YouTube Growth Strategist & Channel Operator for Founder-Led Personal Brand

I’m looking for an experienced YouTube growth strategist/operator to help me build a brand-new long-form YouTube channel from the ground up. I am NOT looking for a generic YouTube channel manager, uploader, SEO specialist, or video editor. I’m specifically looking for someone who has worked with entrepreneurs, founders, consultants, agency owners, educators, or personal brands and helped turn their YouTube channels into actual revenue-generating assets. The goal isn't simply to get views or subscribers. The goal is to build a channel that: Generates qualified leads for my digital marketing agency Builds my personal brand and authority Develops an audience that trusts me and my expertise Eventually allows me to launch and sell digital products/courses Creates a long-term organic acquisition channel that produces revenue What I Need I want someone who can take ownership of the strategy behind the channel, not just execute tasks I give them. This would include: Weekly content strategy and planning Topic research and ideation Competitor and market research Identifying topics with both view potential and buyer intent Developing content pillars around my expertise and target audience Video packaging strategy High-converting title recommendations Thumbnail strategy and creative direction Hook development and optimization Structuring videos for retention Recording guidance so I know exactly what/how to film High-retention long-form video editing Sound design, pacing, B-roll, graphics, and visual enhancements YouTube upload management Descriptions, chapters, metadata, and search optimization Publishing and scheduling Analytics review Identifying what's working and what isn't Continuously refining the strategy based on performance Most importantly, I need someone who understands the entire funnel: Topic → Click → Watch Time → Trust → CTA → Lead → Customer I don't want to chase views that have zero connection to my business. Who I'm Looking For You should have real experience growing founder-led, entrepreneur, educational, business, or personal-brand YouTube channels. Ideally, you've helped take channels from relatively small audiences and turn them into meaningful sources of: Inbound leads, booked calls, email subscribers, course sales, consulting clients, agency clients, or other measurable revenue. I care much more about business results than vanity metrics. A channel with 30,000 highly targeted subscribers generating significant revenue is more interesting to me than a channel with 500,000 subscribers generating nothing. IMPORTANT: Please Do Not Apply If... Your experience is primarily: Uploading and scheduling videos Writing descriptions/tags Basic YouTube SEO Managing existing channels without being responsible for their growth Editing videos without contributing to strategy Running faceless/automation channels Growing entertainment channels where there was no business or monetization strategy behind the audience I'm looking for someone who understands YouTube as a customer acquisition and personal-brand engine. When Applying Please do not send me a generic proposal. Start your proposal with the words "YOUTUBE REVENUE" so I know you read the entire post. Then send me 2–3 channels you have personally worked on and explain: What was the channel at when you started? What specifically were you responsible for? What happened to views/subscribers after you became involved? How did the channel actually make money? What measurable impact did YouTube have on leads, sales, booked calls, or revenue? What would your first 90 days look like if you were starting my channel from zero? If you can only show me subscriber or view growth but can't explain how your work contributed to revenue, you probably aren't the right fit. I'm looking for someone who can eventually become the YouTube brain behind my personal brand, not simply another person completing a checklist of channel-management tasks.