Freelance
creative.

Help shape the idea before it reaches the set or edit suite. We're building a roster of people who can turn a brief into concepts, scripts, designs and visual references.

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Concepts, scripts
and design.

Find the role closest to your craft. Share work that shows how you think, the decisions you made and what you contributed to the finished piece.

Creative roles

Creative director

The work

Shape the creative approach to a brief and guide it through writing, design and production. Work with the brand or agency team to develop the central idea, explain creative choices and give the crew and post team a clear direction as the work develops.

What to share
  • Two or three campaigns or films, with the brief and audience explained.
  • Your role in developing the idea, presenting it and guiding other creatives.
  • A treatment, script development example or case study showing how you handled feedback.
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Art director

The work

Define the visual approach across design, reference imagery, sets and the finished frame. Develop a consistent use of colour, composition and graphic elements, then work with designers and the production team to carry that look into the materials and shots the brief needs.

What to share
  • Art direction work shown alongside the brief and the finished campaign or film.
  • Moodboards, style frames or treatment pages that explain your visual decisions.
  • The parts you directed, the collaborators involved and any design work you made yourself.
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Scriptwriter

The work

Write scripts that give the production team a clear starting point for dialogue, action and structure. Develop a voice suited to the audience, write to the intended running time and work through revisions with the creative team so the script is ready to plan and shoot.

What to share
  • Scripts paired with finished films or scenes, where you have permission to share them.
  • The audience, format and parts you wrote, including any collaboration or adaptation.
  • A short account of how you revised a script for feedback, timing or production constraints.
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Copywriter

The work

Write the lines a campaign needs, from a film's voice-over to headlines and supporting content. Work within the brand's tone, develop options with a clear point of view and adapt the message to different placements while keeping it consistent.

What to share
  • Writing samples across film, headlines, social posts or other formats you work in.
  • The brief, intended audience and your contribution to each example.
  • Alternative lines or revisions that show how you respond to feedback and brand guidelines.
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Graphic designer

The work

Create graphic elements that work within a brand and support a campaign or production. Develop layouts, typography and supporting artwork, then prepare organised files that other designers, animators or editors can use across the required formats.

What to share
  • A selection of brand, campaign or screen graphics shown in their finished applications.
  • Your design responsibilities, the brief and any existing brand system you worked within.
  • Process work or a file-handoff example, with private material removed, plus the tools you use.
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Web designer

The work

Design pages and digital experiences for Viva Media's own website and marketing. Work through content structure, responsive layouts and interaction states, then give developers clear designs and practical guidance for implementation, accessibility and the smaller screens people use.

What to share
  • Live websites or case studies that identify the pages and interactions you designed.
  • Desktop and mobile layouts, with examples of navigation, forms or reusable components.
  • Your role in research, design and developer handoff, including how you checked the finished build.
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Storyboard artist

The work

Translate scripts and concepts into frames that explain composition, action and shot progression. Work with the director or animation team to explore coverage, continuity and timing, making revisions that help everyone understand what a sequence needs before production begins.

What to share
  • Complete storyboard sequences alongside the relevant script or finished scene.
  • Frames that show camera movement, transitions, staging and changes in character or object position.
  • Your contribution, drawing approach and experience with revisions or timed animatics.
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Digital asset manager

The work

Organise creative files so the team can find the right version, permissions and delivery material. Build usable naming and folder structures, track approvals and usage information, and help people retrieve or hand over files without losing the context that makes them useful.

What to share
  • A summary of the creative libraries, campaigns or teams you've supported.
  • An anonymised example of your naming, tagging, version control or approval process.
  • The systems you use and how you manage access, usage information and final handovers.
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Creative producer / recruiter

The work

Find creative talent for a brief and coordinate the team, budget and schedule needed to produce the work. Match people's portfolios and availability to the project, clarify responsibilities and keep creative development moving through the agreed review points.

What to share
  • Projects where you assembled or coordinated writers, designers, directors or other creatives.
  • The roles you sourced, how you assessed fit and the production responsibilities you held.
  • A summary of your approach to availability, estimates and creative reviews, without private applicant details.
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Treatment designer

The work

Turn a creative approach into a treatment that makes the proposed film easy to understand. Work with the director or creative team to organise the story, choose useful visual references and design pages that communicate tone, camera approach and production ideas clearly.

What to share
  • Treatments or selected pages you have permission to share, with confidential details removed.
  • Your contribution to structure, layout, image research and presentation of the director's approach.
  • Examples showing how you developed a deck through feedback or adapted it to a specific brief.
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Concept artist

The work

Develop visual studies that help a team decide on environments, objects, colour and mood. Explore alternatives through sketches and more finished images, then give designers, modellers or production teams enough visual information to develop the selected direction.

What to share
  • Concept work with early sketches, alternatives and the chosen design.
  • The brief, references and decisions you made about form, colour, materials or setting.
  • Examples showing how your concepts informed a set, asset, shot or finished piece.
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Marketing specialist

The work

Connect the creative work to its audience, message and planned use. Help translate a marketing brief into a clear creative direction, choose relevant formats and explain how the proposed content supports the campaign and the channels where it will appear.

What to share
  • Campaign or strategy examples with the audience, objective and planned channels identified.
  • Your contribution to messaging, creative briefs, content planning or campaign development.
  • A case study explaining the decisions you made and any results you can substantiate.
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AI artists

Show examples made with Seedance, Higgsfield or Kling and explain your direction, iterations and finishing. We never use AI to generate, replace or alter people on screen. Client material stays out of public AI tools. Our team reviews every output, checks usage rights and gets client sign-off on AI used in deliverables.

AI artist (Seedance)

The work

Develop concept visuals, backgrounds or shot elements with Seedance, then refine them to suit the brief. Work from approved references, test variations in composition and movement, and review the selected material with the creative and post teams before preparing it for the edit.

What to share
  • Seedance examples showing your starting references, iterations and finished material.
  • A breakdown of your direction, selection, cleanup and any editing or compositing you handled.
  • How you checked source permissions and kept the work within our stated AI production guidelines.
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AI artist (Higgsfield)

The work

Use Higgsfield to develop visual studies or shot elements around a defined creative direction. Explore framing and movement, compare variations and refine the chosen material with the post team so its look, timing and continuity fit the surrounding work.

What to share
  • Higgsfield examples with the brief, your references and the result you selected.
  • Your contribution to generation, review and finishing, with the other tools you used identified.
  • How you handled source permissions, visual inconsistencies and our stated AI production guidelines.
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AI artist (Kling)

The work

Create backgrounds or shot elements with Kling, checking visual consistency and finishing the result for the edit. Use approved starting material, review movement and continuity across versions, and work with editors or compositors to address artifacts in the selected shots.

What to share
  • Kling examples that connect the starting material, key iterations and finished shot.
  • A breakdown of your direction, consistency checks, cleanup and handoff to post-production.
  • Your approach to source permissions and to following our stated AI production guidelines.
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These are freelance roster categories for future projects. If your specialty isn't listed, choose Another role in the application and tell us about it.

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