John Lewis & Partners
Social Content Creator
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About The Role
We are looking for a Social Content Creator to join our Social Content Team. In this role, you will produce highly engaging, social-first video content that drives strong engagement across platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Working both collaboratively with a supportive team of strategists, producers, and videographers, and independently as a proactive, self-shooting editor, you will be able to bring social ideas to life from concept to final cut. If you have the drive to independently ideate, shoot, edit, and shape the future of our social presence, we want to hear from you!
- Salary Band: £36,000K to £56,900K
- Expected salary: up to £48K, depending on the experience you would bring to the role
- Contract type: Permanent
- Working pattern/flexible working: Hybrid approach with around three days a week in the office
- Location: London Head Office campus in Pimlico (with travel for content creation)
- Next Steps: Upload a recent portfolio/examples of your work, CV, and answers to the application questions. Initial shortlist for a virtual Portfolio review. Successful candidates invited to a formal interview to present a small project.
Key Responsibilities
- Drive end-to-end content creation with platform-native production expertise through in-app editing, text overlays, and creator-focused tools.
- Leverage an innate understanding of internet subculture and emerging trends to rapidly translate viral concepts into brand-aligned content.
- Utilise mobile videography and audio equipment to capture clean footage while either directing internal talent or appearing on-camera with confident voiceovers.
- Independently manage production timelines on location and craft compelling, platform-tailored social copy.
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Essential Skills/experience You’ll Need
- Portfolio: Proven experience as a dedicated Social Content Creator, TikTok/Reels Producer, or running a successful personal/brand social channel in a fast-paced creative environment. A portfolio/showreel demonstrating strategic thinking and social-first creative executions, highlighting overarching outcomes vs objectives.
- Platform Mastery: In-depth knowledge of the technical nuances and best practices for social media platforms, including organic and paid nuances.
- Data Literacy: Ability to interpret key social metrics and reporting to inform future creative iterations and optimisations.
Desirable Skills/experience You May Have
- Retail Experience: Experience creating quick-turnaround content for a retail, fashion, home, or lifestyle brand.
- Collaborative Autonomy: A proven track record of working seamlessly within the team structure while maintaining the drive to execute solo projects efficiently from start to finish.
About The Partnership
We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.
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- Our Focus: Ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail, innovating, adapting, and diversifying.
- Our Promise: Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality, and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.
- Our Partnership: We share the responsibility of ownership and its rewards. We contribute to our success, working together through good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.
- Our Environment: We embrace our differences and create an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can thrive, growing individually and as a collective.
- Our Impact: As Partners, we make all the difference, and we all own it.
Important Points to Note:
- Some roles are subject to pre-employment vetting, which may include DBS checks for successful candidates.
- We occasionally close vacancies early in the event of a high volume of applications. We recommend applying early.
- If you require a reasonable adjustment due to a disability, please contact us as soon as possible.
- We support flexible working, including flexible or compressed hours, job sharing, or shorter hour contracts where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.
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