Inaya Malik
Creative Direction · 2024 – 2026

Rooms, Rebuilt

Building visual worlds for emerging artists from first concept to final frame.

Client
Multi-artist — Campaign + Video Direction
Role
Creative Director · Artist Manager
Location
Atlanta · Chicago
Year
2024 – 2026
Overview

An ongoing creative direction practice — sourcing models, photographers and locations, developing campaign concepts, and directing music videos for artists building their first real visual language.

The challenge

Most emerging artists arrive with a sound but no visual world. Each engagement has to deliver a complete identity — moodboard, casting, locations, wardrobe, and a launch-ready video — on independent budgets and tight rollout windows.

Approach

  1. 01

    Lead the creative deck end-to-end: reference scouting, narrative arc, color and wardrobe direction, then translate it into a shot list with the DP.

  2. 02

    Source and book the full crew — models, influencers, photographers, MUA, locations — through an in-house roster built over three years in Chicago and Atlanta.

  3. 03

    Direct on set and ride the edit, then hand off social cutdowns and press stills so the rollout extends past launch day.

03 — Outcomes

What it moved.

12

Artist projects directed

20+

Campaigns shipped

10 days

Avg. shoot turnaround

8 of 12

Repeat clients

Gallery

Selected frames.