Social Video Creative Strategist (YouTube)

Location: Remote, United States

Salary: $95,000–$110,000 per year

Company

hirify.global is a YouTube agency that develops creative strategy, content programming, and short-form and long-form storytelling systems for major brands.

What you will do

• Analyze long-form YouTube content and identify moments, narratives, hooks, and ideas with strong short-form potential.
• Curate, reframe, restructure, and optimize content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
• Create actionable creative briefs and direct editors on structure, pacing, storytelling, framing, retention, and platform-specific optimization.
• Review editor cuts, provide feedback through multiple revision rounds, and own cutdowns through final approval.
• Research trends, creators, competitors, formats, and audience behaviors to inform original social content strategies.
• Manage assignments, timelines, feedback, deliverables, and workflows across multiple clients using Asana.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in social video, short-form content strategy, creative strategy, branded content, creator media, or a related field.
• Experience developing or shaping content for TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts.
• Strong understanding of hooks, pacing, storytelling, retention, and audience attention.
• Experience reviewing videos, giving actionable feedback to editors, and creating creative briefs.
• Ability to identify short-form opportunities in long-form content and translate strategic thinking into execution.
• Strong organization, communication, problem-solving, and independent work skills in a fast-moving remote environment.

Nice to have

• Experience at a creator studio, creative agency, social agency, media company, or brand content team.
• Experience with major brands or high-profile creators.
• Experience owning a short-form content stream or channel.
• Experience applying performance data to improve future creative.
• Personal content creation experience combined with an interest in content strategy.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work for US-based employees.
• Health and vision benefits.
• 401(k) for eligible US employees.
• Direct mentorship and collaboration with the senior creative strategy team.
• Opportunity to grow into broader creative strategy and client ownership.
• Flat, proactive, learning-oriented culture with an emphasis on clear communication and high-quality work.