Pay-for-performance video production for social media advertising
TubeScience operates a vertically integrated studio built around a performance-marketing model: clients pay only when videos outperform their existing campaigns. The hiring shape—heavily weighted toward design (7), marketing (11), and ops (5), with only 1 engineering role—reflects a production-first culture that treats video creation as the core product, not software. Active projects center on short-form content for TikTok, Meta, and YouTube Shorts, and the company is now adopting TikTok Ads Manager, signaling an expansion beyond Meta's ecosystem into faster-growing platforms.
Notable leadership hires: Creative Strategy Lead, Director of Photography, Creative Director
TubeScience is a Los Angeles-based video production and performance advertising studio founded in 2016. The company operates on a pay-for-performance model: it conceptualizes, shoots, and produces video ads with zero upfront production fees, earning revenue only when those videos outperform clients' internal benchmarks. The core operational unit is built around rapid experimentation—the company runs 2,000+ video variants weekly across client campaigns, using real-time performance data to iterate creative, messaging, and format. Clients span mid-market and enterprise companies seeking to improve paid social ROI across Meta, TikTok, YouTube, and other platforms. The company employs 201–500 people across production, design, marketing, operations, and finance roles, with hiring across the US and Latin America.
TubeScience operates on pure pay-for-performance: zero production fees upfront. Clients pay only when produced videos outperform their existing campaigns, shifting risk away from the advertiser.
Primary focus: Meta and TikTok. Active projects include short-form ad production for TikTok, Meta, and YouTube Shorts. The company is adopting TikTok Ads Manager, signaling expansion into TikTok's ecosystem.
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