How Creator Congress campaigns work

For creators

1. Get set up

1. Get approved. Apply to Creator Congress. Once you're approved, you'll get an email with your personal campaigns page link. Bookmark it.
2. Join the Discord (optional). On your campaigns page, click Join on Discord. One click links your account and adds you to the server. Already in the server? Type /link followed by the email you applied with instead. Everything also works from your campaigns page, so Discord is optional.
3. Turn on DMs. The bot sends confirmations, invitations and payment check-ins by direct message. Right-click the server icon → Privacy Settings → turn on Direct Messages.

2. Find and join a campaign

Every open campaign has its own post in #active-campaigns. The list shows the topline; click a post for the full brief.

• Filter with the tags at the top of the channel: 💰 Paid, 🤝 Unpaid, 🟢 Open, 🙋 Partner-reviewed, plus issue areas.
• Join by reacting ✅ on the campaign post, or with the Join button on your campaigns page.
• Spots on each post counts everyone who's joined, including on the web, so it can be higher than the ✅ count.
• Ask questions by replying inside that campaign's post. Keep it on topic and respectful.

Changed your mind? Remove your ✅ to drop out. If you'd already started the work, let the org know in your campaign thread.

3. After you're confirmed

• You're added to a private thread with the partner org. That's where the brief, questions and coordination happen.
• Your lead contact and the org's payment details (how to invoice or what they need from you) appear in that thread, on your campaigns page and in /mycampaigns.
• Keep contact and payment details from your thread private.

4. Submit your posts

If a campaign asks for posts, log each one as soon as it's live.

1. In Discord, type /submit, paste your post link, pick the campaign, and attach a screenshot of the post's insights (views, likes, comments, shares) if you can. You can also submit from your campaigns page.
2. Some orgs review posts before they count. If they ask for changes, you'll get a DM with their note. Fix the post and submit it again.
3. Track your progress (for example 2 of 3 posts) in /mycampaigns or on your campaigns page.

Screenshots of your insights help us show partners the impact of your work. Numbers are read automatically, so nobody has to type them in.

5. Get paid

• When it's due: payment is due within 30 days after the campaign ends. If posts are required, it comes due once all of yours are in.
• Confirm it arrived: when the org marks you paid, you'll get a DM asking you to confirm. Tap Yes, I got paid. You can also confirm on your campaigns page.
• If you don't reply within 14 days, it's marked paid automatically.
• Not paid, or the amount's wrong? Tap Not yet and add a note. The Creator Congress team follows up with the org.

Pay shown in /mycampaigns is an estimate until the org confirms payment.

Creator commands

Command replies are private to you. Reactions on campaign posts are public.

For partner organizations

1. Get set up

• Your partner page. Once your organization is approved, you'll get an email with a private partner page link. You can do everything from it without using Discord: review requests, find and invite creators, review posts and mark creators paid. Treat the link like a password.
• On Discord? Click Join on Discord on your partner page, or type /link with the email from your organization's application. Your team gets a private channel under Partner Organizations, with a private thread for each campaign that includes only your confirmed creators and the Creator Congress team.
• Submit a campaign through the campaign proposal form. Choose how creators join (Open, Partner-reviewed or Invite-only), whether you want suggested creators, the pay, dates, number of posts and whether you want to review posts.

2. Choose your creators

• Inviting creators: use Find creators on your partner page, or /invite in Discord. You'll see profiles, issue areas and reach. Invited creators get a DM or email with Accept / No thanks. Contact info is shared only after a creator accepts.
• See who's in: /roster or your partner page lists everyone confirmed on each campaign.
• Don't wait: requests pending 7+ days are flagged to the Creator Congress team.

3. Review posts

If you turned on post review, each submitted post appears on your partner page (and by DM if you're on Discord) with Approve and Ask for changes. Only approved posts count toward the creator's total. If you ask for changes, the creator gets your note and can resubmit. With review off, posts count as soon as they're submitted.

4. Pay creators

1. Confirmed creators see your lead contact and the payment details you entered on your proposal, so they know how to invoice you or what you need.
2. Payment is due within 30 days after the campaign ends, and only once the creator's required posts are in.
3. When you've paid, click Mark paid on your partner page (or use /payments). You can adjust the amount if it differs.
4. The creator is asked to confirm. It shows as Paid once they confirm, or automatically after 14 days with no reply.

Payments still unpaid 7+ days after the due date, and any "not paid" reports, go to the Creator Congress team to help sort out.

Partner commands