Short-Form Content Writer (Instagram, YouTube, TikTok)

Dallas, TX (On-site)

$50K/yr – $70K/yrMid LevelFull time

Posted 16 hrs ago

Job Summary

Own the short-form content pipeline end to end, from ideation and scripting to filming, editing reviews, and publishing across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts.

  • Lead ideation and scripting
  • Direct filming and content reviews with the editor/videographer
  • Analyze performance and iterate on formats

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Write/produce 2-3 short-form videos per day, published across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts
  • Develop concepts that make technical subjects immediately interesting to a broad audience.
  • Build and maintain our idea bank.
  • Develop and test repeatable formats, tracking which ones perform and retiring them as they fade, while also testing new formats.
  • Lead filming sessions with our videographer, giving clear direction and keeping shoot days efficient
  • Brief and review edits, making sure the pacing, captions, audio, and hooks are great.
  • Manage publishing across all three platforms, optimizing each post for its respective platform.
  • Serve as our internal expert on short-form culture across TikTok and Instagram, identifying emerging formats, sounds, and opportunities before they saturate

Requirements

  • A portfolio of short-form work
  • A strong interest in a variety of tech
  • Strong writing skills, can turn an idea into a tight value-packed script.
  • Understand the short-form platforms and what performs vs what doesn’t.
  • Comfortable being on camera time-to-time in b-roll.
  • Able to produce a lot of content and see what sticks.
  • Able to proactively plan your schedule to make sure you have ideas, scripts, and more in the pipeline at any given point.

Benefits

  • 10 vacation days, and lots of holidays.
  • 401k and health insurance.

Switch and Click

Switch and Click is a YouTube media company on a mission to help curious people engage more deeply in the hobbies and communities they love. From Linux to servers, audio, 3D printing, and more, we go deep so our audience doesn't have to go it alone. We're a growing team of writers and video production professionals who live that mission every day.We started in 2020 in a bedroom making videos about mechanical keyboards. Since then we've grown to over 1.3M subscribers and have a team of 10+ people bringing our videos to life.VALUESAudience First: Every decision down to the content and how we spend money revolves around how do we deliver the best experience to our audience. Sensible: We do things that make sense for the team, the content, and the audience we're building.Long-Term Focused: We're focused on building a lasting channel with a strong team behind it.Open: We share information, give honest feedback, and be our weird selves.Adaptable: The YouTube and tech space are always rapidly evolving and so are we. We figure things out as we go and adapt as needed.

Dallas, Texas, USA
4 employees (3 in marketing)

Salaries

Posted range

$50K/yr – $70K/yr

Taken straight from the job posting.

Copywriting median pay in the United States

$89K/yr

Most pay falls between $73K and $105K. Based on 1,256 salaries.

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Short-Form Content Writer (Instagram, YouTube, TikTok)

Switch and Click · Dallas, TX · On-site