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 studios 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.

• Owning social strategy and calendars across the studios 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.

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.

• 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.

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

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

• 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.

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

Required Experience:

IC