Senior Content Creator

OLIVER Agency; Kingston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading agency is seeking a Midweight Content Creator to join their Social Media team in Kingston. The role involves creating engaging content for major brands, leveraging creativity and social media expertise to drive brand stories. Ideal candidates will have strong video editing skills, a passion for social media, and a portfolio showcasing their work.

Qualifications

• Experience in creating social-first content for major platforms.
• Strong video and photo editing skills.
• Ability to understand social media trends and KPIs.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to create and edit social media content.
• Optimize content based on performance data.
• Attend events to capture social content.

Skills

Creativity

Social Media Strategy

Video Editing

Content Creation

Photography

Storytelling

Education

3+ years of social media/content creation experience

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Canva

TikTok

Instagram

Job description

Established in 2004, OLIVER is the world’s first and only specialist in designing, building, and running bespoke in-house agencies and marketing ecosystems for brands. We partner with over 300 clients in 40+ countries and counting. Our unique model drives creativity and efficiency, allowing us to deliver tailored solutions that resonate deeply with audiences.

As a part of The Brandtech Group , we're at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge AI technology to revolutionise how we create and deliver work. Our AI solutions enhance efficiency, spark creativity, and drive insightful decision-making, empowering our teams to produce innovative and impactful results.

Role: Midweight Content Creator

Location: Kingston, London, United Kingdom (Currently on-site expected at minimum 2 days per week (Wednesday + Fridays)

About the role:

Do you have a social-first and mobile-first view of content? Are you an endlessly creative social storyteller who excels at building creative visual content on your own? In today’s fast-moving social media landscape, this is a rare opportunity to help the client's Homecare category tell its story to the world. This is a high visibility role, working closely within our Social Media team to build a rapport and reach the audience on social in real-time. The Client is seeking a high-judgment, self-motivated, and creative professional to help drive social media activities in support of Unilever biggest FMGC brands’ communication goals. The right candidate will be a passionate and creative self-starter who's eager to engage in new projects and get stuff done. They'll be aware of the social landscape and how this relates to content and be ready to work with social and creative experts to create content about campaigns and events, and to amplify our brand and PR efforts.

What you will be doing:

• As a Social Media Content Creator, you will collaborate with internal stakeholders and influencers to shoot and edit social-first content, sourcing content trends on social media, originating treatments/scripts/storyboards/shot lists and then seeing the content all the way through to delivery.
• Carrying out content optimizations based on the performance of content online using data to back up rotational with support from the social team.
• Create video and visual content for TikTok and Instagram primarily whilst also supporting visual content for various social media platforms, including, but not limited to, Facebook, and X, with excellent judgment, instincts, and a sharp feelfor the social media landscape
• Content to produce includes vertical video that is native and on trend , a plethora of photography, gifs, short clips, streaming stories, etc.
• Content shoots will be based both in the field (Home setting) and in-office, using existing materials/props
• Source and create timely social media content to educate various audiences about key campaigns. Whilst being able to provide a robust system for reactive content moments vs planned business as usual content.
• Be creative and develop engaging social media content that's aligned with brands’ guidelines and goals
• Attend relevant events for the brand such as shoots, PR, and influencer events to capture social content
• You will be open and willing to attend sustainability training relevant to your role and soak up recommended research and reading about sustainability issues

What you need to be great in this role:

• A well-rounded creative individual who is always innovating, initiating, and creating.
• Be responsive to cultural zeitgeist which provides an opportunity to tell our brand’s story
• Think and act strategically with experience building a long-term social media presence in support of reputational PR efforts
• Understand business and client objectives when interpreting and executing briefs
• Comfortable being in front of the camera, and naturally high energy and high enthusiasm for the Homecare category
• Exercise high judgment, particularly in narrow time frames
• You’re excited about the integration of Gen AI tools and approach new innovations with energy and curiosity
• Ability to deal with ambiguity – have a bias for action, but an ability to work cohesively with other stakeholders
• Passion for making creative content on a spectrum of media platforms - social, streaming, AR, music, film, interactive, etc.
• Developed extraordinary design, and video and photo editing skills
• Well-versed in working with a wide range and quality of video and static imagery - from a collection of photography to short video clips
• Familiar with working on almost every content creation platform out there: Adobe Premiere, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Creative Suite & design templates in Canva or Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, TikTok, Instagram, FB Live, etc.
• Mastered the ability to turn any branded content into a volume of social gold (clips, gifs, graphics, photos, stories, copy, etc.)
• 3+ years’ experience of social media/content creation experience
• A portfolio demonstrating your content ideas and execution
• A ability to understand the key social KPI’s and their relation to content trends/editing styles/formats and structure
• Excellent level of English (spoken and written - you will work with an international team)
• You can be the change - you prioritise environmental responsibility, social equity, and economic viability and how that translates into your day-to-day role

Our values shape everything we do:

Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible

Be always learningand listening to understand

Be actively pro-inclusive and anti-racist across our community, clients and creations

OLIVER, a part of the Brandtech Group, is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All applicants shall be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, neurodivergence, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local laws.

OLIVER has set ambitious environmental goals around sustainability, with science-based emissions reduction targets. Collectively, we work towards our mission,embedding sustainability into every department and through every stage of the project lifecycle.

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