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Founding Creative Generalist

Rhem LabsDesign
Pay
$70K–$110K
per year
Work mode
On-site
Full Time
Level
Senior

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What you need

  • Professional video shooting with camera, lighting, sound portfolio
  • Fluent in Premiere/Resolve/Final Cut with edited work samples
  • Solo creation of complete projects: concept through sound design
  • Distinctive taste producing share-worthy work
  • Autonomous work style without detailed briefs or heavy process

What you'll do

  • Shoot and edit launch film and Kickstarter campaign media
  • Film robot in real homes handling lighting and sound on location
  • Define brand visual and narrative identity for home health robot
  • Produce ongoing social, ad, UGC, press, and investor content
  • Own production pipeline choosing tools, workflow, and collaborators

Founding Creative Generalist

Own every piece of media Rhem puts into the world, from the Kickstarter launch film to the brand itself. You report directly to the founders.

You will be the creative department at Rhem Labs. That doesn't mean managing an agency or reviewing decks. It means taking everything Rhem publishes from first concept through script, shoot, edit, and release. This is a hands-on filming role: you'll be behind the camera and in the edit for nearly everything we make. Almost everything in this market looks like medical equipment: gray plastic, stock photos, brochure language. The company that wins this category will be the one families actually love, and that is a creative problem as much as an engineering one. You'll work directly with the two founders, with no creative layers above or below you. You get complete creative freedom, and everything that ships is yours.

What you'll do

  • Shoot and edit the launch film and Kickstarter campaign media from blank page to published: the hero video, product photography, campaign page visuals, GIFs, and demo footage. You'll operate the camera and cut the footage yourself rather than directing someone else who does.
  • Film a physical robot in real homes with real families. You'll plan the shoots, handle lighting and sound on location, and make a piece of hardware look alive on camera.
  • Define Rhem's brand world: a visual and narrative identity that makes a home health robot feel warm rather than clinical.
  • Produce ongoing content: social, ads, UGC direction with influencers, tech press assets, and investor-facing visuals.
  • Own the production pipeline itself. You choose the tools, the workflow, and the collaborators, whether that's AI production tools, traditional production, or a mix. The work has to be exceptional and it has to ship.

What we're looking for

  • You've shot professional-quality video yourself, including camera operation, lighting, and location sound, and you can show us footage you personally captured.
  • You're fluent in a professional NLE (Premiere, Resolve, Final Cut) and can show finished pieces you cut yourself, start to end.
  • You've made complete things by yourself, whether films, campaigns, or brand launches, and can show work where you did all of it: concept, writing, art direction, shooting, editing, motion, and sound. You don't need to be world class at each one, but you can carry a project through all of them without waiting on anyone.
  • Your taste is distinctive. You make work people screenshot and send to friends.
  • You do your best work autonomously, without detailed briefs, layered approvals, or heavy process.

Nice to have

  • Videos you've made that went viral. You know what makes something spread, which is a different skill from making it polished.
  • You've launched something on Kickstarter or worked on a consumer hardware launch.

What we offer

  • Define the brand direction for a consumer robotics company, starting from nothing. You decide what this category looks and sounds like.
  • Total creative freedom. You have final cut on everything Rhem publishes, with the two founders as your only collaborators.
  • Competitive salary plus meaningful early-employee equity, so you have a real stake in the outcome.
  • Health insurance
  • Unlimited PTO,
  • Free Gym Membership

Interview Process

  1. Intro call — 30 minutes
    A conversation with one of the founders about your work, how you like to operate, and whether this role fits your life — we'll be upfront about comp and expectations from the start.
  2. Working session — 60 minutes
    Meet both founders and dig into a real creative problem we're facing right now; expect to think out loud, sketch ideas, and push back on ours.
  3. Paid work trial — 3 days
    A short, scoped project (ex. produce a single piece of media) so we can see your actual work and you can see what working with us is really like.

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About Rhem Labs

Rhem is building the connected hardware and data platform for care at home.

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