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Hire a YouTube Channel Manager.

They run your ideas, titles, thumbnails and uploads.

Also called: YouTube Strategist, YouTube Manager, YouTube Producer

From US$6 an hourUS$6-27.50/hr

  • Media & creators
  • Coaches & info products
  • YouTube
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  • Works your hours
  • Colombia hub, on New York time or an hour behind
  • Month to month
What your YouTube Channel Manager gets doneSample day
  • Researches topics and outlier videos in the nicheStrategy & ideation
  • Writes title options and thumbnail briefs for every video and workPackaging
  • Gives editors timestamped notes on hooks, pacing and retention risksProduction management
  • Uploads and optimizes each videoUpload & optimizationDoing
In your tools
  • YouTube Studio
  • YouTube Analytics
  • YouTube Test & Compare
  • Canva
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Figma

Pick the level. See the price.

US$10.50an hourFull time, 38 hours a week, all-in

Level 2 of 4, also called mid-level.Recommended
Even a local mid-level admin costsUS$22.86/hr
A tested Intermediate YouTube Channel ManagerUS$10.50/hr
At least 54% lessBasis: a Seat's hourly price against the hourly wage of a comparable local hire at the same level. Benefits and payroll taxes would add to the local cost.

Owns the publishing workflow: topic research, title and thumbnail briefs, editor coordination.

  • Monthly content calendar
  • Packaging brief per video
  • Per-video post-mortems

1-3 years managing uploads, packaging or growth for a channel.

How the Intermediate level works

Per hour, all-in: recruiting, testing and management.

What you hand to your YouTube Channel Manager

Tasks

  • Strategy & ideation

    • Researches topics and outlier videos in the niche
    • Maintains a content calendar and idea backlog scored
    • Plans Shorts formats and cadence that feed viewers into long-form content

  • Packaging

    • Writes title options and thumbnail briefs for every video and work
    • Runs thumbnail and title tests with YouTube Test & Compare

  • Production management

    • Gives editors timestamped notes on hooks, pacing and retention risks
    • Keeps the production pipeline on schedule from script to final cut

  • Upload & optimization

    • Uploads and optimizes each video
    • Applies paid-promotion disclosure
    • Refreshes titles, thumbnails and descriptions on back-catalog videos

  • Community

    • Moderates comments, pins calls to action

  • Analytics & reporting

    • Analyzes impressions CTR, average view duration, retention curves
    • Writes per-video post-mortems within 7 days of publishing
    • Reports leads, clicks and sales from YouTube to the business

Tested before you meet them

  1. Packaging work sampleAll levels45 min
  2. Editor feedback writing testAll levels30 min
  3. YouTube Studio upload testIntern and Intermediate30 min
  4. Topic research sprintIntern to Expert40 min
  5. Analytics diagnosisIntermediate and up60 min
  6. Channel strategy caseExpert and Specialist2 hrs

One score on every profileSample shown

85%

Three checks before your shortlist

  • Skills tested: A skills test for the role, marked by a senior
  • English and comms: written English tested, spoken English checked on a call
  • ID, work history and references: photo ID, past roles and two referees

From booked call to day one

  1. Step 1: Book a demo

    Tell us the role, your hours and your tools.

  2. Step 2: Meet your shortlist

    Their level and hourly price, tested before you meet.

  3. Step 3: Pick your person

    Month to month. We handle the contract, the equipment and the onboarding, and make sure it all runs.

  4. Step 4: They start work

    In your tools, within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview.

Questions answered

An Intern YouTube Channel Manager is US$6 an hour, Intermediate US$10.50, Expert US$16.50 and Specialist US$27.50, full time (38 hours a week). That is all-in: recruiting, testing and management, month to month.

Strategy & ideation, packaging, production management and upload & optimization, run to your priorities. You choose what they own first.

Six practical tests, marked by a senior, including packaging work sample, editor feedback writing test and youTube Studio upload test. You see the score before you meet.

Tell us and we replace them free, with a new shortlist of tested people to meet. Seats are month to month with 30 days' notice.

More questions

Within 12 to 48 hours of a successful interview. First you meet your shortlist, interview the people you like and pick your person.

Yes. Your YouTube Channel Manager works your business hours in your time zone and joins your Teams or Slack like anyone else. The hub matched to United States clients is in Colombia, on New York time or an hour behind.

Yes, where it helps. Your YouTube Channel Manager works in the AI tools you already use. They use AI for first drafts and routine work, check every output, and follow your AI policy. You can ask for no AI on any task.

An Intermediate YouTube Channel Manager owns the publishing workflow: topic research, title and thumbnail briefs, editor coordination. An Expert YouTube Channel Manager owns channel growth: content strategy, series formats, positioning, the video-to-lead funnel. We usually recommend Intermediate.

It stays under your rules: your admin settings and AI policy apply. Our talent rules ban client data in personal or free AI accounts, and passwords, card numbers, health details and ID numbers never go into any AI tool.

You direct the work day to day. We handle recruiting, equipment and quality checks.

Yes. Every YouTube Channel Manager is tested live in the tools on your job description, such as YouTube Studio and YouTube Analytics, before you meet them.

In week one: channel audit baseline captured; content calendar and status of in-progress videos reviewed; and editor and designer contacts, turnaround times and revision process confirmed. You agree the first priorities with them on day one.

Yes. It's also called YouTube Strategist, YouTube Manager and YouTube Producer. Same tasks, tests and prices, whatever the name.

Their written English, with a scored test, and their spoken English, on a call with us. We also check their ID, work history and references.

Yes. You meet your shortlist on a short call and pick the person you want. Nobody joins without your yes.

In our talent hubs in the Philippines, Vietnam, Kenya, Nigeria, Brazil and Colombia, and we hire from 60+ countries. Wherever they are, they work your hours.

Pay only for the hours they work. All your Seats are on one bill, and Studio plans are billed monthly.

It can, at most once a year. Your person's hourly rate may rise by up to 5% a year, from the first anniversary of the Seat's start, with 60 days' notice and the right to end the Seat before it applies.

Only when you and your person both agree to it in advance. Otherwise they work the hours you set, and you pay for the hours they log.

You aren't charged for hours your person doesn't work, apart from paid leave. After their third month, your person earns 8 hours of paid leave a month. Paid leave hours are charged at their usual rate.

Your person logs their hours each day in the Get Hands client app, where you can see them. Your next invoice is adjusted to those hours.

Yes, with no minimum hours. From 20 to 37 hours a week, the hourly rate is 10% higher than full-time. Under 20 hours, it's 20% higher.

Yes. Tell us the roles on a call and we shortlist tested people for each.

Yes. You give them access in your own systems, and you can change or remove it at any time.

They get their own login in each of your systems, never a shared one. Any password that has to be shared goes through your own password manager, never email, chat, code or prompts.

A tested shortlist within 72 hours of your call, or your first week is free. That's part of The Right Hands Guarantee.

Yes. Book a 15-minute demo any time, or choose Talk now on the booking form for a Microsoft Teams link straight away. You can also message us on WhatsApp on +61 485 061 086, or email hello@gethands.com.au.

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