Job Type: Part-time
Pay: $16.00 to $18.00 per hour
Schedule: Up to 10 hours per week
Location: Austin, TX 78735 preferred
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Austin, TX 78735
Tancho Sushi is looking for a part-time Social Media Intern / Assistant to support our social media content and brand growth.
This is a hands-on role focused on planning, shooting, editing, posting support, and account management. The ideal candidate understands that content should not only look good, but also help drive engagement, brand awareness, guest interest, and real business results.
This role is designed for someone who can support Tancho’s weekly content flow through a weekly planning meeting, in-store content shoots, editing, scheduling, caption support, and light account management. The goal is to help us stay consistent on Instagram and TikTok while creating content that supports brand visibility, guest traffic, and engagement.
This role is expected to be up to 10 hours per week, including:
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1 hour weekly planning meeting
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1 hour in-store content shoot
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Remaining hours focused on editing, posting support, scheduling, account management, captions, content organization, and engagement
Some work can be completed remotely, but the candidate must be available for regular in-person content shoots and meetings.
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Create and maintain a weekly content calendar
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Shoot photo and video content in-store, including food, atmosphere, behind the scenes, team, guest experience, specials, takeout, and promotions
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Edit short-form video for Instagram Reels and TikTok
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Assist with content planning, scheduling, captions, and posting
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Help manage Instagram and TikTok account activity
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Contribute ideas for promotions, campaigns, and weekly content
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Organize content files and maintain a backlog of usable photos and videos
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Support basic tracking of content performance, engagement, and audience growth
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Create content that encourages guests to visit, order, share, and engage with Tancho Sushi
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Experience creating short-form video content using CapCut or similar editing tools
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Strong eye for aesthetics, especially food, restaurants, and hospitality
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Understanding of Instagram and TikTok, including hooks, pacing, trends, and engagement
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Organized, reliable, and able to follow through on tasks
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Comfortable working in a fast-paced, in-person restaurant environment
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Creative, detail-oriented, and able to align content with the Tancho brand
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Able to take direction while also bringing fresh ideas to the table
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Photography experience
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Experience creating content for a brand, restaurant, or personal page
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Interest in food, sushi, restaurants, or hospitality
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Experience with social media strategy, analytics, or content performance tracking
This role is focused on using content to support real business outcomes, including:
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Increasing brand visibility through consistent, high-quality content
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Growing Tancho Sushi’s social media audience
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Improving reach, engagement, views, and overall exposure
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Supporting guest traffic and sales by highlighting key offerings, experiences, and promotions
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Creating content that encourages people to visit, order, share, and engage with the brand
This role requires consistency, improvement, and measurable growth over time. Continued work in this position will be based on content quality, reliability, brand alignment, and progress in key social media areas.
Success in the role will be evaluated through:
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Consistent content execution
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Quality of photo and video content
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Growth in reach, engagement, views, and overall brand exposure
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Follower growth over time
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Ability to create content that feels aligned with the Tancho brand
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Contribution of fresh ideas for promotions, campaigns, and weekly content
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Reliability with deadlines, meetings, shoots, and communication
The goal is not just to post content. The goal is to create content that helps more people discover Tancho, engage with the brand, visit the restaurant, and share the experience with others.
Please include examples of your previous content work.
Applications without content examples will not be considered.
Please also include a short response answering the following:
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Share 1 to 2 pieces of content you’ve created and explain why they performed well.
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Share 2 content ideas you would create for Tancho Sushi.
This role is flexible, but must be able to come in regularly for content shoots, weekly planning, and in-store content execution. Some editing and planning work may be completed remotely.
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Dental insurance
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Paid time off
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Vision insurance
If you’re ready for a creative opportunity with Tancho Sushi, please contact us and submit your resume, content examples, and short responses. Join us in creating content that helps grow the brand, connect with guests, and showcase the Tancho experience.
