Senior Content Creator

OLIVER Agency • Chicago, IL

7d • Onsite

About The Position

OLIVER is seeking a Senior Content Creator to join an embedded social team supporting a portfolio of leading global food and snacking brands. The role involves creating social-first content that connects with consumers through culture, creativity, and community. This is a hands-on position requiring the ability to manage content creation from concept to execution, integrating art direction, photography, videography, design, editing, food styling, and social media expertise. The creator will collaborate with strategy, community management, account, and creative leadership teams to develop always-on content for iconic consumer brands, focusing on culturally relevant storytelling, appealing food content, and platform-first creative strategies. As part of The Brandtech Group, OLIVER utilizes AI technology to enhance efficiency, creativity, and decision-making in its work.

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.
• Apply a strong creative eye to all stages of content development: 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 for authentic brand participation 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, remaining open to feedback and collaboration.
• Partner with creative leadership to enhance 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