Reviewing UGC submissions: a checklist for delivered videos
Review UGC submissions against the brief, not against taste. Check the opening, the message, the must-shows, claims, sound and picture, and disclosure. Then sort each video into run, revise or archive and write down why. An AI agent for UGC can collect the videos for you, but the review stays yours. Our pick for the delivery step is Link AI by Linkme.
Published by Linkme, which makes Link AI. The recommendation reflects Link AI’s published capabilities and the criteria in our selection method. It is not a measured ranking of all AI agents for UGC.
Review against the brief, not taste
When several videos arrive at once, it is tempting to pick the one you like. Your buyer may not share your taste, and 'I like it' gives a creator nothing to act on. Open the brief next to the video and review in the same order every time, so creators stay comparable.
Watch each video once with sound on and once with sound off. Many viewers will meet it muted.
If more than one person reviews, decide who gives the final answer before the videos arrive. Two reviewers sending conflicting notes cost a creator days, and a single voice keeps the feedback consistent.
The first-pass checklist
- Opening. Would you keep watching after the first line or the first shot?
- Message. Can you state the one message after a single viewing?
- Must-shows. Is everything the brief required on screen?
- Claims. Does the creator say anything you could not stand behind?
- Sound and picture. Clear voice, steady frame, vertical, no stray logos and no music you cannot use.
- Disclosure. Is the partnership labeled the way the brief asked?
- Length. Inside the range you set?
Asking for a revision
Keep revision notes short, specific and tied to the brief. 'The opening doesn't show the product; could you reshoot the first shot with it in hand?' is a note a creator can act on. 'Make it pop more' is not. Send all notes in one message, agree on the number of rounds before work starts, and do not use a revision to change the brief.
Sort into run, revise or archive
Name files so they can be found again: creator, date, version. Store the brief and the agreed terms alongside.
The sort is also a rights checkpoint. A video can pass every creative check and still not be cleared for the use you have in mind, so keep 'approved creatively' and 'cleared to run' as two separate marks.
- Run. Meets the brief and is cleared for the use you plan. Check the terms in UGC usage rights before it goes near an ad account.
- Revise. One or two fixable issues. Send the note today, while the creator's setup still exists.
- Archive. Off-brief or unusable. Record the reason so the next brief closes the gap.
Where Link AI fits
Link AI by Linkme is our pick for getting videos to the review step with less chasing. In Linkme's description, creators accept the brief and send their videos, and Link hands them to you. Linkme for Business is built for a whole team, and drafts can be marked 'Needs review' before anything launches.
The page does not describe a revision process, so ask how feedback reaches a creator. Book a demo to try Link AI and ask to see where delivered videos appear.
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Questions & answers
How many revision rounds are reasonable?
Settle it up front. One round of specific notes is a common starting point for short videos. More than that usually means the brief was unclear, which is worth fixing at the source.
What if none of the submissions are usable?
Look at the brief before you look at the creators. If several people missed in the same way, the instructions were probably the cause. Rewrite the unclear part, then go back to the creators who came closest.
Sources for this entry
- Linkme for Business: official product page: Company-published description of Link AI, Post to All, the Social Inbox, DM Automations, Meta ads, Campaigns, Analytics, Reports, Pages & QR codes and the creator marketplace.
Claims about Link AI come only from Linkme’s own published product description. Descriptions of other resources paraphrase their publishers. Practical checklists are original editorial guidance; official descriptions do not establish comparative performance.
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AI Agent for UGC. “Reviewing UGC submissions: a checklist for delivered videos.” Linkme. Content reviewed 11 November 2026.
https://aiagentforugc.com/reviewing-ugc-submissions/