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Creative agency of a major Canadian retailer · Posted 4h ago

Freelance Short-Form Content Creator, Food & Retail

Make food and lifestyle social content for some of Canada's best-known retail brands

  • Work across many retail brands
  • Quick-turn trend and reactive content
  • Food-led creative briefs

The role

Join an always-on freelance roster making platform-native social content, with a focus on food, lifestyle and retail. You'll take ideas from concept through shoot, edit and delivery, from planned series to quick-turn trend work.

What you'll do

  • 1Concept, shoot and edit platform-native content for TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts
  • 2Style, film and edit food, product and lifestyle stories for social
  • 3Turn brand priorities and cultural moments into fast-moving social ideas
  • 4Own each piece from storyboard and shot list through production and edit
  • 5Appear on camera where the brief calls for it

What they're looking for

Must-haves

  • Portfolio of social-first content you concepted, shot and edited yourself
  • Experience cooking, styling and filming food
  • Strong short-form editing: pacing, sound, text and some motion graphics
  • Proficiency in CapCut, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva or similar
  • Able to travel to retail and shoot locations across the GTA

Nice to have

  • Comfort in front of the camera
  • Ability to turn raw footage into polished edits quickly

Skills and platforms

  • Social Content Creation
  • Food Styling
  • Food Photography and Videography
  • Short-Form Video Editing
  • Visual Storytelling
  • Storyboarding
  • Production Planning
  • Social Media Trends
  • Platform-Native Content
  • Creative Brief Collaboration
  • On-Camera Performance
  • CapCut
  • Adobe Creative Suite
  • Canva
  • YouTube Shorts
  • TikTok
  • Instagram

Perks

  • Comprehensive Training
  • Flexible Work Arrangements
  • Competitive Benefits

The company

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Creative agency of a major Canadian retailer · Advertising Services

The in-house creative agency of one of Canada's largest retail employers, a collaborative team of creatives serving a wide portfolio of brands and banners.

The company is hiring directly, so you apply straight to them.

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