Freelance Content Creator

Chicago, IL (Remote)

Salary Not AvailableIntern/New Grad2+ years expFull time

Posted 4 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive freelance social content creation across platforms, delivering on-brand videos and photos with fast-turnaround and platform-specific optimization.

  • Own concepting, filming, editing, and publishing social content.
  • Must-have: 2+ years of agency or in-house social content experience.
  • Standout: Flexible freelance collaboration with rapid feedback and deadlines.

Job Description

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.

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
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      SOCIALDEVIANT

      We’re focused on creating value in a socially connected world. How do we do it? From the bottom up – by building an amazing culture with people that are as smart as they are kind. Quick on their feet, left/right-brained, thoughtful – the type of people you’re as proud to call your friends as you are your colleagues. With that foundation, we deliver on our clients' business objectives through big strategic and creative thinking that crosses social platforms and engages audiences to take action. The result? Come talk to us, we’d love to tell you about it.

      Founded in 2012
      Chicago, Illinois, USA
      18 employees (9 in marketing)

      Traffic Signals

      Monthly Visitors
      1.9K
      Traffic Source Mix
      Search
      22.4%
      Direct
      57.9%
      Referral
      5%
      Social
      13.4%
      Paid
      1.2%

      Headcount Trend

      Current headcount: ~18

      Marketing Team

      Marketing Team Size
      3 (17% of company)