Creative Director YouTube

ABOUT THE ROLE Flick is a pioneering company that is redefining the future of professional AI-native filmmaking. Founded by an engineer who helped build Instagram Stories and an award-winning filmmaker, Flick brings together technology and artistry to create innovative solutions for the creative industry. We are a well-funded startup backed by leading investors, including True Ventures, GV, Lightspeed, and other top-tier VCs. We are seeking a skilled content creator to own Flick's YouTube content from idea to publication. This role requires someone who understands how YouTube works, knows what makes people click and keep watching, and can use audience behavior and performance data to continuously improve content. WHAT YOU'LL DO As a content creator at Flick, you will be responsible for developing and executing our YouTube content strategy. This includes researching trends, creators, competitors, and audience interests across AI filmmaking, film production, animation, and creative technology. You will also develop compelling video concepts, titles, hooks, and thumbnail directions, and write scripts and structure videos to maximize audience retention. Your responsibilities will include recording product walkthroughs, tutorials, interviews, creator stories, and behind-the-scenes content, editing long-form YouTube videos and repurposing them into Shorts and social media clips, and collaborating with filmmakers and Flick users to showcase real creative workflows and projects. You will also publish and optimize videos, including titles, descriptions, chapters, tags, and thumbnails, and track click-through rate, watch time, retention, subscriber growth, and conversions, using performance data to improve future content. CONTENT YOU MAY CREATE As a content creator at Flick, you may create a wide range of content, including AI filmmaking tutorials and workflow breakdowns, product launches, feature walkthroughs, and creative experiments, creator interviews, case studies, and "How I made this" videos, short film and visual storytelling breakdowns, AI model and workflow comparisons, and behind-the-scenes content from the Flick team. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR We are looking for someone with proven experience creating content specifically for YouTube, a strong understanding of YouTube titles, thumbnails, hooks, audience retention, and channel growth, and the ability to independently take a video from concept to final upload. You should also have strong video editing and visual storytelling skills, be comfortable appearing on camera or directing on-camera talent, and have strong writing and communication skills. Nice to have qualifications include experience growing a YouTube channel, experience creating content for a SaaS, AI, filmmaking, design, or creative technology company, familiarity with AI image and video generation tools, experience interviewing creators or producing documentary-style content, motion graphics, animation, sound design, or thumbnail design skills, and existing knowledge of filmmaking, cinematography, or screenwriting. WHY REMOTE As a remote worker, you will have the flexibility to work from anywhere and be part of a dynamic and innovative team that is shaping the future of professional AI-native filmmaking. BENEFITS We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for professional growth and development.