Senior Content Creator

Chicago, IL (On-site)

$98K/yr – $109K/yrSenior Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 7 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own end-to-end social content creation for premium food and lifestyle brands, turning cultural insights into native formats across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, and emerging platforms.

  • Storyboards, shot lists, and art direction to deliver high impact social content.
  • Full-stack creator ownership from concept to capture to final edit using tools like Adobe Creative Suite and CapCut.
  • Spot opportunities and translate trends into platform-native content while exploring GenAI to accelerate ideation and production.

Job Description

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

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
  • Leverage GenAI tools and emerging technologies to accelerate ideation, experimentation, production workflows, and creative exploration

Preferred

  • 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

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