Director — Snowball

📋 Description

• • As a Director at Snowball, you own the creative vision for YouTube content made for some of the biggest brands in the world.
• • You'll shape what a video is before it's shot, direct it on set, and steer it through the edit, holding a single creative point of view from concept to final cut.
• • You'll work closely with our producers, strategists, editors, and channel leads to develop formats, set the creative bar, and build videos designed to hold attention, drive retention, and scale channels through repeatable, high-performing structures.
• • This role is ideal for a director who thinks in stories and systems, and who is excited to own creative outcomes rather than just execute against a brief.
• • You'll own the creative vision end to end for every video you're assigned, develop formats, mechanisms, and structure alongside the Snowball team, build creative outlines, build shot lists, attend casting calls, identify props, set decoration, and assets needed on set, partner with the DP to set the look and technical expectations for each shoot, ensure every video aligns with Snowball's YouTube best practices, devise and execute creative elevations, direct all creative on set, build the paper-cut and edit outline, work closely with editors through the edit, and maintain consistency across episodes, formats, and recurring series.
• • You'll be responsible for developing formats and creative concepts that perform, not just executing someone else's vision.
• • You'll need to have a strong understanding of YouTube pacing, structure, retention tactics, and platform best practices.
• • You'll be working in fast-paced environments with competing client priorities and tight timelines.
• • You'll need to be a clear, direct communicator who can align producers, editors, strategists, and brand stakeholders.
• • You'll need to have a strong attention to detail and organization across pre-production docs, shot lists, and asset needs.
• • You'll need to be passionate about YouTube and curious about what makes content perform.
• • We're looking for a director with 5+ years of experience directing video content with a strong portfolio demonstrating storytelling craft.
• • YouTube experience is strongly preferred.
• • You'll need to have a proven track record developing formats and creative concepts that perform.
• • You'll need to have experience directing educational, narrative, branded, or documentary-style long-form content.
• • You'll need to have experience running a set and directing talent, crew, and DPs.
• • You'll need to have fluency in the post process.
• • You'll need to be comfortable working in fast-paced environments with competing client priorities and tight timelines.
• • You'll need to be a clear, direct communicator who can align producers, editors, strategists, and brand stakeholders.
• • You'll need to have a strong attention to detail and organization across pre-production docs, shot lists, and asset needs.
• • You'll need to be passionate about YouTube and curious about what makes content perform.
• • We offer a contract engagement with a clear path to full-time hire, remote-hybrid flexible work arrangements, direct mentorship from the co-founders, and a ground-floor opportunity at a fast-growing company.
• • We offer a competitive salary of $10,000–$14,000 per month.
• • We value work hard, learn harder, be effectively proactive, overdeliver for clients, and be kind by being clear.
• • We're looking for A+ players only.
• • To apply, please submit your resume and a creative piece that showcases your personality, passion, and qualifications for the role.