Every place we know of to land Canvas UGC: running a fresh TikTok or Instagram account for an app or tech brand and getting paid per video, per view, or monthly. You don’t need followers for any of these. Start with Sha’s two, then add two or three more.
Sha landed her first Tech UGC deals on these two within 24 hours. Sideshift has the most campaigns. UGC Tank has fewer, but they’re high quality.
Lots of listings that are literally labelled Canvas UGC or pay per view on accounts you run.
Brands almost never write “Canvas UGC” in a job post. Search all of these.
Find apps already running UGC-style ads, then find the right person to pitch. Templates are in the Templates Vault.
Platforms are the fastest start, but a lot of Canvas work never gets posted on one. These are the other routes, roughly from quickest to slowest.
Search an app category on TikTok, like “study app” or “budget app”. Accounts posting nothing but one app, with that app in the bio, are Canvas accounts. That brand is already paying creators. Look for “Creators” or “Ambassadors” in their bio link or website footer, or DM them.
Many apps hire UGC creators straight from their careers page. Mimo, the coding app, pays $50 per video plus view bonuses, posting on your own or a new account. Google “UGC creator” site:jobs.ashbyhq.com, then try the same with jobs.lever.co, notion.site and tally.so.
App founders post open calls on X all the time. Search “looking for UGC creators”, “hiring TikTok creators” and “UGC creators app”, then sort by Latest. Reply fast with a spec video attached, and pin your best video to your profile.
Search Jobs for “UGC creator”, “TikTok creator” and “short-form video creator”, filtered to the past week. Then search Posts for “hiring UGC creators”. Connect with Growth or Marketing leads at apps you like and send your portfolio.
On Upwork, search “TikTok UGC creator app” and you’ll see listings like “TikTok UGC creator for a skincare app”. On Fiverr, list a gig like “I’ll run a TikTok account for your app”. If you’re at uni, Handshake has app creator roles too.
Brands and agencies post paid Canvas roles in r/UGCcreators and in creator Discords, often with less competition than the job boards. It’s also the fastest way to check whether a platform or brand pays on time.
Browse Product Hunt and the App Store’s new and trending charts. New apps need content and rarely have creators yet. Make one spec video in their style, then pitch the founder with the Canvas outreach template.
Campaign managers often run several apps, so when a campaign goes well, ask for an intro to their other brands. When a campaign ends, offer to keep the account posting: brands often pay creators to keep it live so the videos keep pulling views.
Set up a creator profile on Instagram or TikTok, with a bio saying you make Tech UGC, a business email and your portfolio link (Canvas Lesson 4). Post your spec videos there. App brands search hashtags and DM creators, so this turns into inbound over time.
Rates shown are what each platform or its listings say, checked November 2026. They change often, so always read the brief before you apply. You never need to pay to apply: if an app pushes a paid plan, start free first. Every account you run belongs to the brand, so keep each one on its own login and follow its brief.