Bargain Squad Creator Casting
WANTED: THE BARGAIN SQUAD
A paid, recurring creator role for a new store in Woodmead. Casting now on Lit.
We're building a small, tight squad of deal-hunter creators to be the first faces of a new store in Woodmead. If your feed already lives for a good bargain and you can get to the store on a Wednesday, this is a paid monthly gig doing exactly what you already do.
THE OPPORTUNITY
• Paid, per piece. Every deliverable is contracted and paid. Not gifting, not exposure. You name your rate when you apply.
• Recurring, guaranteed monthly. This is a monthly role, not a one-off. Four paid pieces every month you're on the squad. Perform, and you get first refusal on the next month, longer contracts, and first pick of future campaigns.
• A squad of four. Small and hand-picked. You work in a pair, alternating weeks with the other pair, so there's a fresh face in front of the audience every week and a real rivalry on the leaderboard.
The honest version: we're not after the biggest following in the room. We want the creator whose audience already trusts them on a good deal, who can show up at the store on their weeks, and who wants a real, recurring relationship with a brand.
HOW THE SQUAD WORKS
Four creators, two pairs. Each pair is “on” for two weeks of the month, alternating with the other pair. On your active weeks, you make two pieces:
• 1. The build-up post — earlier in the week, you tease what's dropping in store, in your own voice, on your own channel. This is the hype.
• 2. The Wednesday store reel — the hero piece. You come to the store on Wednesday and film yourself going for that week's deal. You either get it, or it's sold out and you miss it — on camera. That's the whole point.
The miss is as good as the win. If you race for the item and it's gone, that's the most honest proof there is that these deals are real and they don't last. No brand could script that, and we wouldn't want you to. The panic, the queue, the one that got away — that's the content your audience will come back for every week.
WHO WE'RE CASTING FOR
This is your whole feed already, not a new format you'd be learning:
• You film hauls, price comparisons and “worth it or not” verdicts. Finding the deal first is your thing.
• You react in the moment. You don't script it or over-produce it. A sold-out item is content, not a problem.
• Your audience trusts you because you're not usually paid to say it. You just always find the deal.
• You show up consistently. You're building a habit with your audience, and we want you to build one with ours.
THE FIT (WHAT WE'RE FILTERING FOR)
• Followers: 10,000 to 25,000. Nano, not celebrity — this tier is exactly who we want.
• Engagement: around 3% or higher on your main platform.
• Platforms: active on TikTok and/or Instagram. Both is a plus.
• In and around Johannesburg. You need to physically get to the store in Woodmead on your active Wednesdays to film the store reel. This is non-negotiable — if you can't make it to Woodmead on a weekday, this particular gig isn't the one for you.
• Your niche: deal-hunting / shopping hacks / budget shopping — or you bring that lens to lifestyle & home, tech & electronics, family & kids, or DIY & tools.
One thing is mandatory, whatever your niche: you can show real value, real urgency and real-world use, on camera.
WHAT YOU'D DELIVER (EACH MONTH YOU'RE ON)
A sketch, not the full brief. Exact product, dates and rates are confirmed on your shortlist call.
• Two build-up posts — one on each of your two active weeks, teasing that week's deals.
• Two Wednesday store reels — one on each active week, filmed in-store, showing you getting or missing the deal.
• A tracked link, every time. Your content always has a job: sending your audience somewhere we can measure.
• A squad leaderboard. Your content's clicks and engagement feed a friendly squad leaderboard your audience can follow. Ranked on performance, not on who claims the biggest saving — so nobody's tempted to oversell.
THE TERMS, STRAIGHT
• Recurring, guaranteed. Four paid pieces every month you're on the squad. We're asking for a per-piece rate that reflects the volume and the guarantee, not a one-off campaign fee.
• Your rate, your call. Tell us your rate per piece when you apply — build-up posts and store reels can be priced differently. Usage rights are paid separately, on top, never baked in.
• Your channel stays yours. Content is reshared to your own audience. We don't post as you, and we don't take over your account.
• Rolling monthly. Month-to-month, either side can step away with reasonable notice. Perform and you're renewed.
• Category exclusivity only. While you're on the squad, you won't make paid content for a competing value or discount retailer. You're free to work with any brand outside that category.
THE NON-NEGOTIABLES
• Disclosure, upfront. Clear paid-partnership disclosure on every piece, visible before anyone engages (ARB Appendix K and Lit's rules).
• Consent on camera. If a customer is identifiable in your store reel, we run the consent process with you, on site.
• Our premise, your delivery. We approve the brief. You keep your voice. If it sounds like a script, we've both failed.
WHAT WE CAN'T TELL YOU YET
Not being cagey for the sake of it — protecting a live campaign, and everyone in it, is part of the job.
• The brand, the exact product, dates and rates. That's the shortlist call.
• The full content calendar and creative mandate. That's onboarding.
• What “the drop” actually is. You'll find out with everyone else.
HOW TO APPLY
• Apply on Lit with your rate per piece (build-up post and store reel), your main platform, whether you can reliably get to Woodmead on weekdays, and a line on why deal-content is your lane.
• Shortlist. We review fit, niche, location and engagement weekly.
• Vetting call. A short Zoom — rate, dates and the full brief confirmed.
• Contract & first week. Monthly rolling agreement, usage rights included. Then you're live, on the squad, on the leaderboard.