Video Producer – Freelance

• Develop organic and paid social content for two major brands in social media and telecommunications
• Generate quick-hit concepts, recurring formats, sketches, cultural responses, and creator-led ideas
• Lead creative development from briefs and cultural observations through sell-in
• Partner with conceptual creatives, strategists, producers, and account partners
• Handle end-to-end creation including scripting, storyboarding, casting, talent briefs, location scouting, props, production planning, camera, sound, lighting, directing, editing, finishing, and delivery
• Operate compact camera or phone-based production setups and independently edit social-first content
• Create comedy, character, reaction, interview, day-in-the-life, and personality-forward formats
• Direct actors, creators, employees, event attendees, and non-professional participants
• Capture events and cultural moments and produce timely edits, recaps, and social cutdowns
• Translate brand briefs and strategic goals into entertaining content
• Track emerging formats, memes, creator behaviors, and platform-native editorial styles
• Present work, incorporate feedback, and manage multiple deliverables under tight timelines

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience creating social video, branded content, digital comedy, creator-led work, or an equivalent portfolio demonstrating the same depth of ability
• Strong portfolio showing personal responsibility for shooting, directing, and editing short-form content
• Fluency in organic social microtrends, behaviors, language, and nuances
• Strong conceptual instincts and ability to generate multiple ideas quickly
• Fluency in short-form storytelling, including hooks, pacing, comedic or performance timing, and social-native content
• Proficiency operating compact camera systems or phones, recording clean audio, and working with basic lighting and lean resources
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro or an equivalent editing platform
• Ability to execute trick shots, visual transitions, practical effects, and editorial techniques independently
• Experience self-producing small shoots, including casting, props, locations, releases, schedules, and file management
• Ability to direct actors, creators, and non-professional talent
• Self-sufficient, organized, and solutions-oriented working style
• Ability to manage several fast-moving deliverables simultaneously
• Occasional on-camera appearance, comedy/sketch/improv experience, event capture, advanced motion graphics, animation, compositing, sound design, and experience with organic and paid social content are listed as pluses, not musts

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in creating engaging social video content, including directing, shooting, and editing, while effectively managing multiple projects under tight deadlines. Proficient in leveraging social media trends and storytelling techniques to produce compelling branded content.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Social Video Creation
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Short-Form Storytelling
• Compact Camera Operation
• Directing Talent

Hard Skills

• Shooting
• Editing
• Storyboarding
• Scripting
• Production Planning
• Visual Transitions
• Audio Recording
• Lighting Techniques
• Event Capture
• Comedy/Sketch Experience

Soft Skills

• Organized
• Solutions-Oriented
• Self-Sufficient
• Creative Conceptualization
• Time Management

Industry Keywords

• Branded Content
• Social Media
• Digital Comedy
• Creator-Led Work
• Cultural Observations
• Emerging Formats
• Social Native Content

Tools & Technologies

• Compact Camera Systems
• Phone-Based Production Setups
• Editing Platforms