Responsibilities

• Concepting & Creative Development: Develop original, social-first concepts rooted in brand objectives, audience behaviors, cultural moments, platform trends, and emerging formats. Participate in brainstorms, develop ideas, and translate concepts into executable content.
• Content Creation: Bring ideas to life through hands-on content creation, including scripting, storyboarding, shooting, interviewing, and editing. Own concepts from initial idea through final execution, with the ability to create independently or collaborate with other creative disciplines when needed.
• Art Direction: Establish and execute the visual direction for content, including framing, lighting, styling, composition, props, sets, locations, and overall aesthetic. Provide creative guidance and feedback to collaborators to ensure the final work feels cohesive, intentional, and on-brand.
• Shooting & Production: Operate cameras, phones, lighting, audio equipment, and other production tools to capture high-quality social content. Be comfortable working across everything from quick-turn, lo-fi social shoots to onsite events.
• Editing & Post-Production: Edit short-form video content from rough cut through final delivery, including pacing, sound design, music, graphics, captions, transitions, and other platform-native editing techniques.
• Talent Direction: Direct creators, talent, or on-street personalities when needed and interview subjects at onsite events.
• On-Screen Participation: Be willing and comfortable serving as on-screen talent when a concept calls for it, including appearing on camera or contributing your hands, voice, or personality to the content.
• Trend & Platform Fluency: Stay deeply connected to social culture, emerging trends, creator behaviors, platform features, editing styles, and new content formats. Identify opportunities to participate in trends while finding an original, brand-relevant point of view.
• Quality Control: Review and refine content before publication to ensure it meets creative and quality standards and aligns with the brand’s voice, visual identity, and messaging.
• Audience & Performance Insights: Apply audience insights, performance learnings, and feedback from peers and partners to evolve creative approaches and optimize future content.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in content creation, social creative, video production, or a related creative discipline
• Strong portfolio demonstrating concepting and hands-on creation of social-first content
• Experience developing, shooting, and editing short-form video for TikTok, IG Reels, YouTube Shorts, and other social platforms
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere or comparable video editing software
• Strong camera operation, lighting, audio, and sound design skills
• Experience directing creators, talent, and/or on-street personalities
• Comfort and willingness to appear on camera or contribute voice/hands as talent when creatively appropriate
• Strong understanding of social trends, platform behaviors, creator culture, and emerging content formats
• Ability to take an idea from concept through final execution, both independently and collaboratively
• Ability to work quickly, experiment, iterate, and respond to feedback in a fast-moving social environment

Benefits

• DEPT® is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We believe our work is its best when our people feel safe and free to be themselves. We’re committed to an inclusive and barrier-free recruitment and selection process and workplace, regardless of anyone’s identity, background, beliefs, lifestyle or disabilities. So tell us about any accommodations you need. It’s totally confidential and only used to make sure you feel fully supported at every step.
• DEPT® participates in E-Verify, meaning your Form I-9 information will be sent to the federal government to confirm you are authorized to work in the U.S.
• We are a B Corp-certified company passionate about purpose-driven work . Our hope is that you can feel good about the contributions DEPT® is making to the world and we always have an open door for your ideas in making the world a better place.
• DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION At DEPT®, we take pride in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone has an equal opportunity to thrive. We actively seek to recruit, develop, nurture, and retain talented individuals from diverse backgrounds, with varying skills and perspectives.
• Not sure you meet all qualifications? Apply, and let us decide! Research shows that women and members of underrepresented groups tend not to apply for jobs when they think they may not meet every requirement, when in fact they do. We believe in giving everyone a fair chance to shine.
• We also encourage you to reach out to us and discuss any reasonable adjustments we can make to support you throughout the recruitment process and your time with us.