Senior Content Creator

OLIVER Agency - North America • Chicago, IL

8d • $97,750 - $109,250 • Onsite

About The Position

We’re hiring a Senior Content Creator to join an embedded social team supporting a portfolio of leading global food and snacking brands, creating social-first content that connects with consumers through culture, creativity, and community. This is a highly creative, hands-on role for someone who can take ideas from concept through execution - combining art direction, photography, videography, design, editing, food styling, and social expertise to create content that feels native, timely, and engaging. Working closely with our strategy, community management, account, and creative leadership teams, this person will help shape always-on content across iconic consumer brands - identifying opportunities to connect with audiences through culturally relevant storytelling, beautiful food content, and platform-first creative.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience creating premium social-first content for brands, ideally within food, beverage, CPG, lifestyle, or culture-driven categories
• A strong portfolio demonstrating expertise across photography, videography, editing, design, and social storytelling
• Experience creating visually compelling food content, including food styling, recipe content, tabletop/product shooting, and lifestyle production
• Strong understanding of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, social trends, creator behaviors, and platform best practices
• Ability to operate as a full-stack creator - comfortable moving from concept to capture to final edit
• Strong design sensibility with experience using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects), CapCut, and other social creation tools
• Highly collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working within a fast-moving integrated team environment
• Ability to balance premium craft with the speed, agility, and experimentation required for modern social content

Nice To Haves

• Motion graphics, animation, and lightweight design capabilities strongly preferred
• Experience leveraging GenAI tools such as Pencil, ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, or similar platforms to enhance creative workflows preferred

Responsibilities

• Concept, capture, and produce high-quality organic social content across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and emerging platforms
• Lead the creation of food and lifestyle content, including recipe development support, food styling, product photography, tabletop shooting, and short-form video production
• Bring a strong creative eye to every stage of content development, including concepting, art direction, composition, lighting, styling, shooting, editing, and final delivery
• Develop social-first creative ideas in partnership with strategy and community management teams, translating cultural insights, trends, and audience behaviors into compelling content
• Create a wide range of content formats including short-form video, motion graphics, photography, static assets, GIFs, and platform-native executions
• Help evolve each brand’s unique social identity while maintaining consistency with brand guidelines and creative standards
• Proactively identify content opportunities, emerging trends, platform behaviors, and creative formats that can help brands participate authentically in culture
• Storyboard concepts, develop shot lists, support scripting, and clearly communicate creative thinking internally and externally
• Present creative ideas and recommendations to clients with clear rationale while remaining open to feedback and collaboration
• Partner with creative leadership to continue raising the quality, effectiveness, and ambition of social content
• Leverage GenAI tools and emerging technologies to accelerate ideation, experimentation, production workflows, and creative exploration

Benefits

• The range listed is just one component of OLIVER’s total compensation package.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed