Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Shook Digital is a remote-first creative production company helping brands scale their TikTok presence through high-performing user-generated content systems. The Freelance Creative Operations Manager will develop concepts and scripts, manage end-to-end production workflows, coordinate creators and deadlines, review footage, and refine scalable ad structures 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
• 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

Benefits

• Work on global campaigns for leading brands.
• A paid onboarding capped at 50 hours.
• Autonomy: no micromanagement.
• Remote flexibility: work from wherever you are most productive, provided you can hit the CET overlap.
• Opportunity to move from "Managing Projects" to "Owning Systems" as we scale.
• Bonuses for language match, niche industry expertise, and top-tier accounts.
• The 2-hour work trial is paid.

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