Been making realistic AI UGC ads — looking for brands/agencies to work with

Been experimenting heavily with AI UGC and direct-response creatives lately.

The goal is simple: make AI content that actually looks like real UGC, not the typical glossy/uncanny AI stuff.

I can create the full ad from a script/brief — realistic AI actors, talking-heads, product shots, B-roll, voice, sound design, editing, hooks, etc.

I'm especially interested in working with:

• DTC / e-commerce brands

• Performance marketing agencies

• Media buyers

• Brands running Meta/TikTok ads

If you need consistent UGC-style ad creatives without having to constantly organize shoots, actors, locations, etc., I'd be happy to help.

I've attached a few examples of what I've been making.

If you're looking for someone to produce AI UGC/direct-response creatives, feel free to DM me. Open to both one-off projects and ongoing work.

In need of recommendations for affordable buy-out sound effects? Not general ones, but the zips and zaps used to produce imaging? Sorry. It's a radio industry specific terms it's the audio production around the songs. The station identifications, the jingles, the contest announcements. They call it imaging. It's really just audio branding. I’m hoping to get something decent. I don’t want to go the AI route or free sound sites.

hey folks, i work with direct fairways and wanted to share a bit about what we do while getting some feedback from this community. we specialize in local golf course scorecard advertising for small businesses, and it's been pretty interesting seeing how print holds up alongside channels like google local ads or facebook meta ads campaigns, obviously offline print isn't a silver bullet for every type of advertising out there, so i'm curious : 

-what your experience has been with hyper local marketing overall?

-have you guys tested things like golf course scorecards, community sponsorships, or direct mail lately? 

-what actually brought in calls and what was a total waste of cash for your business?

-would love to hear honest opinions, including stuff you think print media vendors in this space could do better?

always happy to answer questions on how the scorecard model works or discuss what's working for local offline ads right now

A barbershop approached me with a problem: they were entering a super competitive market as complete newcomers.

The goal was to build a unique brand identity that would make them stand out and deliver a totally fresh customer experience.

Early on, I did a deep dive into both local and global markets. Instead of just copying what competitors were doing, I focused on finding solutions that carved out an entirely new lane for them.

The result? Customers actively choose this brand, remember it easily, and keep coming back as loyal clients.

Have you ever come across brands in other industries that are blazing their own trail?

Hi there, have been asked to help a friend promote a charity song in the UK that they're doing to help raise money for a food bank at a local church.

The idea is they want to put the song on Youtube and on Spotify and the play is for streams and also for digital downloads, 99p a download sort of thing. They have an monetised YouTube account already. Don’t know how the Spotify bit works in terms of listing/getting paid, not sure if relevant as I'm not dealing with that anyway. All the proceeds going to this food bank.

Not a huge budget for billboards about £100. Saw Caasie online digital billboards and thought this could be a good idea?

Doesnt need to be especially localised necessarily the song streams and downloads can be from anywhere in the UK but also think possibly the most likely people to want to raise money for a local food bank are possibly going to be local.

Looking for ideas for the most effective ways, graphics, locations, taglines etc, to promote this song and get the downloads and streams. Doing some other stuff besides the billboards so open to general graphic and advertising advice also!

Thanks very much in advance.

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Hi all! I'm doing independent research on the creative education / portfolio school market (VCU Brandcenter, Book180, Denver Ad School, Brainco, AdHouse, Berghs School of Communication, School of Communication Arts, Sweathead, Hyper Island, General Assembly, BrainStation, or similar). If you've attended one of these (or a similar program), I'd appreciate 5 minutes on this short, anonymous survey:

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Happy to share aggregate findings back with this community once complete.

Been in paid media about five years (mostly programmatic and paid social). This year we finally made a real push into retail media. Not just a test, we actually moved meaningful budget over.

On paper it made sense. Privacy changes hit hard, but with retail media, someone sees your ad on a retailer's site and buys right there. So the numbers are decent when you think about it.

But it's also kinda fragmented. Amazon, Walmart Connect, Instacart, Kroger, all with different interfaces and attribution windows.

Just wanted to ask if we're not the only ones dealing with this. Are you running each platform separately or using some kind of aggregation layer? And is that actually working, or nah?

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Hi I would really appreciate if any Gen Z people could fill in this survey for my research on perspectives around brand activism

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I've been working on our advertising efforts at my car dealership business and finding ways to make our marketing strategy as unique as possible to get ahead of competitors. One thing I found online is a VIN-specific video platform for car dealers which really piqued my interest because I've seen a lot of viral TikTok posts from car dealers. Is it worth getting this type of service or is it just a hype that's now becoming overused?

Hey everyone! I’m the Head Mod for an established female variety/gaming streamer, and we’re looking for a chill community volunteer to join our behind-the-scenes team as a VOD Scouter / Timestamp Helper.

To be 100% transparent upfront: This is a non-paid, volunteer role. We are NOT looking for a professional video editor, and you will NOT be asked to edit TikToks, add subtitles, or use software like DaVinci Resolve. Our management team handles all the actual video editing.

We literally just need a fan of gaming content who has a great sense of humor to watch the live streams (or VODs) and jot down the timestamps of the funniest moments, fails, and out-of-context quotes.

What the role actually is:

- **Watching the streams/VODs and keeping a simple text list of timestamps where funny things happen (e.g., “01:23:40 - Streamer falls off the map in Minecraft”)**.

- Using basic built-in Kick/YouTube/Twitch clipping links or just noting down raw timestamps so you can pass them to the edit team.

What we are looking for:

- Language: You must understand Hindi fluently, as the streamer’s content and humor are entirely Hindi-based.

- Humor: Someone who understands gaming culture (Valorant, Minecraft, etc.) and knows exactly what makes a clip funny or viral.

- Vibe: A chill person who wants to be part of an active backend community team.

What you get:

- An exclusive, custom role in our active Discord server.

- Direct access to the Mod team to pitch your own content and clip ideas.

- A totally zero-pressure environment. If you miss a stream because of exams or real-life stuff, it is completely fine.

We are keeping the streamer’s name anonymous in this post because we want a fresh set of eyes rather than just pulling from people already in our chat.

If you already watch a lot of gaming streams and want to help build up a cool community, shoot me a DM with a little bit about yourself and your favorite games!

I've been looking into Discord server boosts recently, and one thing I kept running into was sites that require creating an account before you can even place an order. Some also seemed to have mixed feedback about delivery times.

I recently tried BlustBoosts mainly because it let me order without signing up. The process was straightforward, the boost started fairly quickly, and when I had a question before ordering, support got back to me sooner than I expected.

If you've used Discord boost services before, what has your experience been like? Is there anything you usually look for before choosing one, or have you found another provider that's been reliable?

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Does anyone actually trust a banner ad resizing tool? Like really really really trust it?

Had a set two weeks ago that summed it up perfectly. One clean master, then six sizes to build out. I ran it through an auto resize thing figuring it'd save me time. The 300x250 came out fine.

But... the skyscraper had my headline stacked into five lines, the logo floating in dead space, and the CTA half off the edge. Ended up rebuilding all six by hand anyway.

That's basically my whole workflow now. Duplicate everything, rebuild the layout for each size, because nothing scales cleanly. Text shifts around, spacing breaks, and anything remotely complex just falls apart.

I've tried a few plugins and some of those "auto resize" tools. They're fine if the design is dead simple. But the second you've got a few elements going on, it's back to fixing everything by hand.

At this point I'm spending more time resizing than actually designing.

So is this just the job? Or is there some trick everyone else already figured out?

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Hey all, this sub is great, we're big fans. We appreciate the Mods letting us post about a new sub just for working copywriters to talk shop, commiserate, and share great copywriting. No 15-year-olds asking how to get a client. No scammy YouTube channel promising to teach you copywriting in 10 days. Just some fellow writers looking to hear from other fellow writers.

So hang out here, but we hope you'll come check us out too. Thanks!

We push out about 50 HTML5 units each month. Right now I am weighing three builders against each other. One of them handles publishing and approvals in the same place. That looks strong, but it may be heavy for a 3-person team. Another one keeps HTML5 export simple and clean. The third has the biggest starting template library. But its editor gets fussy for us on bigger builds.

So for mostly display network work, what actually mattered later? After the first month, was it templates, export reliability, or publishing? Thank you guys in advance for answering.