Creators
A production board for a YouTuber or podcaster and their editor
Updated · by the Simpleban team
In short
A creator and an editor pass each episode back and forth four or five times: script to record, raw footage to edit, cut back for notes, final back for thumbnail and publish. Simpleban is a free shared kanban board for exactly two people where each episode is a card moving through Idea · Scripted · Recorded · Editing · Ready · Published, each handoff shows up as “waiting on you” on the other person's board, and the publish date is a due date that sits in the This week filter. The weekly episode is a repeating card.
A pipeline that fits in one screen
- Idea → Scripted → Recorded → Editing → Ready → Published. Six columns is the most any board here should have.
- The weekly episode as a repeating card so the pipeline never runs dry.
- Checklists on the card: hook, b-roll list, sponsor read, thumbnail options, description, tags.
- A countdown for the launch, the 100th episode or the season end.
How the handoffs work
- Every card has an owner: you, your editor, or either of you — so “who is on this?” is answered before anyone asks.
- Hand a card to your editor and it moves to the top of their board under “waiting on you”. If they're not on the app, Simpleban emails them a few minutes later, and the next morning's 8am email mentions it once if it's still waiting — never every day. You never press a “remind” button.
- When your editor is done, they hand it back and it reappears at the top of your board.
- Repeating cards come back on their own schedule — daily, weekly, chosen weekdays, every N days, monthly — and can alternate between the two of you.
- Due dates with a calm Today / This week filter, a private calendar feed for Google, Apple or Outlook, and a countdown on the board for the date that matters.
- Notes, checklists and comments live inside each card, so the context travels with the task.
- Your editor joins from your invite link with a name and an email — no password, nothing to pay. Both of you have the full app on your own phone; it installs like an app and works offline for reading.
What stays elsewhere
Footage lives in the drive; the card links to it. Analytics stay on the platform. Simpleban is the board between the two of you, not a media manager, and it's built for exactly two people — a creator with a team of five needs something else.
Templates to start from
Questions, answered
- Can I attach video files?
- No file storage today — put the drive link in the card's notes.
- Can my editor and my thumbnail designer both be on it?
- Simpleban is for two people. If you work with one editor, it's a perfect fit; with three collaborators, use a team tool.
- Does the editor pay?
- Simpleban is free forever for two: you and the one person you invite get every feature, unlimited boards and cards, no trial and no credit card. The promise is written into the Terms: nothing that is free today will ever move behind a paywall, and your +1 never pays. If you need more people or want to share boards beyond your +1, we'll soon introduce subscription tiers — a flat rate, never per seat.
- Does the other person need to pay or install anything?
- No. They open your invite link, type a name and an email, and they're on the board. Installing it as an app on their phone is optional. Simpleban is free forever for two: you and the one person you invite get every feature, unlimited boards and cards, no trial and no credit card. The promise is written into the Terms: nothing that is free today will ever move behind a paywall, and your +1 never pays. If you need more people or want to share boards beyond your +1, we'll soon introduce subscription tiers — a flat rate, never per seat.
Every episode, one card
Start from the Video production template and invite your editor.
Your board starts as “Video production” — columns and example cards you can change or delete.
Try the live demo board first