Freelance Filmmaker for YXA Cinematic Skincare Mini-Films

We are YXA, a UK-based premium skincare and wellness brand built around science, innovation and performance. We are looking for a freelance Commercial Filmmaker to create 30–60 second cinematic mini-films, with potential for ongoing collaboration.

Gymshark’s cinematic campaigns are a key creative benchmark for us. We admire how they turn products and brand ideas into powerful, human-led stories through transformation, emotion, aspiration, dramatic cinematography, sound, VFX and visual world-building.

We want someone who can translate this level of creative thinking and cinematic storytelling into premium skincare — not copy Gymshark, but bring that filmmaking philosophy into a beauty and science context in a way that feels uniquely YXA.

We are not looking for conventional skincare advertising consisting mainly of product shots, water splashes, stock footage or basic ingredient animations. We want the person, skin and transformation to be the hero, with the product and science integrated creatively into the story.

You should have:

A strong skincare/beauty commercial portfolio
Commercial filmmaking & creative direction experience
Strong conceptual thinking and storytelling
Experience filming/directing people, faces and skin
High-end cinematography
Treatment/storyboard development
VFX/CGI understanding where appropriate
Strong editing, pacing, colour and sound
Ability to take a project from brief → concept → production → post → final film

PORTFOLIO MANDATORY: Please send your 3 strongest skincare/beauty commercial films. For each, tell us your exact role and briefly explain the brief, creative concept, your thinking behind the direction, and how you developed it into the final film.

Please also briefly answer:

1. After reviewing Gymshark’s cinematic campaigns, how would you translate this style of storytelling into premium skincare?

2. If we gave you a new premium, science-led skincare product, how would you approach creating its campaign film from scratch?

Please note: Applications will only be considered if you provide the requested skincare/beauty portfolio and answer both questions above. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.