diff --git a/resources/js/components/upload/UploadReviewNotice.jsx b/resources/js/components/upload/UploadReviewNotice.jsx
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+import React from 'react'
+
+export default function UploadReviewNotice({ visible = false }) {
+  if (!visible) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div
+      role="status"
+      className="rounded-2xl border border-amber-400/25 bg-amber-500/10 px-4 py-3 text-sm text-amber-50 shadow-[0_14px_44px_rgba(245,158,11,0.08)]"
+    >
+      <p className="font-semibold text-amber-100">New creator uploads are reviewed first</p>
+      <p className="mt-1 leading-6 text-amber-100/80">
+        Because your account is still at a newer creator level, this upload will be reviewed before it appears on Skinbase.
+        If it meets our guidelines, it is usually published within 48 hours.
+      </p>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/tests/Feature/Uploads/UploadReviewNoticeTest.php b/tests/Feature/Uploads/UploadReviewNoticeTest.php
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+++ b/tests/Feature/Uploads/UploadReviewNoticeTest.php
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+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use App\Models\Artwork;
+use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
+use Inertia\Testing\AssertableInertia as Assert;
+
+uses(RefreshDatabase::class);
+
+it('warns newer creators on the upload page without revealing the internal threshold', function (): void {
+    $user = User::factory()->create([
+        'role' => 'user',
+        'level' => 1,
+        'created_at' => now()->subYear(),
+    ]);
+
+    $this->actingAs($user)
+        ->get('/upload')
+        ->assertOk()
+        ->assertInertia(fn (Assert $page) => $page
+            ->component('Upload/Index')
+            ->where('requires_upload_review', true)
+            ->missing('approved_uploads')
+            ->missing('reasons'))
+        ->assertDontSee('insufficient_approved_uploads', false)
+        ->assertDontSee('minimum_approved_uploads', false);
+});
+
+it('does not show the new-creator review warning for trusted uploaders', function (): void {
+    $user = User::factory()->create([
+        'role' => 'user',
+        'level' => 1,
+        'created_at' => now()->subYear(),
+    ]);
+
+    Artwork::factory()->for($user)->count(5)->create([
+        'is_approved' => true,
+        'is_public' => true,
+        'artwork_status' => 'published',
+        'published_at' => now()->subDay(),
+        'approval_source' => null,
+    ]);
+
+    $this->actingAs($user)
+        ->get('/upload')
+        ->assertOk()
+        ->assertInertia(fn (Assert $page) => $page
+            ->component('Upload/Index')
+            ->where('requires_upload_review', false));
+});
+
+it('does not show the new-creator review warning for admins', function (): void {
+    $admin = User::factory()->create(['role' => 'admin']);
+
+    $this->actingAs($admin)
+        ->get('/upload')
+        ->assertOk()
+        ->assertInertia(fn (Assert $page) => $page
+            ->component('Upload/Index')
+            ->where('requires_upload_review', false));
+});