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Phil L.

Creative Strategist For DTC | Turning Ideas Into Money

I turn ideas into money. That's the whole plan. I'm Phil, a creative strategist for DTC brands running paid ads. I dig up what your customers already think but never say out loud, then weaponize it into hooks that stop thumbs cold. Sit me at the table and the hand's already played out in my head. Fold or all in, I know which before the cards land. Here's how we start. Send me your best-performing ad. I take your money printer and build three fresh hooks to make it print harder, briefs and kill signals included, turned around in 48 hours. We run mine against yours for a week. Nothing beats it? A crate of Canadian maple syrup lands on your desk, on me. It wins? We work together. The scoreboard makes the call. What I actually do: Hooks, angles, and concepts that earn the click and starve your cost per result Angle-gap audits: I stack your live ads against what your reviews are actually screaming, then hunt the angle nobody's brave enough to test Static and UGC concepts pulled from real customer psychology, not vibes Cheap tests, loud signals, feed the winners. Luck is a volume game with a scoreboard, and I stack the odds in our favour. Fair warning: I'm a jukebox. Press play and you're getting the whole song. Hand me your account and your ads become my obsession. You've been warned. Send me your best ad. Let's see if it survives.

🇨🇦Saint-Colomban, Canada$100/hr100% JSS5.00 (1)Since Jul 2026

Earnings and projects

MRR
$471

Last 6 months ÷ 3.1 months active (since Aug 2026)

World#80,426 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#1,206 / 7,134
Revenue, last 30 days
$0

Last 6 months: $1.5k

Total earnings
$1.5k

Billed in all: $1.5k

World#360,484 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#6,336 / 7,134
Per project
$1.5k

$1.5k in the last 6 months

World#96,021 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#1,720 / 7,134
Projects, last 6 months
1
100% fixed0% hourly
World#128,096 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#1,897 / 7,134
Projects in all
1
100% fixed0% hourly
World#360,675 / 412k
🇨🇦Country#6,317 / 7,134

Earnings, last 30 days

$1.5kNothing earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$1,480$1,500$1,520Oct 9Oct 24Nov 8

Skill rankings: Top 15% in Copywriting

Ranked by MRR among everyone on Upwork with the skill.

  1. #11Concept Development & Testing36 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #1Top 31%
  2. #126Ad Campaign501 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #2Top 25%
  3. #376Ad Creative1,402 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #5Top 27%
  4. #412Creative Strategy1,968 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #14Top 21%
  5. #429Digital Marketing Materials1,754 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #16Top 24%
  6. #625Facebook Ad Campaign2,495 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #11Top 25%
  7. #752UGC3,466 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #17Top 22%
  8. #796Video Advertising3,801 freelancers · 🇨🇦 #11Top 21%