Social Content Creator

ninety9cents; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A creative content agency in Cape Town is seeking a Mid-Level Content Creator with expertise in social-first content. You will conceptualize, shoot, and edit engaging visual content that aligns with clients' marketing objectives. The ideal candidate will have 3-5 years of relevant experience and a strong portfolio showcasing creative abilities. Proficiency with tools like Adobe Premiere and a keen eye for trends in digital content is essential. This permanent role offers a dynamic environment for content innovation.

Benefits

Opportunities for creativity and innovation

Work with top brands in South Africa

Qualifications

• 3-5 years' relevant experience in content creation and editing.
• Portfolio showcasing conceptual and strategic design and storytelling skills.
• Experience with diverse production equipment and software.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, shoot, and edit social-first content.
• Collaborate with creative teams to produce engaging content.
• Manage multiple creative projects under tight deadlines.

Skills

Creative eye

Excellent shooting skills

Excellent editing skills

Strategic thinking

Storytelling skills

Social media content creation

Education

Relevant degree or qualifications

Tools

Adobe Premiere

CapCut

Photoshop

Illustration & Design

Figma

Job description

Description

The ideal candidate must have a strong creative eye, excellent shooting and editing skills, and the ability to ideate and execute content that aligns with our clients' marketing objectives. This person should be highly adaptable, self-motivated, and always on top of the latest social content trends, able to identify which trends to leverage for different clients.

You must be well organized and have excellent creative and communication skills, be flexible, be self-motivated, multi-task, and most importantly, be adaptable. A positive and enthusiastic problem-solving attitude will get you far. The ability to apply strategic thinking and creativity to deliver top of the range visual content is essential for this role.

This role calls for a talented, self-motivated all-rounder with initiative to keep ahead of the digital content space. Ideally, you will be excited about technology and AI, enjoy playing with new content creation and editing tools, and see challenges as opportunities.

Role

Your day-to-day responsibilities will include identifying and responding to trending content opportunities, conceptualizing, shooting, and editing social-first content, and ensuring that all output aligns with our clients’ brand objectives. You will play a key role in shaping and enhancing our clients' social media presence through innovative content executions.

Your focus will be largely centered around tactical proposals and executions for social media. Ideally this would require you to collaborate very closely with our Social and Influencer Marketing departments to ensure ongoing access to online listening, trends, insights, and brand opportunities.

You will need to have experience with creating social media video content from start to finish; you would be required to ideate and deliver final creative products for social media and other online channels. From conceptualizing and story-boarding ideas through to creating the execution of content – filming / lighting & editing to photographing & retouching.

Duties

• Conceptualize, storyboard, and execute social-first content, including video, photography, and motion graphics - pre-planned, ad-hoc and quick turn-around visual content creation.
• Collaborate closely with the content producer, social media managers and in-house creative teams to develop engaging content for social platforms.
• Production: Art Direction, Videography, Photography, Illustration & Design.
• Postproduction: Editing, retouching, FA etc.
• Excellent proposal and presentation skills with the ability to build client relationships.
• Clear understanding of production requirements and be able to work effectively within timelines and budgets
• Ability to multitask several creative projects and able to work under tight deadlines
• Be on the forefront of AI trends and innovations, and the local & international landscape for social media, photography, videography and editing techniques.
• Shoot and edit content using a variety of tools, including TikTok’s in-app editor, CapCut, Adobe Premiere, and other relevant software.

Requirements

• 3-5 years' relevant experience (against this job spec)
• Portfolio displaying your own conceptual and strategic design and editing / story telling skills
• Experience with diverse types of production equipment and software
• Experience in creating and executing brand content for social and online platforms including email, website, app and/or paid media.
• Responsible and trustworthy
• Excellent creative skills and a great eye for detail

Minimum education: Relevant degree and/or qualifications (against this job spec)

Technical Skills/Knowledge

• Videography Platforms: After Effects, Premier, Social in app Editing, CapCut
• AI content creation experience using Higgsfield, VEO 3, and others.
• Social Platform Experience: Facebook & Instagram Studio, TikTok, Pinterest, YouTube, Twitter, Whats App etc.
• Photography Platforms: Photoshop & Lightroom, Social in app Editing
• Design Platforms: Adobe Creative Cloud & Figma
• Bonus: Digital Platforms: Google Web Design

In summary, we are looking for someone with creative flair. A keen storyteller at heart and the desire to want to explore the budding world of Content Marketing. Someone who is in touch with the world socially, and excited at the thought of creating vstories with some of South Africa’s best loved brands – using video and visual medium. If this speaks to you, then we want YOU. And we want you to want us too.

Work Level: Mid-Level

Job Type: Permanent

Salary: Market Related

EE Position: No

Location: Cape Town