Senior Social Media Graphic Designer & Reels Editor

Type of Work: Part-Time / Long-Term
Hours: Approximately 20 hours per week
Location: Remote
Schedule: Flexible Philippine hours with occasional availability during U.S. Eastern Time

## ABOUT THE ROLE

We are a U.S.-based marketing agency looking for an exceptional Social Media Graphic Designer & Reels Editor to join our team long-term.

We are looking for someone who can produce work that meets professional U.S. agency standards across multiple client brands.

This is NOT a basic Canva position.

You should be equally comfortable:

- Designing manually in Photoshop, Illustrator, Canva, or Figma
- Editing professional short-form videos and Reels
- Using modern AI tools to improve efficiency and creativity
- Taking AI-generated assets and manually correcting/editing them until they look natural and professional
- Working with real client photos and assets
- Creating completely custom designs when AI is not appropriate

**AI should be a tool—not a replacement for design skill.**

We need someone who understands when AI helps and when traditional manual design produces the better result.

## WHAT YOU'LL CREATE

You will produce social media creative for multiple U.S.-based client accounts, including:

- Professional static graphics
- 5–6 slide carousels
- Instagram and Facebook posts
- Instagram Reels
- TikTok/short-form videos
- Stories
- Promotional graphics
- Ad creatives
- Motion graphics
- Branded campaign content
- Photo-based designs
- AI-assisted creative when appropriate

Our content team will provide calendars, copy, concepts, brand guidelines, client information, and creative direction.

**Your responsibility is turning those ideas into exceptional visual content.**

## QUALITY EXPECTATIONS

This is the most important part of the position.

We do NOT want:

- Generic Canva templates
- Repetitive designs
- Obvious AI-generated imagery
- Fake-looking people, products, locations, food, or environments
- Poor typography
- Crowded layouts
- Basic slideshow-style Reels
- Designs that could belong to any random business
- AI outputs submitted without manual correction
- Work that requires us to repeatedly point out basic design problems

We DO want:

- Modern, polished design
- Strong typography
- Excellent spacing and visual hierarchy
- Professional photo editing
- Realistic imagery
- Clean composition
- Strong branding
- Creative concepts
- Scroll-stopping visuals
- Professional Reels with good pacing
- Consistent quality across multiple brands
- Designs appropriate for U.S. businesses and audiences

You should be able to look at your own work critically and correct problems **before submitting it for review.**

## AI + MANUAL DESIGN REQUIREMENT

You must be comfortable with BOTH traditional design and modern AI workflows.

AI experience may include tools such as:

- Adobe Firefly
- Midjourney
- Leonardo AI
- ChatGPT
- Runway
- Kling
- Other image/video generation tools

However, you must also know how to manually:

- Remove AI errors
- Correct unrealistic textures
- Fix hands, objects, products, backgrounds, and proportions
- Retouch photos
- Composite multiple images
- Color correct
- Remove or replace objects
- Adjust lighting
- Edit backgrounds
- Match branding
- Correct typography
- Blend AI elements naturally into real photography

We should never receive an obviously AI-generated image simply because an AI tool produced it.

## REQUIRED DESIGN SKILLS

Strong experience with:

- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Canva Pro
- Figma or similar design software
- Photo manipulation and retouching
- Typography
- Layout and composition
- Brand design
- Social media graphic design
- Carousel design
- Advertising creative

## REQUIRED VIDEO SKILLS

Strong experience with:

- Adobe Premiere Pro and/or CapCut
- Short-form video editing
- Instagram Reels
- TikTok-style content
- Hooks and pacing
- Subtitles/captions
- Transitions
- Sound effects
- Music synchronization
- Motion graphics
- Basic color correction
- Text animation

After Effects experience is a strong advantage.

## WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

You should:

- Have excellent visual judgment
- Understand current U.S. social media design trends
- Be able to switch between different brand styles
- Follow detailed creative briefs and SOPs
- Pay extremely close attention to instructions
- Work quickly without sacrificing quality
- Meet deadlines consistently
- Be organized when working across multiple client brands
- Communicate clearly
- Accept feedback professionally
- Apply previous feedback so the same corrections are not repeatedly needed
- Be comfortable working independently

Agency experience is strongly preferred.

Experience creating content for U.S., Canadian, UK, or Australian brands is a major plus.

## EXPERIENCE

We prefer **3+ years of professional graphic design and/or social media creative experience**.

However, portfolio quality matters more to us than years of experience.

If your work is exceptional, we want to see it.

## TO APPLY

Please send:

1. A short introduction.
2. Your portfolio.
3. Your **10 best social media graphics**.
4. At least **3 carousel examples**.
5. At least **5 Reels or short-form videos** you personally edited.
6. Examples of work you created using Photoshop/Illustrator—not only Canva templates.
7. Examples of AI-assisted creative, if available.
8. Briefly explain which AI tools you use and how you combine them with manual editing.
9. Tell us which Adobe/design/video programs you are strongest in.
10. Your expected monthly salary.
11. Your current work commitments and availability.

Please begin your application with the words **"CREATIVE QUALITY"** so we know you read the entire posting.

## PAID TEST

Shortlisted applicants will complete a small **paid creative test**.

The test may include:

- 1 professional static social graphic
- 1 multi-slide carousel sample
- 1 short Reel/video edit

We will evaluate:

- Design quality
- Creativity
- Typography
- Attention to detail
- Ability to follow instructions
- Manual editing ability
- AI judgment
- Reel/video quality
- Speed
- Communication

We are not looking for the cheapest applicant.

We are looking for a **high-level creative professional who can become a long-term member of our agency and consistently produce work we are proud to send to our clients.**