05/29/2026
The pro UGC creators get it 👌🏽📸
1. Laptop 💻
For reviewing briefs, organizing deliverables, updating your portfolio, sending invoices, communicating with brands, and keeping your creator business actually running like a business.
2. 360 degree Tripod 🎥
The true non-negotiable. Talking head videos, product demos, unboxings, transitions, GRWM content, day-in-the-life shots, and hands-free filming all start here. Get all the angles!
3. CapCut Pro 👩🏼💻
For clean edits, auto-captions, faster revisions, branded exports, smoother pacing, and making your content look polished without overcomplicating the process.
4. Flat lay props ✨
Trays, fabric, books, flowers, towels, jewelry, coffee, skincare, or anything that helps your product shots feel intentional instead of “I put this on my counter and hoped for the best.”
5. Pet 🐶🐱
Optional, fun, and always a great way to get paid without using your face. Great for moral support, background cameos, and or getting viral content from your best friend.
6. Wireless mic 🎤
Clean audio instantly makes your content feel more professional. Brands can forgive a casual setup, but bad sound is hard to ignore.
7. Headphones 🎧
For editing voiceovers, catching awkward cuts, checking music levels, reviewing brand feedback, and making sure your final video actually sounds good before you send it.
8. Shot list notebook 📓
For mapping out hooks, talking points, product close-ups, lifestyle shots, transitions, usage moments, and must-have deliverables before you start filming.
9. Cohley portfolio ⭐️
Your work should be easy for brands to review. A strong Cohley portfolio shows your style, your range, your past work, and why you are the right creator for the brief.
⚠️The goal is not to have the fanciest setup. The goal is to have a kit that helps you film with intention, deliver clean assets, and make the brand’s job easier.
Save this before your next brief.
