Content Creator - Short-Form Video & Photography, Contract

Role: Content Creator (Short-Form Video & Photography)

Contract length: Single project assignment

Rate: Competitive entry-level pay, details shared upon application.

Location: Local positions available.

About the Opportunity

We're looking for a content creator for an on-location shoot involving short-form vertical video and photography for social media platforms. This is a single-day freelance production assignment with quick turnaround editing required.

You'll receive a creative brief and shot list to guide your work, and you'll have the freedom to identify additional moments and angles that strengthen the final content. This project may lead to future assignments with similar clients.

What You'll Do

• Capture high-quality vertical video and photography on-site
• Work from a provided creative brief and shot list
• Identify additional shots and angles that support the brand story
• Collaborate professionally with the team and participants on-site
• Organize and upload all raw footage and photographs within 24 hours of the shoot
• Edit polished vertical videos (15–30 seconds each)
• Edit final photographs to match brand direction
• Deliver initial edited assets within 48 hours of the shoot
• Complete one revision round and deliver final exports within 24 hours of feedback

Skills/background needed:

• Experience creating short-form social video and photography
• Portfolio showing polished vertical content
• Strong understanding of composition, lighting, and visual storytelling
• Proficiency with professional video editing software (such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, or CapCut)
• Photo-editing experience with tools like Lightroom or Photoshop
• Ability to interpret and execute a creative brief
• Strong organizational skills and file management
• Responsive communication
• Ability to meet tight deadlines (24-hour upload, 48-hour initial edit)
• Professional or high-quality mobile production kit suitable for vertical video and photography

Preferred Experience

• Portfolio featuring interior, architecture, home, or lifestyle content
• Experience working in occupied residential or event environments
• Ability to capture people naturally on camera
• Experience creating multiple social assets from a single production day
• Familiarity with adding motion graphics or typography to short-form edits

What's Included

• Up to eight hours of on-location production
• Organized delivery of all usable raw video and photography
• Edited vertical videos ready for social platforms
• Edited photographs
• Licensed or platform-cleared music
• One consolidated revision round
• Final social-ready exports

Schedule

• Production day: single on-location shoot
• Raw footage and photographs uploaded: Within 24 hours of the shoot
• Initial edited deliverables: Within 48 hours of the shoot
• Final exports: Within 24 hours of receiving feedback

You'll need to reserve sufficient post-production time immediately following the shoot to meet these deadlines.

About This Role

This is a project-based independent contractor assignment. You will be required to sign a project agreement before beginning work. Pre-approved local expenses will be reimbursed separately.

To Apply, Please Provide:

• Links to three relevant work examples
• At least one example of vertical short-form content you personally filmed and edited
• A brief explanation of your specific role in each example
• Confirmation of your availability for the shoot
• Confirmation that you can meet the upload and editing deadlines
• A list of the camera, mobile, lighting, stabilization, and audio equipment you would bring
• The editing programs you use
• Confirmation that the advertised pay range aligns with your expectations

Applications without relevant work samples may not be considered.