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: Senior Content Creator
Location: Chicago, United States
About the role:
We’re hiring a Senior Content Creator to join an embedded social team supporting a portfolio of leading global food and snacking brands, creating social-first content that connects with consumers through culture, creativity, and community.
This is a highly creative, hands-on role for someone who can take ideas from concept through execution - combining art direction, photography, videography, design, editing, food styling, and social expertise to create content that feels native, timely, and engaging.
Working closely with our strategy, community management, account, and creative leadership teams, this person will help shape always-on content across iconic consumer brands - identifying opportunities to connect with audiences through culturally relevant storytelling, beautiful food content, and platform-first creative.
What you will be doing:
- Concept, capture, and produce high-quality organic social content across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube Shorts, and emerging platforms
- Lead the creation of food and lifestyle content, including recipe development support, food styling, product photography, tabletop shooting, and short-form video production
- Bring a strong creative eye to every stage of content development, including concepting, art direction, composition, lighting, styling, shooting, editing, and final delivery
- Develop social-first creative ideas in partnership with strategy and community management teams, translating cultural insights, trends, and audience behaviors into compelling content
- Create a wide range of content formats including short-form video, motion graphics, photography, static assets, GIFs, and platform-native executions
- Help evolve each brand’s unique social identity while maintaining consistency with brand guidelines and creative standards
- Proactively identify content opportunities, emerging trends, platform behaviors, and creative formats that can help brands participate authentically in culture
- Storyboard concepts, develop shot lists, support scripting, and clearly communicate creative thinking internally and externally
- Present creative ideas and recommendations to clients with clear rationale while remaining open to feedback and collaboration
- Partner with creative leadership to continue raising the quality, effectiveness, and ambition of social content
- Leverage GenAI tools and emerging technologies to accelerate ideation, experimentation, production workflows, and creative exploration
What you need to be great in this role:
- 5+ years of experience creating premium social-first content for brands, ideally within food, beverage, CPG, lifestyle, or culture-driven categories
- A strong portfolio demonstrating expertise across photography, videography, editing, design, and social storytelling
- Experience creating visually compelling food content, including food styling, recipe content, tabletop/product shooting, and lifestyle production
- Strong understanding of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube Shorts, social trends, creator behaviors, and platform best practices
- Ability to operate as a full-stack creator - comfortable moving from concept to capture to final edit
- Strong design sensibility with experience using tools such as Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, After Effects), CapCut, and other social creation tools
- Motion graphics, animation, and lightweight design capabilities strongly preferred
- Experience leveraging GenAI tools such as Pencil, ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, or similar platforms to enhance creative workflows preferred
- Highly collaborative, proactive, and comfortable working within a fast-moving integrated team environment
- Ability to balance premium craft with the speed, agility, and experimentation required for modern social content
- At the time of this posting, the base salary for this position may range from $97,750.00 to $109,250.00. Individual compensation varies based on job related factors, including location, business needs, level of responsibility, experience, and qualifications. The range listed is just one component of OLIVER’s total compensation package.
Req ID: 17847
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Our values shape everything we do:
Be Ambitious to succeed
Be Imaginative to push the boundaries of what’s possible
Be Inspirational to do groundbreaking work
Be always learning and listening to understand
Be Results-focused to exceed expectations
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.
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