Social Media Manager (Content Creation)

Independent contractor, part-time or full-time, remote

TUNE Studios | Cape Studio | Remote, South Africa based

TUNE and Trade & Union, cross-entity | Remote, South Africa based | Works with the studio lead and Strategy | Independent contractor, part-time or full-time

This role owns the studio's and clients' social presence and makes the content that fills it. You are a strategist and maker in one. You decide what belongs in public, then you go and create it, in a voice that sounds like the brand and stands out in a crowded feed.

What you will work on

• Owning social strategy and calendars across the studio's and clients' channels.
• Creating content: shooting, editing, writing, and designing short-form video, stills, and copy.
• Running community management and engagement in a consistent, on-brand voice.
• Reading the numbers and feeding what works back into the plan.
• Working with design, illustration, and strategy so social is part of the story, not an afterthought.

How we work

We brief clearly, agree on the deliverables and the deadline, then trust you to run your own process in your own way. Respect runs both ways. We do not treat contractors as disposable, and we will not expect you to absorb problems that are not yours.

The engagement

• Independent contractor, part-time or full-time, by agreement. Fully remote.
• Rate by agreement, commensurate with experience and scope, billed against invoice.
• Real autonomy over how and when you work, within agreed deliverables and deadlines.
• Work that lands at a high standard, for founders and operators worth doing it for.
• A studio that values your time and your craft, and works the way it says it does.

How to apply

Send links to two or three channels or pieces of content you made and are proud of, and a short note on the thinking behind one of them& Resume / CV to ***email_hidden***

Tell us whether you are looking for part-time or full-time work, your availability, and your indicative rate.

Requirements

What we are looking for

• Around two or more years in social media with hands-on content creation, and channels you have grown that you can show us.
• Native fluency across Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, X, and whatever is emerging next.
• Real content skill: short-form video shooting and editing (CapCut, Premiere, or similar), a good eye, and sharp copy.
• An analytical sense: you act on what the data tells you.
• Self-direction and sound judgement about what should and should not go out.

Helpful, not essential

• Photography and design skill (Figma, Adobe, Canva).
• Paid social and creator or influencer coordination.
• Hospitality or travel brand experience, relevant to Trade & Union.