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We brief and produce native-feeling UGC at the volume your media buyer needs to scale - with the strategic discipline most freelance creators don't bring.

UGC out-performs polished ads. Now consistently.

In 2026, the data is settled. UGC-style creative wins on Meta, Snapchat and TikTok - lower CPMs, higher CTRs, more efficient CPAs. The brands still leaning on agency-polish are subsidizing the brands that aren't.

But UGC is harder to run than it looks. A bad creator brief produces 50 useless videos. A good one produces 50 wins. The difference is strategic infrastructure - which is what we sell.

The UGC advantage
Lower CPMs vs. studio ads -32%
Higher CTR vs. studio ads +58%
Faster production cycle 5x
Hooks tested per concept 5+
Avg. ROAS lift in 90 days 2.4x
Based on creative-tested cohorts across our client roster - not industry averages. Your numbers will depend on your offer and category.

A roster, not a marketplace

We don't bid out your project to anyone with a ring light. Every creator on our 500+ roster has been vetted, briefed, and shipped real work. We know who fits your category before we open the casting call.

Vetted, not crowdsourced

Every creator has a portfolio reviewed by our team, a category fit assessed against your brand, and a test brief shipped before they go on a paid project.

Scandinavia + EU local

Local creators with native accents in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Netherlands, UK and Spain. The kind of voices that don't sound imported to your audience.

Strategically briefed

We don't send creators a one-liner and a product. Every brief includes hook, angle, audience persona, reference clips, do's and don'ts - so output stays on-brand and on-strategy.

Performance-edited

Raw creator footage comes back to our editors, who cut every concept into 3 distinct hooks - one core video, three different openers, so each idea gets a fair test in feed.

Done end to end

Casting, briefing, shooting and editing - handled for you end to end. A first batch of ready-to-run UGC is typically live within 4 weeks of kickoff.

Data-loop tagged

Every clip is tagged by hook, angle, format, and creator. We see which patterns won, your media buyer sees it too, and the next round is built on what already converts.

See what this would look like on your account

Book a free 30-minute call. We look at your setup before the call and walk you through exactly where the opportunity is, whether we work together or not.

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Strategy first. Volume after.

01

Brief & angle map

We map your customer, your offer, and the angles competitors aren't running. Each shoot has a thesis before we cast a single creator.

02

Cast from our roster

We pick 5-10 creators per month based on category fit, voice, and the angles we're testing. You see the lineup and approve before we ship briefs.

03

Ship the briefs

Each creator gets a full brief: hook, angle, persona, references, do's and don'ts. We review their first 30 seconds before they finish the full shoot.

04

Cut the hooks

Raw footage goes to our editors. Each concept becomes 3 hooks - the same video cut with three different openers to test which stops the scroll. Tagged and ready for your ad account.

05

Iterate on data

You ship the cuts. We watch the data with you. Next month's slate is built on the hooks and creators that already won - not gut feel.

Where the budget lands · Last cohort
Day-in-the-life35% of spend
Testimonial / review27% of spend
Unboxing / first-impression21% of spend
Problem → solution17% of spend
Avg. creators per month 5-10
Hooks per concept 3

More angles. More hooks. More winners.

A typical UGC engagement with Curve.no ships more in 30 days than most brands ship in a quarter.

5-10
Vetted UGC creators briefed and shipped per client, per month
400+
Vetted creators in our Scandinavia + EU roster to cast from
4 weeks
From kickoff to your first batch of ready-to-run UGC

One creator. Every market.

A UGC video that wins in one language can win in every market you sell in. Our AI dubbing matches the creator's voice, syncs the lips, and localizes captions and on-screen hooks - so a proven creator ad scales across Scandinavia and Europe without re-casting or re-shooting.

Voice-matched dubbing. Keeps the creator's tone, not a robotic read.
Lip-synced. Re-timed to the new language so it never looks dubbed.
Localized captions & hooks. On-screen text rebuilt per market, not machine-translated.
Source ANY Your original
AI dub & localize into any market ↓
SE Swedish
DK Danish
FI Finnish
DE German
NL Dutch
EN English
ES Spanish
FR French
+ 30 more languages - we're never limited to a fixed list

UGC questions, answered

What does "UGC" actually mean for paid ads?
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In paid social, UGC means video that looks and sounds like organic content but is briefed, structured, and licensed for ad use. It's the format that out-performs polished studio ads on Meta, Snapchat and TikTok in 2026. The creator is a paid contractor, not someone we picked off a hashtag.
Do we own the content?
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Yes. Every UGC engagement includes full commercial usage rights for paid media. Whitelisting / Spark Ads / Partnership Ads are optional add-ons negotiated per creator - we handle the paperwork.
How big is your creator roster?
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400+ vetted creators across Scandinavia and the EU, segmented by category, language, and content style. We don't share the full directory - you get the curated shortlist for your specific brief.
What if a creator's content doesn't work?
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We review the first 30 seconds of every shoot before they finish. If the angle isn't landing, we re-brief or re-cast before money is wasted. And if a creator under-delivers despite a clean brief, we replace and re-shoot at our cost.
Can you work with our existing brand guidelines?
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Always. Your brand book becomes part of every creator brief - tone, words to avoid, claim boundaries, regulatory requirements. The point of UGC isn't to abandon your brand, it's to wear it differently.
How is this different from hiring a UGC freelancer?
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Freelancers ship one video. We ship a strategy, five to ten creators, three hooks per concept, and a feedback loop tied to your ad data. Same input cost, an order of magnitude more output - and you don't have to manage anyone yourself.
How does pricing work?
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UGC is priced as production - scoped to the creators, briefs and edits in your plan, with no hidden markups. Book a call and we'll scope it to your volume.