Job description
Film the lives we are building.
Aryan Mahajan and Jordan Hazarian are hiring their first creative hire: the one person who puts their work on camera, full\-time, in Los Angeles. They are building companies in public — the meetings, the deals, the drives, the house, the creators around them. You find the story in a real workday, direct it and shoot it. A separate editor makes the final cuts. Aryan builds AI infrastructure (zorocorp.com). The channels are early, which is the point: you set the look from the first videos.
Who you will be filming:
* Aryan Mahajan: instagram.com/aryan.mjn and linkedin.com/in/aryanxmahajan
* Jordan Hazarian: instagram.com/jordanhazarian
The work spans long\-form YouTube videos, short videos for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube Shorts, and still photographs. The point is to capture what is actually happening and make it compelling without staging a version of our lives.
What you will own
* Find specific video and photo ideas in our work and everyday activities. Plan what a shoot needs while staying alert to unscripted moments.
* Direct us on camera: ask useful questions, guide a scene when needed, and make the footage feel natural.
* Shoot clear video, usable audio and strong photographs. Check framing, light and sound while there is still time to improve them.
* Turn each filming day into a clear story for a YouTube video and identify moments that can become short videos and photos.
* Back up and organize the original files. Give the editor selected moments, a story angle, references and notes on what cannot be published. Review the final creative work with us.
* As the process grows, help direct additional camera operators and work closely with the editor. The editor handles the polished final cuts; you own the ideas, direction, capture and creative handoff.
What we need to see
* Work you personally directed and shot for a creator, founder or personality. Show complete published pieces, not only a highlight montage.
* Long\-form YouTube or vlog work, short\-form video, and still photography. Tell us exactly what you did on each example.
* The ability to find a story in a normal day, direct people quickly and capture it without needing someone else to call every shot.
* Good judgment around private conversations, guests, business information and footage that should stay unpublished.
* A reliable way to capture and back up footage and hand clear material to an editor.
* You already live in Los Angeles or close enough in Southern California for regular in\-person filming. We are hiring locally.
This is a full\-time role with a filming schedule built around real activities. Some shoots may fall in the evening or on a weekend; we will agree on the working schedule and time off. The full\-time role pays $6,000 per month, with a path toward $12,000 per month as responsibility and results grow. The first shoot is a paid trial at a rate we agree before filming.
When applying, include a link to a long\-form video, a short\-form video and photos you personally worked on. For each, name the creator or personality you filmed and tell us what you conceived, directed or shot. Tell us the camera and audio kit you shoot with. We care about the work and your role in it, not a degree or a particular number of years. If you have been filming one corner of a big channel, this is the opposite job: earlier channels, full ownership of the ideas, direction and look, and pay that grows with the results.
Pay: From $6,000\.00 per month
People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply
Application Question(s):
* What city or LA neighborhood do you currently live in? Can you film in person around Los Angeles on a regular basis?
* Choose one of those examples. In 2\-4 sentences, what story did you find, how did you direct the person on camera, and what did you hand to the editor?
* Link one complete long\-form video or vlog, one short video, and a gallery or post with still photos that you personally directed or shot. For each, name the creator or personality you filmed and tell us your exact contribution. If you filmed one creator or founder repeatedly, say for how long and what you owned week to week.
* Link one long\-form video or vlog from a creator you did not work on that you consider exceptionally directed and shot. In 2\-4 sentences, what specifically makes the direction and shooting work?
Work Location: In person