Compositor entries tagged "high-risk" in custom metadata could require additional approvers.
Beyond Basic Approvals
While the core integration handles submission-to-approval routing, advanced teams leverage:
- Conditional Thresholds: Auto-approve Compositor assets under $1k value, escalate others
- Multi-Language Support: Global approvers receive emails in their preferred language
- API Extensions: Push approved Compositor assets directly to CMS/CDN
The Hidden Advantage
Most competitors require approvers to have seats in both systems. With ApproveThis+Compositor via Zapier:
→ External partners approve via email
→ Clients review without software access
→ Contractors participate securely
A European agency reduced software costs by €18k/year by eliminating redundant Compositor licenses for occasional approvers.
Real-World Impact
Consider these scenarios:
Ecommerce Brand Scaling UGC
Compositor collects customer product videos → ApproveThis routes to:
- Marketing for brand alignment check
- Legal for music licensing review
- Finance if offering creator compensation
Approval Groups ensure all stakeholders approve in parallel, cutting review time by 65%.
Healthcare Content Moderation
Patient education submissions in Compositor require:
1. Medical reviewer approval
2. Compliance officer sign-off
3. Final marketing release
ApproveThis enforces this sequence automatically, with escalation rules if any step takes >24hrs.
Getting Started
Begin with these steps:
1. Audit Existing Processes
Map where Compositor submissions get stuck waiting for human decisions.
2. Configure Thresholds
Set auto-approval rules for low-risk items to reduce workload.
3. Train Cross-Functional Teams
Show approvers how to use email approvals and delegate access.
Why Now Matters
As Compositor adoption grows, manual approval processes become liabilities. Teams handling 50+ weekly submissions reach breaking points quickly. ApproveThis acts as the governance layer – not a bottleneck – through smart automation.
Early adopters gain:
→ Faster content velocity
→ Fewer compliance incidents
→ Transparent stakeholder collaboration
Next Steps
Ready to transform your Compositor workflow? ApproveThis offers:
1. Free Trial with pre-built Compositor templates
2. Live demo focusing on your use case
3. Zapier integration support
Visit Compositor and Zapier to explore integration possibilities. For teams serious about scaling content operations responsibly, this integration isn’t just convenient – it’s becoming essential.
Integrate with Compositor Integration and get 90 days of ApproveThis for free.
After you create a Zapier integration, please email us at support@approve-this.com with your account name and we'll add 3 months of ApproveThis to your account. Limit one redemption per account.
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Best Approval Workflows for Compositor
Suggested workflows (and their Zapier components) for Compositor
Create approval requests for new Compositor submissions
When a new submission is received in Compositor, this automation creates an approval request in ApproveThis for review. It streamlines decision-making by ensuring every submission is evaluated through a structured approval process. *Note: Map submission details to the approval request fields as required.*
Zapier Components

Trigger
New Submission
Triggers when a new submission is received.
Action
Create Request
Creates a new request, probably with input from previous steps.
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