Content Lead - Viral / Absurdist Formats (YouTube, TikTok, IG)
Activate Talent
Posted: January 21, 2026
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Content Lead - Viral / Absurdist Formats
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Position: Content Lead - Viral / Absurdist Formats
Location: Remote (Global)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Type of contract: Independent contractor
🌎 Work from any corner of the world and be a part of the #remoteworkrevolution!‼️
Role Overview:
We’re hiring someone who understands “brain-rot”, absurdist, fast-attention content across YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram—at both a systems and creative level. This person will own format design, creative direction, and performance across client channels while managing creatives and client relationships.
This is not a posting role. This is a format, people, and a performance ownership role with emphasis on filmmaking, organic storytelling, and platform-tailored virality.
Responsibilities:
• Design and iterate viral content formats optimized per platform (YouTube, TikTok, IG) for retention, CTR, and engagement
• Conceptualize, storyboard, and oversee production with filmmaking and organic storytelling principles
• Translate chaotic internet culture into repeatable, scalable content systems across multiple platforms
• Lead editors, writers, and designers with clear creative direction
• Own content performance and iterate quickly based on analytics (retention, engagement, velocity)
• Manage client communication, feedback loops, and expectations
• Experiment aggressively and kill formats that stop performing
• Ensure speed, quality, and consistency across all outputs
Requirements:
• Proven experience producing viral content across multiple social platforms (YouTube, TikTok, Instagram)
• Strong creative experience in filmmaking, organic content creation, and storytelling
• Deep understanding of hooks, pacing, pattern interrupts, and platform-specific formats
• Ability to engineer repeatable virality, not just hope for luck
• Experience managing creatives and keeping output fast without chaos
• Comfortable defending creative decisions with clients
• Highly organized, decisive, and execution-focused
Nice to Have:
• Experience managing multiple client channels simultaneously
• Familiarity with analytics dashboards across platforms
• Background in short-form content successfully translated to long-form
Success Metrics:
• Increased engagement, retention, and CTR across all managed channels
• Consistent viral performance driven by repeatable formats
• High creative output without quality degradation
• Clients trust the strategy because the results back it up
Who This Is Not For:
• People chasing one-off virality
• Meme curators without execution discipline
• Creators who resist structure, feedback, or accountability