Social Media Content Creator & Multimedia Editor | Luxury Brands | Video, Carousels, Static Design & Multi-Platform

Luxury Brands | Video, Carousels, Static Design & Multi-Platform Content

About Us

We are a growing creative and marketing company working with premium and luxury brands across:

* Luxury events
* Hospitality
* Food and beverage
* Medical aesthetics
* Wellness
* Education and nonprofit organizations
* Real estate
* Founder and personal brands
* High-end service businesses

Our clients operate in elevated environments and often serve discerning, affluent, and high-profile audiences. Their social media and digital presence must reflect the same level of quality, sophistication, and credibility as their businesses.

We are looking for a highly skilled **Social Media Content Creator and Multimedia Editor** who can transform raw footage, professional photography, phone content, brand assets, written content, and creative direction into a consistent volume of polished, luxury-quality content.

This is not solely a video-editing role.

You must be equally comfortable creating sophisticated carousels, static graphics, short-form videos, long-form videos, event content, and platform-specific creative.

Our internal team will lead the brand strategy, campaign direction, messaging priorities, content themes, and overall marketing strategy. Your responsibility will be to bring that direction to life through exceptional design, editing, storytelling, and creative production.

This is a long-term position with the opportunity to grow into a lead creative role as our client portfolio expands.

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## Your Primary Responsibility

Your primary responsibility will be to turn raw footage, photography, brand assets, written content, and creative direction into a consistent volume of polished content across multiple brands and platforms.

You should be able to open a folder containing raw videos, professional photography, phone footage, event media, and existing brand assets and determine:

* Which assets are strongest
* What content can be created
* How the content should be structured
* Which format is most appropriate
* How the visuals should be edited or designed
* How one set of assets can become multiple pieces of content
* How content should be adapted for different platforms
* How to preserve the identity of each individual brand

We are looking for someone who can execute at a high level without requiring step-by-step creative instructions for every asset.

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## What You Will Be Creating

Projects may include:

* Instagram Reels
* Instagram carousels
* Static social media posts
* Instagram Stories
* TikTok videos
* YouTube Shorts
* Long-form YouTube videos
* Video teasers and trailers
* Pinterest graphics and video Pins
* Facebook posts and videos
* LinkedIn graphics and video content
* Event announcements
* Event recap videos
* Event recap carousels
* Brand launch content
* Partnership announcements
* Promotional campaigns
* Food and beverage content
* Hospitality and destination content
* Medical aesthetics content
* Educational and authority-building content
* Product and service showcases
* Founder and personal-brand content
* Testimonials and case studies
* Behind-the-scenes content
* Campaign covers and thumbnails
* Content repurposed from long-form footage
* Multiple social media assets developed from one raw-content folder

You may work across several brands, each with its own visual identity, audience, and creative direction.

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## Luxury Creative Standard

Every brand in our portfolio operates within a premium or luxury environment.

The content you create must reflect the quality, sophistication, and level of clientele these businesses serve.

Luxury experience or a strong luxury-focused portfolio is highly preferred.

You must understand that luxury content is not simply:

* Gold typography
* Black backgrounds
* Slow-motion footage
* Dramatic music
* Excessive transitions
* Generic templates
* AI-generated mansions or models
* Applying the same aesthetic to every client

True luxury creative requires:

* Refined visual judgment
* Elegant typography
* Strong composition
* Intentional pacing
* Sophisticated color grading
* High-quality image and footage selection
* Clean editorial layouts
* Strategic use of negative space
* Controlled motion and transitions
* Attention to lighting, texture, sound, and detail
* Visual restraint
* Consistency across every touchpoint

The final work should feel:

* Elevated
* Editorial
* Intentional
* Sophisticated
* Polished
* Modern
* Credible
* Distinctive to the brand

It should never feel:

* Cheap
* Cluttered
* Overdesigned
* Generic
* Template-driven
* Outdated
* Excessively flashy
* Obviously AI-generated
* Inconsistent with the brand

You must be able to interpret luxury differently across industries.

For example:

* **Medical aesthetics** should feel clean, credible, modern, refined, and clinically sophisticated.
* **Hospitality** should feel aspirational, immersive, experiential, and desirable.
* **Luxury events** should communicate exclusivity, atmosphere, energy, and anticipation.
* **Food and beverage** should feel sensory, rich, elegant, and visually considered.
* **Education and nonprofit content** should feel human, credible, compelling, and emotionally resonant without losing visual quality.
* **Founder and personal-brand content** should feel polished, authoritative, authentic, and current.

Each client must maintain its own identity. We are not looking for someone who applies the same templates, fonts, effects, or editing style to every brand.

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## Design and Video Standards

You should have an exceptional eye for:

* Graphic design
* Typography
* Visual hierarchy
* Composition
* Layout
* Image selection
* Video editing
* Storytelling
* Pacing
* Color grading
* Lighting
* Music selection
* Sound design
* Motion graphics
* Caption design
* Brand consistency
* Fine details

You understand how to make content feel premium without overproducing it.

You should also understand how to create content that captures attention while maintaining an elevated brand identity.

The strongest candidate will know when to:

* Use restraint
* Let footage breathe
* Create faster-paced edits
* Use subtle motion
* Build anticipation
* Lead with a strong visual
* Use typography as part of the storytelling
* Remove unnecessary effects
* Choose quality over visual noise

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## Platform Awareness

You are not expected to lead our overall social media strategy, analytics, reporting, or conversion strategy.

However, you must have a strong working knowledge of the platforms you are creating for and understand that content should not simply be resized and posted identically everywhere.

You should understand the creative differences between:

### Instagram

* Reels
* Carousels
* Stories
* Static posts
* Covers and thumbnails
* Saveable and shareable content
* Strong visual cohesion
* Current editing and design expectations

### YouTube

* YouTube Shorts
* Long-form video
* Audience retention
* Opening hooks
* Pacing
* Thumbnails
* Titles and visual structure
* Repurposing long-form footage into short-form clips

### TikTok

* Platform-native pacing
* Strong openings
* Authenticity
* Current formats
* Trend adaptation
* Fast audience retention

### Pinterest

* Vertical formats
* Search-driven visual content
* Evergreen graphics
* Strong headlines
* Visual hierarchy
* Content designed to drive discovery and website traffic

### Facebook

* Event promotion
* Community-focused content
* Video and image posts
* Albums
* Longer-form storytelling
* Local and demographic-specific audiences

### LinkedIn

* Founder-led content
* Thought leadership
* Business storytelling
* Case studies
* Partnership announcements
* Professional brand positioning
* Educational carousels and graphics

You must stay informed about:

* Changing platform dimensions
* File specifications
* New platform features
* Current editing styles
* Emerging content formats
* Relevant social media trends
* Organic-content best practices
* Hooks and audience retention
* What makes content engaging and shareable

You do not need to guarantee virality or own the growth strategy.

You do need to avoid outdated formats, editing styles, dimensions, and creative practices.

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## Trends and Creative Judgment

Social media trends change quickly.

You should know how to identify trends and determine whether they are appropriate for a premium brand.

We are not looking for someone who copies every viral trend.

We are looking for someone who can:

* Recognize relevant trends early
* Adapt trends to fit the brand
* Protect the brand’s visual identity
* Understand when a trend feels too cheap or overused
* Use current formats without making the content generic
* Balance platform relevance with timeless brand positioning
* Create attention without compromising sophistication

The right person understands that being current does not mean chasing everything that becomes popular.

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## AI Expectations

We actively encourage the intelligent use of AI to improve quality, creativity, and efficiency.

AI may be used for:

* Ideation
* Storyboarding
* Editing support
* Audio cleanup
* Footage enhancement
* Background extension
* Object removal
* Asset organization
* Motion support
* Design support
* Caption generation
* Creating supplementary visuals when appropriate

However, the final work must:

* Look realistic
* Feel intentional
* Match the specific brand
* Maintain visual consistency
* Meet premium professional standards
* Avoid generic AI aesthetics
* Avoid artificial-looking people, products, food, environments, or architecture
* Avoid obvious visual errors
* Avoid making every brand look the same

We are not looking for someone who relies heavily on generic AI-generated videos or produces artificial-looking content because it is faster.

AI should support strong creative judgment—not replace it.

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## Required Skills

You should be highly capable in the following areas:

* Short-form video editing
* Long-form video editing
* Social media graphic design
* Carousel design
* Static-post design
* Typography and layout
* Motion graphics
* Color grading
* Sound design
* Caption animation
* B-roll storytelling
* Content repurposing
* Platform-specific formatting
* Selecting strong footage and photography
* Organizing raw asset libraries
* Creating multiple assets from one content source
* Maintaining multiple brand identities
* Following brand guidelines
* Receiving and implementing revisions
* Managing deadlines across multiple projects

You should be proficient in several of the following:

* Adobe Premiere Pro
* Adobe After Effects
* Adobe Photoshop
* Adobe Illustrator
* DaVinci Resolve
* Canva Pro
* CapCut Pro
* Figma

Experience with the following is helpful:

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* Dropbox
* Google Drive
* Project management platforms
* AI editing and creative tools
* Social media scheduling platforms

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## What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means:

* Content consistently meets a premium visual standard
* Each client maintains a distinct brand identity
* Raw assets are used creatively and efficiently
* Content is completed at the agreed production volume
* Files are organized and easy for the team to access
* Deadlines are met consistently
* Revisions are handled accurately
* Platform formats and specifications are correct
* Content feels current without becoming trend-dependent
* AI is used intelligently without compromising realism
* Internal strategy is translated into strong creative execution
* Quality remains high even as production volume increases

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## You Are Someone Who

* Has exceptional visual taste
* Loves beautiful and intentional design
* Understands luxury branding
* Notices small details others overlook
* Communicates clearly
* Meets deadlines consistently
* Takes creative direction well
* Can also make thoughtful creative suggestions
* Is comfortable working across several industries
* Can manage multiple brands without blending their identities
* Can work independently
* Is organized with files and assets
* Accepts feedback professionally
* Can explain creative decisions
* Values consistency and craftsmanship
* Thinks like a creative partner rather than a task-based freelancer
* Wants a long-term role rather than a short-term project

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## Portfolio Requirements

A strong portfolio is required.

Applications without relevant portfolio examples will not be considered.

Your portfolio should demonstrate your ability to create premium or luxury content across multiple formats.

Please include:

* Three examples of your strongest short-form video work
* Two examples of your strongest long-form video work
* Three examples of your strongest carousel designs
* Three examples of your strongest static social graphics
* Event, hospitality, beauty, wellness, medical aesthetics, food and beverage, real estate, or other premium-brand content
* Strong typography and layout work
* Examples created from raw footage or photography
* Examples that show different brand identities
* At least one example of content repurposed into multiple formats

Please clearly identify which portions of the work you personally completed, including:

* Editing
* Design
* Creative direction
* Motion graphics
* Color grading
* Typography
* Sound design
* Copy placement
* Asset selection

Applications that only include basic talking-head edits, generic AI videos, premade templates, or one repetitive editing style will not be considered.

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# To Apply

Please place the word **ELEVATE** at the top of your application so we know you read the full job description.

Answer the following questions clearly and provide direct links wherever possible.

## Portfolio and Experience

1. Please provide a link to your full portfolio.

2. Which three pieces in your portfolio best demonstrate your ability to create luxury or premium content, and why?

3. Please share direct links to:

* Three short-form video examples
* Two long-form video examples
* Three carousel examples
* Three static-design examples

4. Which industries have you created content for?

5. Have you created content for luxury, hospitality, events, food and beverage, beauty, wellness, medical aesthetics, real estate, or premium personal brands? Please provide examples.

6. What do you believe makes content feel genuinely luxurious rather than simply expensive, flashy, or overproduced?

7. Choose one premium brand whose content you admire. What specifically makes its creative direction effective?

8. What parts of the work shown in your portfolio were completed entirely by you?

## Creative Process and Judgment

9. You receive a folder containing event footage, professional photography, phone videos, and brand assets. How would you turn those files into one week of content across Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, and LinkedIn?

10. How do you approach creating different visual identities for multiple brands without making them look the same?

11. How do you stay current on:

* Social media trends
* Platform updates
* Changing content dimensions
* Video-editing styles
* Design trends

12. Give an example of a current trend you could adapt for a luxury hospitality or event brand.

13. Give an example of a popular trend you would avoid for a premium brand and explain why.

14. What is your process for reviewing and organizing a large folder of raw content?

15. What is your process for creating a carousel from a topic, written copy, and a folder of brand images?

16. What is your process for editing:

* A 15–30 second Reel
* A 60–90 second promotional video
* A long-form YouTube video

17. How do you choose music, sound effects, typography, and transitions for a premium brand?

18. How do you handle creative feedback and revisions?

## Software and AI

19. What software do you use regularly?

20. Which AI tools do you use, and how do you prevent AI-assisted content from looking artificial or generic?

## Production Turnaround Times

21. Please provide your typical turnaround time for each of the following after receiving all required assets, copy, brand guidelines, and creative direction:

* One 15–30 second Reel or YouTube Short
* One 60–90 second promotional video
* One seven- to ten-slide carousel
* One static social media post
* One event recap video
* One long-form YouTube video between five and fifteen minutes
* One complete week of mixed social media content

Please distinguish between:

* Your standard turnaround time
* Your rush turnaround time
* The number of revision rounds included
* Any additional fees for rush work or additional revisions

## Weekly Production Capacity

22. Based on your current capacity, how many of the following can you reliably complete each week while maintaining a premium standard?

* Reels or YouTube Shorts
* Carousels
* Static posts
* Stories
* Event recap videos
* Long-form videos

23. Are you currently working with other clients or employers? If yes, approximately how many hours per week are already committed?

## Paid Creative Test

24. Finalists will be asked to complete a paid creative test using a small set of raw footage, photography, brand assets, written content, and creative direction.

The test is expected to include:

* One 15–30 second Reel
* One seven- to ten-slide carousel
* One static post or cover graphic
* A brief explanation of your creative direction

Please provide:

* Your proposed fee for this paid creative test package
* Your expected turnaround time
* What is included in your fee
* The number of revision rounds included
* Any additional revision fees
* The final file formats you will deliver
* Whether editable source or project files are included

The creative test fee must be discussed and approved before work begins.

## Availability and Compensation

25. What is your availability and preferred working schedule?

26. What time zone are you located in?

27. What is your internet speed?

28. What is your expected monthly salary or retainer for an ongoing role?

29. Are you looking for a long-term position?

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## Paid Creative Test Process

Selected finalists will receive a concise brand brief, creative direction, raw assets, and clear test deliverables.

The test will evaluate:

* Luxury aesthetic and visual judgment
* Design quality
* Typography
* Video editing
* Pacing
* Storytelling
* Color grading
* Music and sound selection
* Brand alignment
* Image and footage selection
* Platform formatting
* Attention to detail
* Ability to work from raw files
* Ability to create multiple formats
* Appropriate use of AI
* Ability to follow creative direction
* File organization and delivery
* Ability to meet the agreed deadline

The paid test is not intended to generate free client work. It is used to evaluate the candidate’s process, judgment, and execution before entering a longer-term working relationship.

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## Growth Opportunity

We are building a long-term creative team.

The right person will have the opportunity to become our lead social media content creator and multimedia editor across multiple premium brands.

As our portfolio grows, this role may expand to include:

* Increased creative ownership
* Leading content production
* Supporting junior editors or designers
* Helping establish creative systems and standards
* Managing larger campaign deliverables
* Consistent monthly work and increasing responsibility

We are looking for someone who wants to grow with us, not someone looking for a short freelance project.