Director / Director of Photography, Video Creative - Contract

📋 Description

• Ideate and translate marketing strategies into high-impact social video concepts
• Develop platform-native creative ideas for paid channels with strong hooks and storytelling
• Collaborate with marketing/creative/production to fit budget, timeline, and paid media
• Create storyboards, shot lists, and frameworks for multiple ad variants from a single shoot
• Serve as DP on shoots, capturing footage for vertical, square, and short-form formats
• Direct talent to deliver authentic, platform-native social content

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of experience directing and filming commercial or branded video content
• Strong experience shooting social-first and paid media video creative
• Proven ability to create thumb-stopping content for performance marketing
• Deep understanding of platform best practices for TikTok, Instagram, Meta, and YouTube
• Expertise in visual storytelling, composition, and lighting with efficient shoot workflows
• Experience designing shoots that produce multiple ad variations and scalable output

🎁 Benefits

• Contract: 4 months
• Los Angeles, Hybrid
• Competitive compensation and benefits