Freelance Content Creator

SOCIALDEVIANT • Chicago, IL

2d

About The Position

The Freelance Social Content Creator plays an important role in helping elevate creativity and produce engaging social-first content across client work. In this project-based role, you’ll collaborate closely with our internal team, contributing ideas and executing content that resonates across social platforms.
This role focuses on creating high-quality, on-brand social content that aligns with client strategy and exceeds expectations. Freelancers may be brought in for specific campaigns, ongoing content production, or short-term engagements, depending on project needs.
Successful collaborators bring strong creative instincts, an understanding of social platforms and trends, and the ability to quickly translate strategy into compelling content.

Requirements

• 2+ years of relevant experience making interesting work in a creative agency and/or in-house agency with a strong understanding of social ideas
• Proficiency with filming social-native and mobile-first content as well as photography editing programs, both in-app and external (e.g. Photoshop, Premier Pro, After Effects, Lightroom, etc.)
• Familiarity with prompt-based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL-E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation
• Ability to concept and deliver effective creative concepts across all channels and for various industries
• Strong understanding of opportunities and limitations of all popular social platforms
• Ability to manage your time in an ever-changing and extremely fast-paced environment across a variety of projects
• Solid presentation, public speaking, interpersonal, and communication skills
• Above all, kindness, composure, and relentless curiosity

Responsibilities

• Stay on top of ever-changing social media trends, pop culture moments, and emerging conversations across the social landscape, bringing relevant insights and ideas to the team.
• Conceptualize, film, edit, and produce engaging content for a variety of social platforms, including TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and others as needed.
• Ability to adapt the brand voice and visual identity when creating on-brand content.
• Capture lo-fi video and still photography optimized for social, ensuring strong composition, lighting, and clarity while maintaining a native, authentic aesthetic.
• Collaborate closely with our team to develop content ideas and execute pieces that are culturally relevant, platform-appropriate, and aligned with brand objectives and standards.
• Execute video editing and light photo retouching to finalize content for publication across social channels.
• Deliver content efficiently and adapt quickly to feedback, timelines, and evolving campaign needs.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees