What are the responsibilities and job description for the Content Creator (Freelance) position at UNFOLD?
Content Creator
Location: Remote (PST Hours)
Engagement Type: Freelance (Temp Employee W-4) with Potential for Full Time Conversion
Reports To: Creative Director
Rate: $25 - $45/Hour
About Us
UNFOLD is an award-winning digital creative agency based in Los Angeles, partnering with some of the world’s most dynamic entertainment and brand clients. We create culturally relevant, digitally driven work that connects audiences and brands across platforms.
The Role
Our Social team is seeking an experienced Content Creator to help lead reactive content creation, social content capture, and trend-based storytelling. With a strong understanding of meme culture, user-generated content, platform-specific formats, and mobile-first production, you will support creative execution and deliver socially relevant work that drives engagement.
The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in digital content creation and a strong passion for entertainment and streaming. You are comfortable translating creative direction into platform-native assets, capturing content on your phone, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to move quickly in response to cultural moments.
In this role, you will serve as a key engine for real-time content development. You will ideate social concepts, capture original content, tag and log streaming assets, write social-forward copy, and help keep clients at the center of digital culture.
Here’s What You’ll Do
Content Ideation & Creation
Location: Remote (PST Hours)
Engagement Type: Freelance (Temp Employee W-4) with Potential for Full Time Conversion
Reports To: Creative Director
Rate: $25 - $45/Hour
About Us
UNFOLD is an award-winning digital creative agency based in Los Angeles, partnering with some of the world’s most dynamic entertainment and brand clients. We create culturally relevant, digitally driven work that connects audiences and brands across platforms.
The Role
Our Social team is seeking an experienced Content Creator to help lead reactive content creation, social content capture, and trend-based storytelling. With a strong understanding of meme culture, user-generated content, platform-specific formats, and mobile-first production, you will support creative execution and deliver socially relevant work that drives engagement.
The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience in digital content creation and a strong passion for entertainment and streaming. You are comfortable translating creative direction into platform-native assets, capturing content on your phone, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to move quickly in response to cultural moments.
In this role, you will serve as a key engine for real-time content development. You will ideate social concepts, capture original content, tag and log streaming assets, write social-forward copy, and help keep clients at the center of digital culture.
Here’s What You’ll Do
Content Ideation & Creation
- Ideate and create reactive content tied to cultural moments and real-time trends.
- Develop social-first assets including memes, stills, edits, hype reels, and clip pulls.
- Watch and analyze client content to tag and log clips for future activations.
- Capture original social content on your phone for platform-native use.
- Shoot short-form video and behind-the-scenes content optimized for TikTok, Reels, and Stories.
- Create quick-turn mobile content that feels authentic, timely, and aligned with brand goals.
- Write platform-native copy and on-screen text aligned to each client’s voice.
- Publish and manage content across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, and X.
- Adapt assets for each platform using strong hooks and scroll-stopping creative.
- Track emerging memes, behaviors, and platform trends before they peak.
- Use basic design and editing tools to rapidly iterate and refine content.
- Monitor engagement signals to inform future creative decisions and performance.
- 2 years of experience in digital content creation, social media, or a related field.
- Entertainment, film, TV, or streaming experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, X, and platform best practices.
- Experience capturing and shooting content on a mobile phone for social platforms.
- Experience creating short-form content using both self-shot and existing video assets.
- Strong writing skills with the ability to craft engaging copy and on-screen text.
- Basic proficiency in graphic design and video editing tools.
- High cultural awareness, humor, and instinct for timely, shareable content.
- Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Salary : $25 - $45