FULL-TIME US HOURS · 8am–7pm EST Remote · Worldwide $800/mo → $1,200 in 6mo Claude Code Max

I'm hiring a COO.

Bobby De Mario UGC Agency · Chief Operating Officer

You replace me. I run a UGC agency with 100+ active brand clients across 4+ social platforms — one of the top creators on SideShift. From now on, I do one thing: film. You do everything else — including growing the team yourself when we need to.

Important — read first

Full-time. US hours: 8am – 7pm EST, Monday – Friday. Roughly 50–55 hrs/week.

If you're in a timezone where this means working through your night, only apply if you can genuinely sustain it long-term.

What you'll own

  • → Campaign success of every brand we have. If they grow, you did your job. If they churn, you missed something.
  • → Daily comms across WhatsApp, Discord, Slack, SideShift — every brand, every day. You are my voice.
  • → ~150 videos/day audited across 4+ platforms (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook). 5% margin of error.
  • → Lead the team — Metricool VA, script writers, editors. You delegate, hold accountable, fire when needed.
  • → Grow the team yourself. Spot a gap → write the JD → source → screen → bring me the top 1–2.
  • → Author SOPs for everything. Every workflow you build becomes a written SOP someone else can execute.
  • → Edit + QC video. CapCut minimum — you do quick edits when the editor is overloaded, and you QC every video before it touches a brand.
  • → Build systems with Claude Code Max. Not "use ChatGPT" — actually build things that run.

Tools you must already know

Not "willing to learn." Already comfortable using daily.

  • → Meta Business Suite — managing IG + FB across multiple brand accounts
  • → TikTok Ads Manager / TikTok Studio — multi-account posting, native analytics
  • → YouTube Studio — multi-channel management
  • → Excel / Google Sheets at a power-user level — pivots, lookups, dashboards
  • → Video editing — CapCut minimum, Premiere/DaVinci a plus
  • → Claude Code — comfortable in a terminal, can have it write & run scripts for you
  • → SOP authoring — you've written process docs others have used

Bonus stack: Cursor, n8n, Apps Script, Metricool, Notion power-user.

Hardware + setup (you provide)

  • → iPhone (iPhone 12 or newer preferred)
  • → MacBook (preferred) or fast PC, ≥16GB RAM — M-series Apple Silicon strongly preferred. Anything under 16GB will choke.
  • → Fast internet: ≥100 Mbps down / ≥20 Mbps up. Speed test screenshot required in your application.
  • → Webcam + mic for video calls
  • → Backup internet (mobile hotspot) — the agency can't go down because your wifi did

Who we want

  • → Strong social media operator. You understand why a hook works, why a Reel flops, what shadowbans look like. Operational, not theoretical.
  • → Quick + tech-savvy. New tool? Hours, not weeks.
  • → Super organized. Precise. Every task gets done. Nothing falls through.
  • → Great communicator. 200 words clearer than someone else's 2 pages.
  • → Has hired before. Sourced + interviewed + made the call. We'll ask for the story.
  • → Understands AI agents. Not just chatbots — you know the difference between a one-shot prompt and an autonomous tool-using agent. We run 10+ live agents in production. You'll review their decisions, tune their prompts, orchestrate them.
  • → Can be thrown in the ocean and swim. 100 brands, almost no hand-holding. Figure it out and start shipping.

⚠ This is a high-pressure environment

100 brands. ~150 videos/day. Deadlines that don't move. Brands who message at all hours. There's no version of this where the day is quiet.

But it can be smooth — if you make it smooth with systems. The killers I've worked with don't grind through chaos. They build dashboards, templates, automations, SOPs, and team rhythms that make chaos predictable. By month 3, your day should feel structured even though the volume tripled.

Thrive on ambiguity + pressure + building order out of nothing? Apply. Need a calm workload from day 1? This isn't your role.

The deal

Within US hours, we measure outcomes — not seat time. Two scenarios any given day:

  • → You worked till 10pm because you were slow. Fix the workflow.
  • → You finished by 4pm because you automated the rest. That's the goal.

Either improve every week or work later. There is no third option.

⚠ This application takes ~45 minutes to do well. There's a built-in test below — designed to weed out mass-appliers, AI-fillers, and people who didn't read the JD. We'd rather get 5 strong applications than 100 weak ones.

Built by Bobby De Mario · UGC creator + agency operator

Apply

All fields with * are required. No video link = auto-rejected. Skip the test = auto-rejected.

Basics

Be honest. We'd rather know now than have you burn out in month 2.

Experience

If 0 — please don't apply.

If 0, please don't apply.

Hardware + setup

Under 16GB = please don't apply.

Run a speed test at fast.com or speedtest.net. Screenshot it. Upload to Imgur / Drive / Dropbox. Paste the link. Required: ≥100 Mbps down, ≥20 Mbps up.

The Video

Record a 60–90 second video of yourself talking, in English. Cover, in this exact order:

  1. Why you're the killer for this role
  2. The hardest client situation you've personally owned end-to-end
  3. The hardest team / hiring situation you've handled
  4. One specific thing you've built or automated using AI — show, don't tell

Google Drive only

Upload your video to Google Drive. No Loom, YouTube, Dropbox, or other platforms. Drive only.

How to share correctly:

  1. Upload your .mp4 / .mov to Drive
  2. Right-click the file → Share
  3. Under "General access" change from Restricted to Anyone with the link
  4. Set role to Viewer
  5. Copy the link, paste it below

Test it in an incognito window before submitting. If we click the link and see a "Request access" page, your application is auto-rejected. We don't chase down permissions.

Drive links only. Anything else gets auto-rejected.

Tool stack

Don't lie. We will test these in the interview.

Required. We need to see how you write process docs. If you don't have one, write a quick one (one of your current daily workflows) and link it.

AI fluency (the deepest filter)

"New to me" = please don't apply. We run 10+ live agents in prod and you'll be reviewing/tuning them.

Be specific. "I use ChatGPT" isn't an agent.

The Weed-Out Test (~30 min)

Designed to filter mass-appliers, ChatGPT-fillers, and people who didn't read the JD. Specifics > buzzwords. Short answers > long ones (unless we ask for length).

Test 1 · JD attention check (1 min)

Test 2 · Brand reply (8 min)

Test 3 · Posting audit triage (5 min)

Test 4 · Hard conversation (5 min)

If you've never had this conversation, write "I haven't" and explain. We're testing whether you can have hard conversations, not punishing you for being early-career.

Test 5 · AI prompt design (8 min)

Test 6 · The push-back (3 min)

Logistics

Submitting takes you to a confirmation page. We review applications in batches every few days.