Vetted Creative Directors

“Mission-driven founder at the pre-seed stage with a fully developed business plan, validated concept, and defined business model. They demonstrate strong early-stage startup judgment through demand validation, scalability assessment across repeatable use cases and multi-city expansion, and informed familiarity with VC, studio, and accelerator pathways while preparing for first outside capital.”

“Marketing designer/creative lead who builds scalable Figma-based systems for high-volume growth and community creative. Led a Recurly campaign aligned to a brand refresh (including creative testing like light vs dark), and served as the sole designer for Grow Therapy’s inaugural “Grow Forward” summit producing a full suite of event assets plus modular community templates for ongoing programming.”

“Video editor with 15+ years of experience across major NLEs (Premiere, Final Cut, DaVinci, Sony Vegas) and a strong focus on longform YouTube retention through pacing, audio, and recurring hooks. Produced end-to-end, graphic-heavy weekly content for the Ditto Music Channel (self-filmed/edited/narrated/scripted), contributing to a library of 30–40 videos reaching ~5K–200K views each.”

Kevin Scharf

Screened

Senior Project Management & Compliance Professional in Aerospace & Defense

Englewood, CO8y exp

“Internal audit/GRC professional who partners closely with engineering on access controls, change management, and remediation—often translating "technically compliant" states into realistic threat scenarios and business impact. Has driven measurable reductions in privileged-access exposure through least-privilege resets and recurring reviews, and has hands-on experience troubleshooting real-world deployment/integration issues (including in a manufacturing environment) using logs/metrics and strong escalation documentation.”

“Senior/brand designer with portfolio work spanning fintech and AI SaaS, including leading the Daylight Grow launch for an LGBTQ+ audience across multiple channels (web, social, email, events, merch, OOH). Expanded Cleanlab’s Figma design system in close partnership with engineering and led visual QA to support fast, high-volume iteration without quality drift; also drove direct mail + landing page redesigns for Happy Money to improve acquisition performance.”

“Product/marketing designer with portfolio work spanning a nonprofit-focused mobile app concept (SecondLife) and a sustainability/human-connection rebrand of an e-commerce experience ("Amado" campaign). Experienced building scalable Figma design systems for high-volume output, producing modular templates for a local music venue’s concert graphics, and collaborating asynchronously with growth and creative leadership during an internship at The Bakery Atlanta (e.g., Atlanta Streets Alive).”