Content Operations Associate

Argo IQ; Irvine (CA); Hybrid; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Path to full-time

Hybrid in Irvine

Competitive hourly pay

Job summary

ArgoIQ in Irvine, CA is seeking a part-time creative content editor to curate, shoot and edit material for a portfolio of client accounts. You will produce short-form video content, write client-voiced captions, and manage publishing across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.

You will maintain the content calendar, organize assets, and engage with comments and inquiries. This role offers growth toward full-time and a hybrid in-office schedule in Irvine.

Qualifications

• Portfolio of 3–5 pieces you shot and/or edited yourself.
• Fluency in at least one editing tool with captions and overlays.
• Understanding of what works on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
• Strong written English and ability to match different client voices.

Responsibilities

• Own weekly content output for 2–3 client accounts, growing to 5–6.
• Curate raw material and decide what to publish for each client.
• Edit short-form video with hooks, captions, and thumbnails.
• Write hooks, captions, and on-screen copy in each client voice.
• Repurpose content across formats and platforms.
• Run content calendar and publish across channels.
• Keep asset library organized and accessible in minutes.
• Engage with audience comments and DMs when in scope.
• Report weekly metrics and next-week plans.

Skills

Content editing

Video editing

Organizational skills

Writing in client voice

Tools

CapCut

Premiere Pro

DaVinci Resolve

Final Cut Pro

Job description

Company: ArgoIQ Irvine, CA (in-office / hybrid) | Part-time to start (20–25 hrs/week), path to full-time

Compensation: $22-28/hour $1,900 - 3,000/month at 20–25 hrs), increasing with the number of client accounts you carry.

Who We Are

ArgoIQ builds and runs growth systems for founder-led businesses — fleet and vehicle companies, service businesses, data and software companies. Our clients hire us to own their marketing engine end to end: outreach, nurture, website, and content. We are building the content function in-house rather than outsourcing it, and this is the first seat on that team.

The Role in One Sentence

You are the person who makes our clients visible — you curate, produce, and ship the content for a portfolio of ArgoIQ clients on a fixed weekly cadence, so their audiences hear from them every week without their founders having to think about it.

What We Actually Do

• Own the weekly content output for a set of assigned client accounts (start with 2–3, grow to 5–6 as you get faster).
• Curate: pull the raw material — founder clips, customer stories, job-site footage, product shots, industry news, existing long-form recordings — and decide what is worth publishing.
• Edit short-form video (Reels, TikTok, YouTube Shorts, LinkedIn video): cuts, captions, on-screen text, hooks, thumbnails.
• Write the words: hooks, captions, on-screen copy and short social posts, in each client's voice — not one generic house voice.
• Repurpose relentlessly — one interview or one delivery becomes a Reel, three photos, a LinkedIn post and a testimonial clip.
• Run the content calendar for every account: what ships, when, on which channel, what is still missing. It lives on the board, not in your head.
• Publish and schedule across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.
• Keep the asset library organized so any clip, photo or logo for any client is findable in under a minute.
• Handle first-line engagement where clients ask for it — reply to comments and DMs and route real buying questions to the client the same day.
• Report weekly per account: pieces published, impressions, top performer, what you are changing next week. These numbers go straight into the client's accountability report.

Who This Is For

A college student, recent grad, or self-taught creator in the Irvine / Orange County area who already makes content — for themselves, a club, a team, or a side project — and wants real client work, real budgets, and real accountability instead of a coffee-run internship

What You Need

• A portfolio. Three to five things you shot and/or edited yourself. It does not need to be for a company.
• Fluency in at least one editing tool — CapCut, Premiere, DaVinci, Final Cut or equivalent — including captions, pacing, and clean text overlays.
• You know what is currently working on TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn, and can explain why one hook beats another.
• Strong written English and a good ear for voice — you can write as a 55‑year‑old fleet owner and as a SaaS founder in the same afternoon.
• Organized enough to juggle several clients at once without dropping a publish date.
• Based in or near Irvine, CA, and able to work from the office part of the week.

Nice To Have

• Photography, basic color and audio cleanup
• Graphic design (Canva, Figma or Adobe)
• Any experience with AI tools for research, scripting, editing or repurposing — we use them heavily

How We Will Evaluate You (the traits that matter)

• Savvy — you spot the moment worth publishing before anyone hands you a shot list, and you know why it will land.
• Proactive — you show up Monday with every account's week planned.
• Reliable — the calendar publishes on time whether or not anyone checks on you. If something slips, we hear it from you first.
• Fast and iterative — ten good pieces this week beats one perfect piece next month.
• Problem solver — the client goes quiet, the footage is unusable, the interview cancels. You still ship that week.
• Client-ready — your work goes out under someone else's name and reputation. You treat it that way.

Your Week Looks Like

Monday: ( Plan) confirm each account's calendar for the week, flag any missing raw material, and chase it.

Tue–Wed: ( Produce) curate and edit — the bulk of the week's pieces get cut and captioned.

Wed–Thu: ( Publish) scheduled posts go live across each client's channels on the agreed cadence.

Daily ( Engage) comments and DMs where in scope; buying questions routed to the client same day.

Friday ( Report) per-account pieces published, impressions, top performer, next week's plan.

First 90 Days - What Success Looks Like

• Weeks 1–2: trained on our content system; calendars and asset libraries live for your first accounts; first pieces published.
• Day 30: consistent weekly publishing across every assigned account with zero missed weeks.
• Day 60: a documented set of repeatable formats per client that someone else could produce from.
• Day 90: carrying 4+ accounts, impressions trending up, and content is a line on the client report that never needs an excuse.

What Your Week Looks Like

• You own real client channels from week one, with the founder's ear.
• You will learn how a growth agency actually works — offers, funnels, outreach, retention — not just editing.
• Flexible hours around class, in-office in Irvine, with a clear path to full-time and to leading the content team as we add accounts.
• Your pay grows directly with the number of accounts you can carry well.