Director (YouTube)

Location: United States; remote with hybrid flexibility

Salary: $10,000–$14,000 per month

Company

hirify.global is a growing YouTube agency that develops creative strategies, content programming, and long-form storytelling systems for major brands.

What you will do

• Own the creative vision for assigned YouTube videos from concept through final cut.
• Develop formats, mechanisms, creative concepts, and structures with producers, strategists, editors, and channel leads.
• Create creative outlines, shot lists, visual direction, and on-set asset plans.
• Direct talent, crew, DPs, casting, and all creative activity during filming.
• Define YouTube titles, thumbnails, intros, pacing, retention tactics, and creative elevations.
• Build paper-cuts and edit outlines, then guide editors and incorporate feedback from hirify.global and brand partners in Frame.io.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience directing video content, with a strong storytelling portfolio.
• Experience developing formats and creative concepts that perform.
• Strong understanding of YouTube pacing, structure, retention, and platform best practices.
• Experience directing educational, narrative, branded, or documentary-style long-form content.
• Experience running sets and directing talent, crews, and directors of photography.
• Fluency in post-production, including paper-cuts, precise edit notes, and fast turnaround across competing client priorities.

Nice to have

• Previous YouTube experience.
• Passion for YouTube and curiosity about what makes content perform.

Culture & Benefits

• Contract engagement with a clear path to full-time hire.
• Remote-hybrid flexibility.
• Direct mentorship from the co-founders.
• Ground-floor opportunity at a fast-growing company.
• Culture centered on proactive work, client overdelivery, clarity, kindness, and high performance.