Senior Content Creator, Social - Temporary Worker

dentsu • New York, NY

1d • $54 - $72 • Remote

About The Position

We’re looking for an experienced Temporary Senior Content Creator who can ideate, create, and bring social-first content to life around topics such as home and auto ownership, family life, preparedness, and insurance. The ideal candidate is a skilled content creator who understands social trends, platform-specific best practices, and short-form video production. We’re looking for someone who is comfortable both behind and in front of the camera, with the ability to develop original content concepts and confidently bring them to life through engaging video and static creative. If your portfolio showcases exceptional short-form video, creative storytelling, and content that resonates across social platforms, we’d love to see your work.

Requirements

• 4+ years minimum experience; bachelor's in advertising, Marketing or related field, required; in lieu of degree, equivalent experience in a relevant field required.
• Understand how to capture content within social platforms (Instagram Creator Tools, Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, TikTok) and provide visual guidance on social assets.
• Must be comfortable shooting on an iPhone and have video editing skills.
• Must have shot in a lit studio environment and are not afraid to do your own styling.
• Proficiency with a range of Adobe Creative Products (Premiere Pro, Photoshop, Adobe Express, Illustrator).
• Must be US based.
• Must list social media handles or portfolio to be considered.

Nice To Haves

• Social & Cultural fluency: Have a deep understanding of diverse cultural perspectives and communities, experience creating content that resonates with multicultural audiences, and ability to bring lived/ personally related experiences to content ideation.
• Proof of solid experience creating content. Provide examples of social content (video preferred) you have created for your personal brand or a client within the categories of home and auto ownership, insurance-related topics, family life and preparedness. Family-focused content or experience with creating educational or informational social content is also relevant.
• Demonstrate an authentic, warm, confident and relatable style. Comedic humor a plus.
• Acting skills/experience preferred to be able to deliver lines naturally.
• Ability to develop visually striking content that differentiates the brand from competitors.
• Demonstrate Proactive Ideation & Strategic Thinking: Take initiative in generating fresh, innovative ideas for social video, potential campaigns and event activations, ensuring content feels ownable and aligned with brand goals.
• Demonstrate Social Media Expertise with Brand Alignment: Create engaging content for platforms like META (Instagram, Facebook) and TikTok, maintaining consistency with the client’s bold personality and evolving tone.
• Demonstrate a background in content copywriting: Create write ups, art copy, scripts, and post copy for ideated concepts.
• Demonstrate a background in high output environments: Content creation for multiple brands with various outputs and timelines.
• Demonstrate Video Production capabilities: Planning shots, shooting content, editing final video deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Ensure creative excellence when delivering work for clients.
• Create visual social media assets (including Instagram Story wallpaper, layouts, frames) for TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube and other social media channels.
• Manage personal production on social content photo and video shoots.
• Brainstorm inventive content ideas and apply new formats that promote engagement.
• Pitch ideated content to internal and client teams.
• Capture and communicate brand stories through social media formats.

Benefits

• Paid holidays in accordance with dentsu policy
• Safe and sick time

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior