Social Media Specialist

Social Media Producer / Videographer / Editor for Established Food Creator Brand

Location: Austin, TX
Job Type: Contract, ongoing
Schedule: Part-time, full time, flexible but consistent
Pay: Based on experience
Travel: Occasional travel may be required and will be covered

An established Austin-based food, grilling, and lifestyle creator brand is looking for a sharp, creative, highly capable social media producer, videographer, and editor to join a small team.

This is technically a contractor role, but we are not looking for someone who just wants occasional one-off editing work. We are looking for someone who wants to be a real part of the team - someone who understands creator-led content, can move quickly, and genuinely cares about helping build and shape the brand’s video presence across social platforms.

The ideal person is deeply fluent in current social media trends, trending audio, editing styles, pacing, hooks, and platform-specific best practices. You should be able to shoot and edit both vertical short-form content and longer-form YouTube videos. Just as importantly, you should be able to think like a producer - spotting opportunities, suggesting formats, organizing footage, and helping turn one shoot into multiple pieces of content.

This role will involve filming with the founder/creator, editing content, organizing footage, identifying opportunities from existing assets, and turning shoots into usable content across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, and YouTube.

Responsibilities

• Film content for social media, including short-form vertical videos, behind-the-scenes content, recipe content, product content, and occasional YouTube long-form videos.
• Edit videos quickly and efficiently for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, and YouTube.
• Stay current on social media trends, trending audio, editing styles, pacing, hooks, formats, and platform-specific best practices.
• Think creatively about how to turn one shoot or one piece of footage into multiple pieces of content.
• Proactively suggest video ideas, formats, and content opportunities. For example: “We haven’t done a get-to-know-you video in a while,” or “We have enough footage from this shoot to create a separate montage video.”
• Organize, label, and file footage properly so that old clips can be easily reused and repurposed.
• Understand how to create content that feels natural to a creator’s voice rather than overly corporate, stiff, or advertorial.
• Help produce the creator during shoots by noticing what needs to be captured, suggesting additional angles, grabbing b-roll, and thinking ahead.
• Occasionally travel for shoots, events, or brand opportunities. Travel expenses would be covered.
• Work independently while staying responsive, communicative, and reliable.

What We’re Looking For

You should have strong experience shooting and editing social video content.

You must understand modern social media - not just how to cut footage together, but how to make content feel current, engaging, and platform-native.

You should be comfortable filming food, cooking, grilling, lifestyle, personality-driven content, and behind-the-scenes moments.

You need to be fast. Turnaround time matters.

You should be organized enough to manage footage libraries and keep assets easy to find.

You should be creative enough to see content opportunities without being spoon-fed every idea.

You should be confident enough to suggest ideas, hooks, edits, and formats, but collaborative enough to work within an established brand and voice.

You should understand the difference between simply documenting what happened and producing content that has a point, a hook, and a reason to exist.

Required Skills

• Strong video editing skills
• Strong shooting skills
• Experience with vertical short-form video
• Experience editing for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and/or Facebook
• Ability to shoot and edit longer YouTube-style content
• Understanding of trends, trending audio, platform pacing, and current editing styles
• Ability to organize and archive footage
• Good communication and reliability
• Ability to work quickly and meet deadlines
• Comfort working with a public-facing creator and brand
• Some knowledge of technical gear (mics, lighting, etc) preferred

Bonus Skills

• Experience with food, cooking, grilling, BBQ, lifestyle, or creator-led content
• Photography skills
• Experience creating thumbnails or simple graphics
• Experience with YouTube workflow
• A strong personal social media presence or portfolio that shows you understand current content styles

Please only apply if you can provide strong examples of your work.

This does not have to be traditional client work. A professional portfolio, reel, creator collaborations, brand work, or your own social media content are all acceptable, as long as they clearly show your ability to shoot, edit, and create modern social video.

We are especially interested in seeing examples that demonstrate:

• Strong editing instincts
• Current social media pacing
• Good use of hooks, cuts, captions, audio, and b-roll
• Vertical short-form content
• Longer-form YouTube or storytelling content, if applicable
• The ability to make content feel engaging, natural, and platform-native

Applications without relevant work examples will not be considered.

To Apply

Please include:

• A short note about why this role interests you
• Links to your portfolio, reel, social accounts, or examples of relevant work
• Examples of vertical social content you have shot and/or edited
• A brief explanation of your usual turnaround time for edits
• Your salary expecations
• Your location and general availability

We are looking for someone with real social media instincts, strong technical skills, and the ability to become a trusted creative partner within an established creator-led brand.

Pay: From $35,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Professional development assistance

Ability to Commute:

• Austin, TX 78745 (Required)

Work Location: In person