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Social Content Batch Creation (Canva)

Specialist · Social Media Manager · Hybrid · Chicago

$37–$43/ hour About $320–$640 a month. Set by the company within a range checked against market pay for the role; your recruiter agrees your exact rate with you before anything is sent. Deftridge adds 15% on top and bills it to the company, so nothing comes out of your rate.
Company
Series B online marketplace for home goods · 51–200 employeesCL-47788 · based in Champaign
Where
Hybrid · Chicago
Format
Task bundle
Time needed
8–16 h a month
Start
Starts within 7 days
Level
Specialist · 2-5 years
When you work
Flexible hours, async1 h a week overlap with CT

The company is already looking at 2 profiles for this task. It is still open: new profiles are added to the shortlist until the company decides.

5 professionals have asked about this task1,072 tasks of this type completed on Deftridge

About this task

This Series B online marketplace for home goods (51–200 employees) is looking for a specialist Social Media Manager for a monthly bundle of recurring tasks, 8–16 h a month. Batch of posts, graphics and short videos.

The same kind of work comes back every month, so the company prefers one person with an hours cap over ad-hoc requests. It sells online, so volumes move with promotions and the calendar matters.

The team sits in Chicago. Everything can be done remotely; an occasional visit is welcome and never required for the first month. You choose your hours; nothing is scheduled except an occasional short call. About 1 hour a week should overlap with the team's day (CT).

What you deliver

  • Create 30 on-brand graphics and 6 short videos for next month.
  • A month-end summary with hours used against the cap
  • A named list of items moved to next month, so nothing is lost
  • A running log of open questions, reviewed at the start of each week

What a month looks like

  • Start of month: the company shares the items and the priorities
  • Mid-month: progress check of 15 minutes
  • Month end: hours used against the cap, results and open items

Duration: 12 weeks, with a monthly hours cap. Accepted on the company's written OK. If something is missed, you fix it in the same week at no extra charge to either side.

Tools

CanvaCapCut

Who fits

  • 2-5 years of hands-on work as a Social Media Manager, or the equivalent mix of roles
  • Comfortable working in Canva and CapCut
  • Your own work history stays private; the company sees a first name, your field and a rate

Nice to have

  • Used to short written handovers
  • Comfortable explaining numbers or decisions to a non-specialist reader

Not included

  • On-call availability outside the agreed window
  • Work outside the scope written in the brief; extra items are quoted separately
  • Managing other contractors or employees

How you get paid

  • The company prepays Deftridge before your first hour, so payment does not depend on a late invoice.
  • Deftridge pays you in USD after the company confirms the hours or the deliverable. The payment date is written in your task agreement.
  • You work as an independent contractor: you report your own income, and your recruiter sends the statements your accountant needs.
  • You never chase the company. Questions about money go to Deftridge.

What happens after you say you're interested

  1. Within one working dayA recruiter writes to you to confirm your hours and the rate you want.
  2. You agree the rateYou and the recruiter fix an exact rate inside the company's range. You decide whether to go ahead.
  3. With your written OKThe company sees the anonymous profile below. Most companies answer within three working days.
  4. StartYou sign the task agreement and the company's confidentiality terms through Deftridge, and begin on the date above.

What the company sees about you

First name, field, experience, tools and the hours you offer. Not your surname, your employer or your contact details.

Your profile
AlexSpecialist Social Media Manager
Experience
2-5 years in marketing & content
Tools
Canva, CapCut
Offers
12 hours a month, weekday evenings
Rate
$40 an hour, agreed with the recruiter

How this rate compares

The midpoint of this range, $40 an hour, is in line with the median specialist Social Media Manager rate in Illinois ($40). The shaded band is the 25th to 75th percentile of the market.

All Social Media Manager jobs in United States · Social Media Manager rates in Illinois · Marketing & Content jobs

Questions about pay and privacy

The rules are the same for every task. Pricing explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; How it works covers matching, what the company sees and side work next to a job.

CL-47788 is the Deftridge code for this company. Its name is shared only after you agree to an introduction, and you decide whether to go ahead.

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