Social Content Creator (Director)

CANVAS United is a fast-growing, award-winning, mid-sized, digitally centered creative agency based in Southern California. We’re independently owned and part of the United Collective – a collective of creative agencies offering a full suite of capabilities ranging from Advertising and Activation to Production and Business Consulting. Since 2004, we’ve helped clients transform and amplify their online brand presence. Our hard hitting roster of brands we’ve helped grow includes got milk?, HOKA, General Mills, Comcast, Crunch Fitness, Estée Lauder, MTV, Showtime Sports, Marc Jacobs and more. 

Enough about us, it's YOU we're excited about. CANVAS is looking for a driven, enthusiastic and passionate creator of THINGS. THINGS that arrest short attention spans and wandering eyeballs. Thumb-stopping THINGS that inspire people to DM, tag and text their friends. You will be responsible for conceptualizing, creating, and producing compelling social content that resonates with target audiences. That includes shooting and editing all types of content, quickly (DSLR and iphone). Leveraging your expertise in social trends and best practices, you will work closely with our creative and strategy teams to deliver culturally relevant content that drives awareness and engagement on social channels. That's why it is critically important that you are a multidisciplinary creator who has dabbled in a hearty spectrum of creative mediums.

Here, you'll be working with a kind-hearted motley crew of storytellers, creatives, and facilitators on a joint mission of creating award-winning work. We are a highly collaborative agency therefore this is an in-person full-time position based in our Huntington Beach, CA office.

• Must have experience as a video editor, camera operator, and still photographer
• Ability to capture, edit and post-produce video content using Adobe Premiere Pro/Final Cut Pro, After Effects, CapCut and Lightroom
• Ability to design and create videos, GIFs, animations, and other multimedia elements that effectively communicate brand messages.
• Collaborate with our stellar team of designers, strategists, and writers to bring your ideas to life.
• Strong videography capabilities
• You keep your finger on the pulse of current trends and pop culture so your content is always ahead of the game.
• You are proficient at creating nimble tabletop setups for photography
• You are comfortable owning the full process from shoot to final delivery of assets - This includes Concepting, Editing, Shooting & Designing.
• You are a great collaborator and bring positive energy to the team around you.
• You have good animation and typography sensibilities
• Strong time management skills
• Strong ability to organize and work on multiple tasks simultaneously 
• A killer portfolio YOUR RESUME MUST INCLUDE A LINK TO YOUR PORTFOLIO

Roles & Responsibilities

• Ideate, plan, and produce high-quality and culturally relevant video, and still content for various social media platforms, including but not limited to Instagram, Facebook, X, Reddit, LinkedIn, TikTok, and emerging platforms.
• Write creative briefs to provide direction and collaborate with influencers, photographers, videographers, designers, and other content creators as necessary to enhance the creative process.
• Working on multiple productions at once, you go above and beyond each brief to push what's possible on both a creative and technical level.
• Oversee content creators, manage production schedules, and ensure that all content meets brand standards, deadlines, and creative excellence.

* Salary Range: $115,000 - $130,000 salary range

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

*Actual offer may vary by market location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience.