Freelance Social Media Content Creator

Home Service Studios; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Home Service Studios in Houston, TX is seeking a freelance Social Media Content Creator to visit local home service clients and capture entertaining content on a smartphone. You will drive to various shops, direct participants, and produce authentic, engaging clips for social media channels.

No editing or advanced camera gear is required; you’ll hand off raw footage to our editing and social teams to finalize content for posting.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of Instagram Reels, TikTok and short-form content.
• Natural, outgoing demeanor and comfort approaching people.
• Creativity to execute funny skits and trends.
• Comfort directing non-actors on camera.
• Ability to capture clean, well-composed smartphone video.
• Knowledge of basic framing, lighting and audio.
• Reliable, organized and professional around clients.
• Based in the Houston area with reliable transportation.
• Willing to travel to client shops and job sites in greater Houston.
• No professional camera or editing experience required.

Responsibilities

• Visit home service clients in the Houston area to capture organic social media content on a smartphone.
• Create entertaining short-form videos, including skits, trends, and behind-the-scenes moments.
• Direct people on camera to bring out authentic personalities.
• Upload raw footage to Home Service Studios after shoots for processing.

Skills

Instagram Reels

TikTok

Short-form video

Outgoing personality

People-facing directing

Smartphone videography

Framing basics

Lighting basics

Audio basics

Reliable, organized

Job description

Home Service Studios is a video production and social media agency specializing in the home service industry. We partner with HVAC, plumbing, electrical, roofing, generator, garage door, and other home service companies across the country to create high-quality content that builds their brands and connects them with their local communities.

Role Description

Home Service Studios is looking for a fun, outgoing, social-media-savvy Freelance Social Media Content Creator based in Houston, TX.

This is not a traditional videography or editing position. We're looking for someone who understands what makes short-form social content entertaining and knows how to bring personality out of people on camera.

You'll visit our home service clients throughout the Houston area and create organic social media content using a smartphone. Think funny skits with technicians, trending concepts, behind-the-scenes moments, employee personalities, shop content, quick educational videos, and spontaneous ideas that make a local business entertaining to follow.

You won't be responsible for editing the content. Your job is to capture it. After each shoot, you'll upload the raw footage to Home Service Studios, where our editing and social media teams will take it from there.

We're looking for someone who is comfortable walking into a business, interacting with owners and technicians, directing people through simple concepts, and creating an environment where people loosen up and have fun on camera.

What we're looking for:

• Strong understanding of Instagram Reels, TikTok, and short-form social content
• Naturally outgoing and comfortable approaching people
• Creative and able to execute funny skits, trends, and relatable concepts
• Comfortable directing people who aren't professional actors
• Able to capture clean, well-composed smartphone video
• Understands basic framing, lighting, and audio
• Reliable, organized, and professional around clients
• Based in the Houston area with reliable transportation
• Comfortable traveling to client shops and job sites throughout greater Houston
• No professional camera equipment or editing experience required

This is a freelance/contract position with the potential for recurring work as Home Service Studios continues to grow throughout Houston.