Please note: a portfolio or work samples are required to be considered. We are prioritizing applications that show strong graphic design across multiple brands, with social-first examples that reflect the kind of editing this role calls for. Lead with your design work.

About the role

The Narrative Refinery is a boutique social media strategy and content production agency working with a roster of small but design-conscious brands. From approximately July 18 to August 8, the agency owner is on-site at a major international sporting event and needs a skilled designer to own content editing for four clients during that window.

This is, first and foremost, a graphic design role. You are a designer by trade who also edits short-form video when the content calls for it. Static and carousel design is the core of the work. Reels, TikToks, and Stories are a real and regular part of it.

This starts as a part-time, project-based contract with a defined budget and scope. For the right person, there is a real opportunity to grow into an ongoing part-time role as the agency owner's go-to editor beyond this initial window.

Before the window begins, you will have an onboarding call in early July with the agency owner to walk through the brands, briefs, file systems, and exact scope, so you are fully set up before the agency owner travels.

Shot lists and brand materials will be handed over before the project begins. Photographers deliver the raw assets. Your job is to turn that raw photography and footage into polished, on-brand, postable content, ready to be captioned and scheduled.

If you are a strong, proactive designer who loves social-first work, can also cut a clean Reel, and can match a brand's look without hand-holding, this is for you.

Who you are

• A graphic designer first. You have real command of type, layout, hierarchy, and color, and it shows in clean static and carousel work
• Experienced specifically in social-first content, not just general graphic design. You understand the difference between a brochure and a Reel
• Comfortable editing short-form video from raw footage to a competent, on-brand standard. You do not need to be a specialist video editor, but you can take photographer footage and turn it into a postable Reel, TikTok, or Story
• Proactive and self-directed. You take a brief and run with it rather than waiting for step-by-step direction
• Able to study a brand's past content and documents and produce new assets that fit seamlessly
• Comfortable juggling several brands at once, moving between very different aesthetics without dropping quality
• Reliable with communication and deadlines, especially with the agency owner working in a different time zone and largely in the field

What you'll do

• Design finished, postable static and carousel graphics for Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook, matched to each client's brand
• Edit raw photo and video assets into short-form video (Reels, TikToks, Stories) at a clean, on-brand standard
• Match each client's existing branding, guidelines, and content style by reviewing their past posts and brand documents
• Work to provided shot lists and content briefs, with quick turnarounds across multiple brands
• Deliver organized, clearly labeled final files ready for captioning and scheduling
• Flag questions early and manage your own time across a steady editing load

The clients you'll be editing for

You will be editing for four boutique, design-conscious small businesses, each with its own established look, voice, and audience. The work spans beauty, lifestyle, retail, and local services, from polished and premium to warm and community-focused. You will move fluidly between very different aesthetics, sometimes in the same week, so range and adaptability matter more here than any single signature style.

The scope and how the work flows

This is a focused, time-boxed engagement, not a full month of output. During the window, you will be editing a defined batch of content across the four clients, a steady but manageable mix of feed posts, Stories, and short-form video for Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok. The exact volume and priorities will be set together during onboarding so the load is clear and realistic before anything begins.

A good portion of the work can be templatized to keep output efficient and consistent, and you will receive clear briefs that lay out copy, inspiration, and each brand's look and feel. Your job is to match that brief to the right images and footage delivered by the photographers after each shoot.

Why this role is worth your time

This is not faceless overflow work. You will be the design and editing engine behind a tight, well-run agency with clear systems, organized briefs, and clients who care about their content. You will get clean shot lists, brand documents, and direction up front, not vague asks and mystery deliverables. For a designer who wants steady, interesting social-first work across varied brands, with a real path to an ongoing role, this is a strong foundation.

What success looks like

• Raw assets come back from the photographers and get turned around into finished, on-brand content within the agreed window
• Each client's content looks like it was made by someone who knows the brand, not a stranger
• Editing can be handed off and trusted to be handled, keeping the agency owner focused in the field
• Files come back organized, correctly named, and ready to caption and schedule with no rework

How we'll work together

• You will receive brand kits, past content, shot lists, and briefs beforehand
• Work is delivered through shared drives with a clear folder and naming structure
• The agency owner will be reachable for questions but largely in the field and in a different time zone, so proactive communication and good judgment matter
• Turnarounds are quick but defined. You will always know what is due and when

Logistics at a glance

• Location: fully remote
• Structure: part-time, project-based, defined budget, with potential to extend into an ongoing part-time role
• Onboarding: a call in early July to align on brands, briefs, and scope before the window begins
• Role timeline: concentrated work from approximately July 18 to August 8, 2026
• Time commitment: roughly 15 to 20 hours per week
• Software: work in the tools that let you hit the brief. Adobe Creative Suite, CapCut, and Canva are all in active use

A few things that will make you stand out

• A portfolio that leads with strong graphic design and shows range across multiple brand aesthetics, not one signature look applied to everything
• Static and carousel work that holds up on its own as polished, considered design
• Short-form video you have edited from raw footage, showing you can carry the video side competently when a brief calls for it
• Evidence you can match an existing brand rather than impose your own style

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