Social Content Creator

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 Tik Tok 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 is £36,000K to £56,900K
• Expected salary up to
  - We are looking for candidates up to £48K, depending on the experience you would bring to the role
• Contract type
  - This position is a Permanent contract
• Working pattern/flexible working
  - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home-based upon your personal needs, whilst balancing the needs of the business. We typically aim for around three days a week in the office for collaboration and attendance of key meetings.
• Location
  - This role is based at our London Head Office campus in Pimlico. However, there will be travel to create content.

The ideal candidate will drive end-to-end content creation, demonstrating platform-native production expertise through in-app editing, text overlays, and creator-focused tools. You will leverage an innate understanding of internet subculture and emerging trends to rapidly translate viral concepts into brand-aligned content. On set, you will utilise mobile videography and audio equipment to capture clean footage while either directing internal talent or appearing on-camera with confident voiceovers.

Operating with high self-reliance, you will independently manage production timelines on location and craft compelling, platform-tailored social copy.

• Portfolio:
  Proven experience as a dedicated Social Content Creator, Tik Tok/Reels Producer, or running a successful person al/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.

• 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.

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.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant  continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and…