Social Media Content Editor

Please note: a portfolio or work samples are required to be considered. Applications that include relevant, social-first examples reflecting the kind of editing this role calls for will be prioritized.

About the role

The Narrative Refinery is a boutique social media strategy and content production agency working with a roster of small but design-conscious brands. From July 20 to early August, the agency owner is on-site at a major international sporting event and needs a skilled social-first designer to own content editing for four clients during that window.

This starts as a part-time, project-based contract with a defined budget and scope. For the right person, there's a real opportunity to grow into an ongoing part-time role as the agency owner's go-to editor beyond this initial window.

Before the window begins, you'll have an onboarding call in early July with the agency owner to walk through the brands, briefs, file systems, and exact scope, so you're fully set up before the agency owner travels.

Shot lists and brand materials will be handed over before the project begins. Photographers deliver the raw assets. Your job is to turn that raw footage and photography into polished, on-brand, postable content, both graphics and short-form video, ready to be captioned and scheduled.

If you're a fast, proactive editor who loves social-first work and can match a brand's look without hand-holding, this is for you.

Who you are

• Proactive and self-directed. You take a brief and run with it rather than waiting for step-by-step direction
• Experienced specifically in social-first content, not just general graphic design. You understand the difference between a brochure and a Reel
• Comfortable with fast turnarounds and juggling several brands at once without dropping quality
• Skilled in both graphic design and video editing
• Able to study a brand's past content and documents and produce new assets that fit seamlessly
• Reliable with communication and deadlines, especially with the agency owner working in a different time zone and largely in the field

What you'll do

• Edit raw photo and video assets into finished, postable content for Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook
• Produce both static/carousel graphics and short-form video (Reels, TikToks, Stories)
• Match each client's existing branding, guidelines, and content style by reviewing their past posts and brand documents
• Work to provided shot lists and content briefs, with quick turnarounds across multiple brands
• Deliver organized, clearly labeled final files ready for captioning and scheduling
• Flag questions early and manage your own time across a steady editing load

The clients you'll be editing for

You'll be editing for four boutique, design-conscious small businesses, each with its own established look, voice, and audience. The work spans beauty, lifestyle, retail, and local services, from polished and premium to warm and community-focused. You'll move fluidly between very different aesthetics, sometimes in the same week, so range and adaptability matter more here than any single signature style.

The scope and how the work flows

This is a focused, time-boxed engagement, not a full month of output. During the window, you'll be editing a defined batch of content across the four clients, a steady but manageable mix of feed posts, Stories, and short-form video for Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. The exact volume and priorities will be set together during onboarding so the load is clear and realistic before anything begins.

A good portion of the work can be templatized to keep output efficient and consistent, and you'll receive clear briefs that lay out copy, inspiration, and each brand's look and feel. Your job is to match that brief to the right images and video delivered by the photographers after each shoot.

Why this role is worth your time

This isn't faceless overflow work. You'll be the editing engine behind a tight, well-run agency with clear systems, organized briefs, and clients who care about their content. You'll get clean shot lists, brand documents, and direction up front, not vague asks and mystery deliverables. For a designer who wants steady, interesting social-first work across varied brands, with a real path to an ongoing role, this is a strong foundation.

What success looks like

• Raw assets come back from the photographers and get turned around into finished, on-brand content within the agreed window
• Each client's content looks like it was made by someone who knows the brand, not a stranger
• Editing can be handed off and trusted to be handled, keeping the agency owner focused in the field
• Files come back organized, correctly named, and ready to caption and schedule with no rework

How we'll work together

• You'll receive brand kits, past content, shot lists, and briefs beforehand
• Work is delivered through shared drives with a clear folder and naming structure
• The agency owner will be reachable for questions but largely in the field and in a different time zone, so proactive communication and good judgment matter
• Turnarounds are quick but defined. You'll always know what's due and when

Logistics at a glance

• Location: fully remote
• Structure: part-time, project-based, defined budget, with potential to extend into an ongoing part-time role
• Onboarding: a call in early July to align on brands, briefs, and scope before the window begins
• Role Timeline: concentrated work from approximately July 18 to August 8, 2026
• Time commitment: ~15-20 hours per week
• Software: work in the tools that let you hit the brief; Adobe Creative Suite, CapCut, and Canva are all in active use

A few things that will make you stand out

• A portfolio that shows range across multiple brand aesthetics, not one signature style applied to everything
• Examples of short-form video you've edited from raw footage, not just templated motion graphics
• Evidence you can match an existing brand rather than impose your own