Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Shook Digital builds production systems that help brands scale their TikTok presence through high-performing user-generated content. The Freelance Creative Operations Manager will develop concepts and scripts, manage end-to-end creative production for the DACH client base, coordinate creators and deadlines, review footage, and refine scalable advertising workflows using AI-assisted tools.
Responsibilities
- Own the Machine: Manage the end-to-end production workflow. You are responsible for the balance between creative "taste" and 20-day delivery speed
- Concept & Script Ownership: Develop the creative concept and script yourself before a single frame is shot. This is the highest-leverage part of any production, and it starts with you
- AI-Augmented Workflow: We run an AI-automated production platform and use tools like ElevenLabs for voiceover. You're comfortable working within AI-assisted systems and see them as a way to move faster — not a threat to the craft
- Creator Partnership: Source and "ghost-proof" our creator network. You don't just hire them; you build relationships that ensure they follow the brief and hit the deadline
- The Feedback Loop: Review raw footage with a TikTok-native eye. If a hook is weak or the energy is off, you provide the firm, direct feedback needed to fix it
- Systems Thinking: Help us refine our modular ad structures. You'll organize hooks, bodies, and CTAs so they can be tested and iterated on at scale
Skills
- Remote (with CET time zone overlap)
- This role is open to candidates with significant overlap with Central European Time (CET)
- You need to be responsive during core hours to keep the gears turning, and genuinely engaged with the people turning them alongside you
- Native or native-level German (C1/C2) — you'll be leading briefs, feedback, and creator relationships for our German-speaking client base, so this is non-negotiable
- You have real hands-on scriptwriting and concept-development experience — this isn't something you're hoping to pick up on the job
- You find "messy" workflows painful. You are the person who creates the spreadsheet that saves the project
- You understand the platform's DNA. You know why a native-feeling "CapCut" edit outperforms a polished studio commercial
- You are comfortable with ambiguity. If a creator drops out on Day 12, you don't wait for permission. You've already sourced a backup
- You can give critical feedback to creators without sugar-coating it, while maintaining a great working relationship
- You know what "good" looks like. You can spot a high-retention hook in the first 2 seconds of raw footage
- You build real working relationships with your team, not just transactional handoffs — this is a genuinely tight-knit group, and we want it to stay that way
- You don't take it personally when a creator fails to deliver. You see a ghosting creator as a data point to be managed, not a personal crisis. You stay calm when the timeline gets tight
- Work from wherever you are most productive, provided you can hit the CET overlap
Benefits
- Interesting Challenges: Work on global campaigns for leading brands.
- A paid onboarding capped at 50 hours.
- Autonomy: We hire adults and trust them. No micromanagement, just putting things together and getting things done.
- Remote Flexibility: Work from wherever you are most productive, provided you can hit the CET overlap.
- Professional Growth: Opportunity to move from "Managing Projects" to "Owning Systems" as we scale.
- Plus bonuses for language match, niche industry expertise, and top-tier accounts.
- The Work Trial (2 hours, paid).
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