Remote Creative Lead: Social & UGC Mastery

inBeat Agency; South Africa; Remote; ZAR 1,469,000 - 2,122,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Creative Milkshake Stipends (mental |

Time Off: 21 days PTO + 7 sick days; 2

Maternity/Paternity Leave

Yearly Salary Review

Long Service Incentives

Job summary

Creative Milkshake is a remote-first performance creative agency seeking a Creative Lead (Social & UGC) to act as the final creative eye before work reaches clients. You’ll review footage, storyboards, and edits, and provide precise, actionable feedback to elevate the studio’s output.

You bring hands-on video production and editing experience, a sharp eye for short-form social content, and the ability to articulate craft decisions to editors and strategists alike.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years of hands-on experience in video production, editing, content creation, or a creative role at a social-first agency or DTC brand.
• Fluent in English, with strong written and verbal communication.
• Ability to understand paid media and performance reports to inform creative decisions.
• Real editing experience, or close collaboration with editors.
• On-set or production experience to assess shootability of concepts.
• Ability to tell a good ad from a great one and explain why.
• High EQ and ability to give constructive, precise feedback.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast pace in a high-volume studio.

Responsibilities

• Hold the creative quality bar by reviewing storyboards, raw footage, and final edits before client delivery.
• Act as the quality gate, clearly articulating needed changes and rationale.
• Build and maintain an ad example library, creative checklists, and “what good looks like” guides.
• Spot recurring editing patterns and address issues at the root, not ad by ad.
• Provide hands-on direction in post, including pacing, text, and sound design specifics.
• Offer direction on static assets, thumbnails, and on-screen text for mobile UX.
• Join shoots periodically to guide on-set and production direction.
• Contribute to a visual reference library for the studio and define best practices.

Skills

Video production

Editing

Content creation

Creative leadership

English fluency

Paid media

On-set experience

Feedback delivery

Job description

Creative Milkshake is a remote-first performance creative agency seeking a Creative Lead (Social & UGC) to act as the final creative eye before work reaches clients. You’ll review footage, storyboards, and edits, and provide precise, actionable feedback to elevate the studio’s output.

You bring hands-on video production and editing experience, a sharp eye for short-form social content, and the ability to articulate craft decisions to editors and strategists alike.