Jr Social Content Creator

Jr Social Content Creator

Founded in 2001, GALLEGOS United (GU) is an award-winning, independent and minority-owned agency. We help clients grow through attuned and creatively driven marketing that delivers immersive, socially engaging work that shapes culture and drives client business growth. Our partners include got milk?, Stater Bros., Comcast, Sona Pickelball, AIM Sports Group and South Norte, among others.

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Job Description

Enough about us, it's YOU we're excited about. GALLEGOS United is looking for a driven, enthusiastic and passionate creator of THINGS. THINGS that arrest short attention spans and wandering eyeballs. Thumb-stopping THINGS that inspire people to DM, tag and text their friends. You will be responsible for conceptualizing, creating, and producing compelling social content that resonates with target audiences. That includes shooting and editing all types of content, quickly (DSLR and iPhone). Leveraging your expertise in social trends and best practices, you will work closely with our creative and strategy teams to deliver culturally relevant content that drives awareness and engagement on social channels.

• Researches and identifies insights, trends, and opportunities to elevate social content
• Contributes to monthly content calendars across all brand channels
• Creates various forms of social media content—videos, images, and text captions —suitable for social media platforms such as Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube
• Contributes to the creative ideation, content capture, and editing of brand activations to keep the brand at the forefront of pop culture
• Develops and creates big ideas to create viral moments

Qualifications

• Must have experience as a video editor, camera operator, and still photographer
• Ability to capture, edit and post-produce video content using Adobe Premiere Pro/Final Cut Pro, After Effects, CapCut and Lightroom
• Ability to design and create videos, GIFs, animations, and other multimedia elements that effectively communicate brand messages.
• You keep your finger on the pulse of current trends and pop culture so your content is always ahead of the game.
• You are proficient at creating nimble tabletop setups for photography
• You are a great collaborator and bring positive energy to the team around you.
• You have good animation and typography sensibilities
• Strong time management skills
• Strong ability to organize and work on multiple tasks simultaneously
• A killer portfolio YOUR RESUME MUST INCLUDE A LINK TO YOUR PORTFOLIO (IF NOT PROVIDED WE WILL NOT CONSIDER SUBMISSION VIABLE)

Roles & Responsibilities

• Ideate, plan, and produce high-quality and culturally relevant video, and still content for various social media platforms, including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, X, Reddit, LinkedIn, TikTok, and emerging platforms.
• Write creative briefs to provide direction and collaborate with influencers, photographers, videographers, designers, and other content creators as necessary to enhance the creative process.
• Working on multiple productions at once, you go above and beyond each brief to push what's possible on both a creative and technical level.
• Food& Beverage expertise a plus.

Additional Information

YOUR MUST INCLUDE A LINK TO YOUR PORTFOLIO (IF NOT PROVIDED WE WILL NOT REVIEW)

Salary Range: $65,000 - $80,000

*Actual offer may vary by job-related knowledge, skills and experience.

GALLEGOS United is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion (including religious dress or grooming practices), national origin, ancestry, sex (including childbirth, breastfeeding, and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, transitioning status, age, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition, citizenship status, military and veteran status, uniform service member status, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, driver's license status, or any other legally protected status under applicable laws. Information collected in the pre-hire process is used solely to evaluate employment eligibility, verify identity, and maintain applicant employment statistics.