Creative Director with TASTE for a personal brand

About the role I run a lead-gen company for life insurance agents and I've built it largely on content — raw, honest, "here's how the machine actually works." Managing $1M+ in ad spend, the brand is growing, and I need a creative director to turn my raw material into a repeatable signature look and feel. This is not a cut-to-my-brief editing gig. I want someone with a real eye who can take footage and ideas and make them unmistakably mine. The signature you'd be protecting: the honest operator who shows the actual machine. Two modes — the machine (clean, dark-mode data/board visuals = authority) and the man (raw, personal footage = connection). My best-performing content is raw, not glossy; polish for polish's sake makes it generic. Your job is to sharpen that, not replace it. You are: - Someone with genuine taste — you can look at raw footage and know how to cut it so it hits. - A believer that authentic is better than over produced. Restraint over effects. - Able to work in both modes above (clean-authority and raw-human). - Fast, and you finish what you start. - Comfortable with some travel for shoots/events (a plus, not required). You are NOT: - A "cinematic" editor whose reflex is drone shots, heavy color grades, and hype transitions. - Into the fake-guru aesthetic (flexing, fake urgency, rented-lifestyle energy). Hard no. - Someone who needs a detailed brief for every task. I want a partner with an eye. Comp & structure: Paid trial first (real footage, paid) so we both see the fit. For the right person, $3–4k/mo ongoing, remote with occasional travel. How to apply — do this instead of a cover letter: 1. One or two lines on the single thing you'd change about my content, and why. (Instagram: @__hammadkhan_) 2. Link 2–3 examples where your taste shows (not a client's brief you executed). 3. Skip the generic proposal template — I read for taste, not keywords. Shortlisted applicants get a short paid trial cut on my real footage (details below). That cut is the decision, not the resume.