Top AI-Assisted UGC and Performance Ad Production Agencies

Last Updated: October 19th · 10 Agencies ranked

Steph Payas
Written by Steph Payas
Chief Marketing Officer
Brian Sorel
Reviewed by Brian Sorel
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A creator can deliver a persuasive product demonstration while the production team uses AI to prepare footage, edit variations or adapt the finished ad. Other services generate the visuals or presenter. Your agency brief needs to say which of those products you want and where human judgement belongs.

We reviewed agencies that publish a clear AI production service alongside named client work. This selection covers creator-made UGC, social content and performance ads. The examples include continuing creator shoots, generated image variants and creative testing connected to paid campaign results. Each answers a different production need.

For a marketing manager, the useful comparison is the work an agency will own. That includes finding creators, developing concepts, reviewing generated material and securing rights for the places you plan to use it. A production plan should also explain how campaign feedback changes the next batch.

We built this list to help you compare those offers against published delivery evidence. Start with the type of content you need, then examine the agency's process and the result that matters to your programme.

Overview
#AgencySpecialityScoreLocation (HQ)
2 Billion Dollar Boy logo Billion Dollar Boy London Social-first creative 75 /100 LondonUnited Kingdom
3 Monks logo Monks London Production-led experiences 61 /100 LondonUK
4 DEPT Agency logo DEPT Agency Location not disclosed AI marketing systems and social production 60 /100 Location not disclosed
5 inBeat Montreal 40 /100 MontrealQC
6 Relatable logo Relatable Stockholm Creator demonstrations for creative software 37 /100 StockholmSweden
7 Jellyfish logo Jellyfish Location not disclosed AI adoption and social agents 34 /100 Location not disclosed
8 Admiral Media logo Admiral Media Dubai Generated ad variants guided by campaign performance 27 /100 DubaiUnited Arab Emirates
9 The Social Shepherd logo The Social Shepherd London and Bath UGC and AI creative within a continuing performance programme 26 /100 London and BathUK / New York and Miami, US
10 UGC Factory logo UGC Factory Location not disclosed Continuing UGC production for direct-to-consumer brands 20 /100 Location not disclosed
11 NoGood logo NoGood New York City AI implementation and social creative 14 /100 New York CityUnited States
Billion Dollar Boy logo

Billion Dollar Boy

75 /100
London, United Kingdom 201-500 people, London and New York

Billion Dollar Boy has teams in London and New York and offers creator content, in-house production and UGC. Its Muse capability adds generative AI production to that offer. Buyers can bring a brief that needs both a distinctive creative idea and the people to deliver it across a campaign.

For Argos, the agency built an episodic comedy programme to change perceptions of the retailer's premium products. The campaign produced 122 content pieces and reported 38M views. The work used recurring entertainment to give products a place within a recognisable creative concept.

Microsoft's Creator Connect combined a hands-on event with content demonstrating practical product workflows. Paid distribution and an Amazon bundle offer helped connect that experience to a purchase opportunity. The case reports 6.1M+ impressions and 56 attributed sales.

Shortlist BDB when your production brief starts with an idea that creators can interpret and sustain across formats. The current generative production offer can be discussed alongside its creator execution experience. Ask the team to show how its proposed creative process carries the concept through casting, content development and final delivery.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 22/25
Client Impact 25/25
Industry Recognition 10/25
Revenue & Growth 18/25

Services Billion Dollar Boy offer

  • Affiliate & Performance-Based Programs
  • Ambassador Program Management
  • B2B Influencer Programs
  • Community Management
  • Competitor Influencer Audits
  • Content Repurposing & Editing
Monks logo

Monks

61 /100
London, UK Global network, production-led

Monks offers managed influencer campaigns and creator UGC production supported by generative AI and data. Its wider operation combines creative services with technology and media delivery. The published work is relevant to buyers planning a creator programme that also needs production support or a connection to commerce.

For Dove Hair's Project Baddie, creators developed their own concepts with feedback from the brand. Social listening informed selection, and the agency reported 600K+ views with a 4.8% average engagement rate. The case shows a production approach that gives creators a role in shaping the finished content.

A Pringles and Netflix activation connected creator streams to Amazon pricing. AI recognised reactions during Twitch broadcasts and triggered price changes. Monks reports premiere-night Amazon sales 432% above the daily average. This was a live commerce activation with its own production and technology requirements.

Consider Monks when the brief extends across creator ideas, production and distribution mechanics. The current genAI UGC service belongs in that discussion, while the client examples help establish which kinds of campaign execution the team can bring to a broader engagement.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 21/25
Client Impact 21/25
Industry Recognition 5/25
Revenue & Growth 14/25

Services Monks offer

  • Affiliate & Performance-Based Programs
  • Co-Creation & Product Collaboration
  • Community Management
  • Custom Technology & Platform Development
  • Influencer Campaign Management
  • Influencer Campaign Strategy
DEPT Agency logo

DEPT Agency

60 /100
Location not disclosed Digital agency with technology and marketing teams

DEPT is a digital agency with creative production, influencer services and AI implementation capabilities. Its eBay work describes AI production within a broader client relationship, while its influencer service uses AI and automation in campaign management. That combination suits teams buying production as part of a wider marketing operation.

For Savage X Fenty, DEPT developed acquisition content across social and streaming channels. The published output includes 110 TikToks and 78 YouTube assets. The case reports a 39% reduction in YouTube customer acquisition cost, connecting the production programme with a defined paid-channel measure.

Its eBay relationship includes social strategy, creator activity and an internal production team. The Love Island activation within that relationship reported 217M impressions. The case shows how a large brand can organise distinct creative programmes under a continuing agency partnership.

DEPT is worth considering when your team needs content across several formats and wants production connected to the surrounding campaign operation. Use the Savage X Fenty work to discuss asset planning and the eBay relationship to discuss how responsibilities are divided between an agency team and your own marketers.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 17/25
Client Impact 4/25
Industry Recognition 19/25
Revenue & Growth 20/25

Industries DEPT Agency serve

  • Retail
  • Fashion

Platforms DEPT Agency cover

  • TikTok
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

inBeat

40 /100
Montreal, QC Micro-creator, paid-social led

inBeat combines creator sourcing, UGC production and media buying. Its performance creative service includes AI post-production and modular assets built for testing different hooks, angles and formats. The offer is relevant when your team needs a continuing supply of ads with a clear path back to performance data.

For Greenpark Sports, inBeat used sports, gaming and lifestyle creators to make paid video variations. The team developed hooks and scripts, then moved resources toward stronger assets. The case reports a 70% reduction in cost per install and a 6X increase in daily installs while ad spend grew 300%.

Prose used continuing creator recruitment and weekly creative delivery. Its case reports 450+ assets and a 20% reduction in customer acquisition cost. Feedback on creator profiles and content angles informed later briefs.

These examples support a shortlist for buyers who want production and acquisition managed together. The current AI post-production service adds a specific capability to discuss within that arrangement. Ask how your media results will become the next creator brief and which parts of the production process your team will review before launch.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 13/25
Client Impact 15/25
Industry Recognition 0/25
Revenue & Growth 12/25
Relatable logo

Relatable

37 /100
Stockholm, Sweden Influencer campaigns, creator production and paid media

Relatable is a Stockholm agency offering both UGC and AI-generated content services. Its production offer covers creator-made material alongside generated visuals and messaging. This gives a buyer distinct content options to discuss within a managed creative brief.

For Electrolux, Relatable worked with creators on household products across care and food preparation. The campaign involved Instagram Reels and Stories and produced 42 content assets. That example is useful for a brand that needs products demonstrated in recognisable settings and then turned into a usable content collection.

Its PUMA campaign promoted footwear through TikTok creators in Sweden and Norway. The agency reports a 21.5% view rate and a 7.2% engagement rate. The work puts product presentation within creator content designed for a particular audience and market.

Shortlist Relatable for a brief where creator demonstrations are central and you also want to explore generated supporting material. Its current UGC and AIGC offer lets you specify the production format before work begins. The published creator programmes give you examples to discuss when setting the casting approach, content requirements and approval responsibilities for your own campaign.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 13/25
Client Impact 9/25
Industry Recognition 0/25
Revenue & Growth 15/25

Industries Relatable serve

  • Creative Software

Platforms Relatable cover

  • TikTok
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Snapchat
Jellyfish logo

Jellyfish

34 /100
Location not disclosed Global digital marketing and technology business

Jellyfish combines a Creative Collective with an AI Studio for commercial content production. Its current creative service covers influencer campaigns, moving assets and content systems across markets. The AI Studio brings generated material into production, translation and local adaptation, while creative teams develop the campaign idea.

For Experian, Jellyfish deployed Pencil Pro to create and refresh Performance Max assets using live campaign signals. The case reports 2K assets per quarter and a 14% uplift in overall Performance Max conversions. The programme also included bidding changes and regular creative testing.

Amazon Fashion provides a separate example of real creator production. The agency combined studio lookbooks with self-shot content across seasonal campaigns, reporting 923M impressions and 1.5M clicks. Creators interpreted the fashion brief through content designed for social audiences.

Jellyfish suits a buyer coordinating substantial production across creative and media teams. Its published work lets you compare a generated performance-ad process with a creator-led campaign. That is useful when your brief contains both kinds of content and you need a partner to define how each will be produced, reviewed and distributed.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 18/25
Client Impact 8/25
Industry Recognition 0/25
Revenue & Growth 8/25

Industries Jellyfish serve

  • Retail
  • Fashion
Admiral Media logo

Admiral Media

27 /100
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Managed AI creative production and paid acquisition

Admiral Media is a Dubai agency combining creative production with paid acquisition. Its AI production service covers generated video, static assets and UGC-style ads, with a strategist, human review and brand rules around the output. It offers synthetic presenters as a specific production format.

The Fastic case connects the agency's AI Creative Factory to a 70% reduction in cost per result. The production team created variations, assessed their campaign performance and used that feedback to guide the next assets.

For the StarChef 2 cooking game, Admiral describes an AI production process that fed performance data into subsequent prompts. It tested creative hooks and formats while keeping the game's visual style consistent. The agency reports a 45% increase in ROAS and an 18% reduction in customer acquisition cost for that work.

This offer suits a buyer who wants an agency to make ads and keep developing them against campaign feedback. Its published examples give you concrete production methods to discuss, including how brand rules affect generated output and how the team chooses which creative variations receive further testing.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 15/25
Client Impact 8/25
Industry Recognition 0/25
Revenue & Growth 4/25

Industries Admiral Media serve

  • Mobile Apps
  • Gaming
  • Ecommerce

Platforms Admiral Media cover

  • TikTok
  • YouTube
  • Snapchat
The Social Shepherd logo

The Social Shepherd

26 /100
London and Bath, UK / New York and Miami, US Social creative production, creator campaigns and paid media

The Social Shepherd operates across UK and US offices, with services spanning social, influencer campaigns and paid media. Its performance creative offer includes UGC, video editing and AI creative. The team also produces assets for testing within paid acquisition programmes.

Beyblade's TikTok programme mixed original creative, curated material and creator assets. The agency reported 5M+ organic video views, 60K follower growth and an 8.21% engagement rate. A small Spark Ads budget supported the follower objective alongside the organic content programme.

Passenger combined performance creative production with paid social, search and display. The agency also worked on the product feed and expanded activity into new markets. It reports more than 10X growth in total revenue across that relationship.

The Social Shepherd suits a buyer who needs an agency to make content and stay involved as it runs. Its published work covers both a brand's social community and a broader paid acquisition operation. Use those examples to discuss the balance between creator content, agency production and paid testing, with the AI creative service scoped to the assets your team actually needs.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 13/25
Client Impact 6/25
Industry Recognition 0/25
Revenue & Growth 7/25

Industries The Social Shepherd serve

  • Retail
  • Entertainment

Platforms The Social Shepherd cover

  • TikTok
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • Facebook
UGC Factory logo

UGC Factory

20 /100
Location not disclosed Creator ad production with AI support for editing and footage

UGC Factory makes creator ads for ecommerce brands and documents how AI supports its production process. The team describes using AI for research, briefs, supporting footage and editing, while keeping the creator's central performance human. Brand footage, generated material and new creator shoots each have a defined role.

For ARMRA, the agency developed educational UGC and product demonstrations with visual overlays. The case reports an average cost per acquisition of $175.90 across the stated ad programme. This gives buyers an example of content developed around product explanation and paid response.

For Bullymake, UGC Factory reports a 30% reduction in cost per acquisition during a peak trading period. The relationship involved repeated creative production and continued spending behind successful ads.

This is a useful option when your team wants an ongoing supply of creator performances and edited ad variations. The agency's published process is specific about using generated footage to support an ad. Bring a brief that explains the demonstrations you need, the footage you already own and the feedback your media team can provide for subsequent production.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 14/25
Client Impact 6/25
Industry Recognition 0/25
Revenue & Growth 0/25

Industries UGC Factory serve

  • Ecommerce

Platforms UGC Factory cover

  • TikTok
NoGood logo

NoGood

14 /100
New York City, United States Growth agency with an AI marketing lab

NoGood is a New York growth agency with an AI Marketing Lab and a social creative team. Its published production methods include generated backgrounds, image concepts and changes to existing creative. The team describes using those tools with human editing, product compositing and client disclosure.

The agency's SteelSeries production examples show how generated surroundings can support a real product image. Its separate paid advertising case reports a 49% increase in paid social net sales between quarters and a 49% reduction in paid customer acquisition cost. These are results of the paid programme.

For Chime, NoGood developed social content through street interviews, trends and continuing measurement. The case reports 150% quarter-over-quarter growth in TikTok views and 126% growth in engagements. The work connects content development with the way audiences respond on the platform.

NoGood is a practical option for a buyer who wants creative production close to a growth team. Its methods offer specific AI uses to evaluate, while its social cases show experience running and measuring content. Discuss the product details that must remain accurate and how the team will use campaign feedback in later assets.

Score breakdown
Creative Quality 14/25
Client Impact 0/25
Industry Recognition 0/25
Revenue & Growth 0/25

Industries NoGood serve

  • Fintech
  • Gaming

Platforms NoGood cover

  • TikTok
  • Instagram
  • YouTube

How to choose an AI-assisted production agency

Define the finished content before choosing the technology. A customer demonstration needs a real person who can use the product and speak truthfully about it. Generated scenery, a translated version and a synthetic presenter involve different creative decisions. Put the intended format in the brief, alongside the channels and the action you want a viewer to take. This gives the agency a concrete production problem to solve.

Map the production process. Ask who writes the concept, selects the creator and checks the product details. Then ask where AI enters the work. An agency might use it for rough ideas, footage searches, background generation or editing. Ask to see an example moving through those steps, including the changes a human reviewer made. The sample should resemble the format and product complexity you need.

Set the approval rules before production starts. Identify who can approve product claims, generated scenes and changes to a person's appearance or voice. Agree how a creator can review an adapted performance. Synthetic content should be identifiable within your asset library so nobody later treats it as footage of a customer. Your agency should explain how it records approvals and hands that record back to your team.

Build rights around the distribution plan. Decide whether the content will appear on a creator's account, your own channels or paid ads. Discuss editing, translation and reuse as specific permissions. Ask how the agreement covers raw footage, paid usage and later versions of the same concept. A useful handover gives your media team assets it can actually run, with the permitted uses easy to find.

Compare production quotes using the same deliverables. Separate original concepts, filmed performances and variations made from existing material. Include the review rounds and the people responsible for changes. Creator fees, usage rights and media spend can sit outside a production fee. Request a schedule that shows what arrives for approval, when it can launch and how the next batch responds to the work already in market.

Match the evidence to the decision. Asset counts show output. Production timing shows an operating change. Views and engagement show audience response, while acquisition cost and return on ad spend describe paid performance. Ask for the campaign window and the activities included in a published result. Where creative and media buying ran together, compare the combined service with your own proposed scope.

Plan the feedback cycle with the people buying media. Agree which hooks, demonstrations or offers can change between batches and which brand elements stay fixed. Give the production team access to the results it needs to make those decisions. A useful test ends with a clear next brief, supported by the performance of specific assets.

Before signing, review a sample brief, an approval record and a delivery folder. Confirm who fixes a product error or an unusable generated scene. Choose a partner whose production responsibilities, rights and measurement plan are clear enough for your team to manage after the first launch.

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Start with the format and business purpose: a creator demonstration, an edited performance ad, translated content or generated commercial visuals. Ask the agency to show where it uses AI and which production decisions its team owns. The agencies here offer different combinations, so a specific deliverable makes proposals easier to compare.

AI can support a real creator through planning, editing or supporting footage. Some services also offer generated presenters. Specify the format you want and require approval for changes to a real person’s likeness or voice. Generated presenters should be described accurately wherever the content could otherwise be understood as a real customer’s experience.

Request separate prices for concepts, creator production, editing, usage rights and paid distribution. Check what counts as a new asset and what counts as a variation. The number of revisions and the approval process should be part of the same proposal. Published campaign media spend alone cannot establish an agency fee.

Ask for a comparison with a defined campaign window, consistent measurement and a clear description of what changed. A service page establishes that an agency offers AI production. A campaign case establishes the result of that programme. To assess AI’s contribution, you need evidence connecting the production change to the measured outcome.

Agree ownership and permitted use in the contract. Cover raw footage, finished files, creator permissions and any restrictions attached to generated material. Your paid media and brand teams should receive a usable rights record alongside the assets, including the conditions for editing, translation and reuse.

Several agencies in this selection combine those services. That can give the production team direct access to performance feedback. Define who controls spend, who chooses the next creative test and how results are reported. Compare the proposed combined service with cases that cover a similar mix of work.

NeoReach is the publisher and appears first as Featured with no displayed score. The competitors are ordered by the Influencer Power Index. Our selected creator campaigns show managed campaign delivery; their results are presented with their original campaign scope.

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Ranking methodology explained

Every agency on a NeoReach ranking is scored out of 100. On this list that is four dimensions worth 25 each: three read off public records, one judged against a written rubric. A low score means the public record behind an agency is thin, which is not the same as saying its campaigns are weak. Plenty of good agencies publish very little.

We reviewed current agency service pages and live case studies. Each competitor offers managed AI-assisted production and has published work for distinct named clients. The scope includes creator-made UGC, social content and performance ads. Current AI services and historical campaign results are separate evidence; a result is attributed to AI only where the source makes that connection. Competitors are ordered by the unchanged Influencer Power Index with equal weight on creative quality, client impact, industry recognition, and revenue and growth. NeoReach is the publisher and appears first as Featured. NeoReach is neither ranked nor scored on this list.

Why these 4 for this list

Creative quality assesses the ideas and craft in published work. Client impact considers evidenced delivery and results. Industry recognition adds an outside view through awards and coverage. Revenue and growth considers business scale and continuity. Read these dimensions alongside the specific AI production service your team needs.

Creative Quality /25
Campaign originality, content innovation and creative execution, read off published case studies, the awards a body of work has taken and the campaign formats an agency actually runs
Client Impact /25
Measurable results delivered to clients: return, engagement, reach, revenue. Counted from the named brands an agency has published work for, how many of its cases carry a quantitative result, and how many client categories that work spans
Industry Recognition /25
Validation from outside the agency: awards weighted by tier, platform partnerships, tier-one press and conference presence
Revenue & Growth /25
Business scale and trajectory: team size band, years in market and office footprint

What is not counted

Anything an agency will only say in a pitch. Unpublished results, client logos with no campaign behind them, and awards entered but not won. Where an agency has nothing a dimension can count, it lands on that dimension's floor, and its entry says so.

The rubric is fixed, not set against whichever agency happens to lead. The same record earns the same points for every agency on the page, NeoReach included.