Senior Content Creator Contract - Creative - US

dept; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

DEPT is seeking a Senior Content Creator who thrives on hands-on production of social-first content. You will concept, shoot, direct, and edit across TikTok, IG Reels, and YouTube Shorts, collaborating with copy, design, motion, and production partners.

Bring a strong visual POV, comfort behind and in front of the camera, and a talent for turning cultural insights into native platform content. You will influence brand storytelling with fast-paced, engaging visuals.

Qualifications

• Hands-on creator able to shoot, direct, edit content.
• Strong understanding of TikTok, IG Reels, YouTube Shorts.
• Collaborative with copywriters, designers, motion and production.

Responsibilities

• Develop original, social-first concepts rooted in brand objectives, audience behaviors, cultural moments, platform trends, and emerging formats.
• Shoot, direct, and edit content across platforms with independent or collaborative execution.
• Establish and execute the visual direction for content including framing, lighting, styling, and props.
• Operate cameras, lighting, and audio on shoots for high-quality social content.
• Edit short-form videos from rough cut to final delivery with pacing, sound, and graphics.
• Direct creators, talent, or on-street personalities when needed and interview subjects at onsite events.
• Stay connected to trends and platform features, identifying opportunities for brand-relevant content.
• Review content to ensure it meets quality standards and brand voice.

Skills

Concepting

Content Creation

Art Direction

Shooting

Editing

Talent Direction

Video Production

Storyboarding

Tools

Camera

Lighting

Audio equipment

Editing software

Post-production

Job description

WHY DEPT®?

We are a Growth Invention company built to help the world's most ambitious brands grow faster. Operating at the intersection of technology and marketing, we create what is next by pioneering ideas, acting fast, and moving further because standing still just is not in our DNA.

We are drawn to people who stay curious, move with intent, and never stop inventing. Our culture runs on three values: better together, relentlessly curious, and get sh*t done. It is how we work, how we grow, and how we make things that matter.

At DEPT®, you will find the freedom to explore, the space to collaborate, and the trust to make a real impact for our clients, for each other, and for the world we are helping to build.

THE ROLE

A Senior , Content Creation is a hands-on creative responsible for developing and producing engaging, social-first content from start to finish. This role combines creative concepting, art direction, production, and technical execution to bring ideas to life across social platforms. A successful Content Creator is equal parts creative thinker and maker-someone who can generate an idea, collaborate with others to develop it, and then pick up a camera or phone to shoot, direct, edit, and deliver the final content.

The Senior, Content Creation role has a strong focus on short-form, vertical video and requires a deep understanding of social culture, platform behaviors, emerging formats, and trends. Senior, Content Creators develop original concepts based on cultural and audience insights and translate them into content that feels native to platforms like TikTok, IG Reels, and YouTube Shorts among others.

This is a highly collaborative role, working alongside copywriters, art directors, designers, motion, talent, and production partners. Senior, Content Creators are also expected to bring a strong visual point of view to their work, providing direction across styling, framing, lighting, and locations.

Most importantly, this is a maker role. Senior, Content Creators should be comfortable behind the camera, in the edit, directing talent, AND-when the concept calls for it-in front of the camera. This may include featuring their own hands, voice, personality, or face to create authentic, attention-grabbing content.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

• 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.
• Collaboration & Communication: Work closely with client partners, delivery, production, and other cross-functional teammates to ensure content supports broader creative and business objectives.
• Technical Proficiency: Utilize cameras, phones, microphones, lighting equipment, editing software, design tools, and evolving platform-native creation tools. Stay current on new technologies and workflows that can make content more creati