Key Art / Movie Poster Designer for Premium Independent Documentary

We are looking for a highly talented Key Art / Film Poster Designer to design the main theatrical poster for a premium, independent feature documentary. The film centers on music and archival elements from the late 1990s and early 2000s. The project features three distinct musical artists, and their archival photos do not naturally match in quality, lighting, or color. We need an expert designer who can use creative graphic manipulation to unify these disparate photos into a cohesive, high-end piece of marketing art that stands completely on its own. STYLE & VISUAL DIRECTION: We are strictly looking for a prestige, music-documentary aesthetic that utilizes archival photos in an inventive way. We are heavily inspired by the sandboxes of three specific films. We do not expect you to do all three—we want a designer who can look at our assets and lean heavily into whichever single direction makes the most sense for the footage: Option A: Torn-Paper Collage (think Summer of Soul): Using organic, torn-edge horizontal layers to seamlessly blend mismatched artist photos, crowd shots, and textures into a unified historical tapestry. Option B: High-Contrast Screenprint (think The Punk Singer): Flattening lower-res imagery into gritty, high-contrast black-and-white cutouts with a single, bold color pop and raw, textured borders. Option C: Sliced Editorial Minimalist (think Be Water): Utilizing stark white space, massive premium typography, and clean, geometric horizontal slices to box and frame the archival photos. THE FAITH WINK: The film has a clear Christian subtext. We want the poster to subtly "wink" at that theme in a clever, indie way. What we are looking for: Creative Photo-Manipulation: The ability to take disparate, vintage, or lower-res photographs and treat them so they look incredibly cinematic and intentional. Mastery of Typography: You treat text as art. You know how to select, layout, and manipulate film titles so they are perfectly integrated into the imagery. Distribution Ready: Ability to properly layout a standard billing block/credits block at the bottom of the poster. Deliverables & Resolution Specs: Fully Layered Project File: You must deliver the final, unflattened source files (fully layered PSD). All text layers, image elements, and textures must be neatly organized and editable so we can easily overlay film festival laurels, update the billing block, or make copy adjustments down the road. High-Resolution Print File: Final artwork canvas must be built at standard theatrical One-Sheet dimensions: 27 x 40 inches at 300 DPI (using a CMYK color profile). 1 Main Key Art Concept (with up to 3 rounds of revisions to lock in the composition). Digital assets scaled from the master file for standard streaming/VOD platform thumbnails and social media sizes (RGB profile). How to Apply: Please start your cover letter with the word "CINEMA" so we know you read this entire brief. Link to your portfolio specifically showcasing movie posters, album art, book covers, or entertainment key art that demonstrates photo manipulation or collage work. Briefly explain your approach to making archival or older photos look modern and cinematic.