Freelance Content Creator & Video Editor (6 months)

Do you see a story in a rooftop sunset, a chef plating something new and two strangers becoming friends over dinner? Are you as strong at editing as you are behind the camera, and fast at both? Then keep reading!

This is a new role and an honest experiment. We're testing whether one great in-house creator, plus a trained network of local content spotters, beats hiring freelancers city by city. You're not filling a seat that someone else shaped, you're proving a model and then scaling it. If it works, you'll have built Zoku's content engine. That's a better story than most content jobs can offer.

Zoku provides a home for business travelers who want to live in a city for between a few days and a few months. We're a new type of hotel offering a relaxed place to live, co-work and socialize across Europe. Join an international team of driven, proactive and fun-loving Zokus who all have one thing in common: a passion for connecting people across the globe.

As our Content Creator & Video Editor, you own the content that Zoku plans, publishes and pays to promote. You'll plan, produce and edit high-quality photo and video that brings our brand, spaces, events and commercial campaigns to life (for social, paid media, CRM, website, sales and recruitment) with one consistent Zoku look & feel across every location.

Now the honest part: one person can't be in four hotels at once, and we're not going to pretend otherwise. So we've split content into two streams.

No day looks the same as a Content Creator & Video Editor… but here's a glimpse of what you can expect:

• An hourly- or day rate in accordance with experience and know-how.

• A fun, international company with colleagues from across the globe to meet, learn and grow with.

• Four cities as your studio: Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris and Copenhagen, with monthly travel built into the role.

• Genuine creative ownership: you set the visual standard for the whole brand, not just execute someone else's mood board.

• The chance to design and prove a content model from scratch, and to build the local network that makes it work.

• Exciting on-the-job learning opportunities and fun events throughout the year to celebrate achievements and milestones.

• A role at one of the 25 coolest hotels in the world, that feels like a second home and is purpose-driven.

• Have experience in social media content creation, videography, photography and video editing.

• Bring a strong portfolio of short-form video made for social platforms.

• Are confident filming people, spaces, food, events and interviews in a natural, unforced way.

• Have strong editing skills, with a good sense of pacing, storytelling, subtitles, music and social formats.

• Have a strong eye for visual storytelling, atmosphere, people and detail.

• Understand social media formats, trends and platform requirements.

• Use AI tools in their creative and post-production workflow and are curious about what's next.

• Are organized, proactive and able to plan and run shoots independently across multiple locations.

• Are comfortable in a hospitality environment with guests, teams and community members, and confident approaching people to be in content.

• Are happy to teach: you'll be training non-creatives to capture decent raw material, and doing it patiently.

• Are flexible and open to monthly travel across Zoku cities.

• Have a strong sense of brand consistency and visual quality.

• Have experience with lifestyle, hospitality, food, events, coworking or community content. This is considered an advantage.

• You can shoot and edit to a professional standard on your own. This is a one-person production unit, not a crew role.

• You are confident with industry-standard editing software and comfortable delivering multi-format, multi-channel assets.

• You have a portfolio of short-form video and photography we can watch.

• You actively use AI tools in your day-to-day work.

• You are able and willing to travel monthly across Amsterdam, Vienna, Paris and Copenhagen.

• You are flexible to occasionally work evenings or weekends when events and content moments happen.

• You have strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

• You are an EU resident or have a valid working and residence permit for The Netherlands.

• You love to work, because we'll need you full-time.