Documentary YouTube Scriptwriter

🕒 August 11

🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✏️ Content Writer

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Telos Media

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

📱 Media

📚 Education

🌍 Social Impact

Media • Education • Social Impact

Telos Media is a content company that creates and distributes educational and socially-minded media to build a wiser world. It produces naturally viral video content and operates multiple channels and brands, growing thriving communities and reaching millions of viewers worldwide. Telos Media focuses on translating and localizing its content to expand global reach, plans to launch new channels, and leverages subscriptions and owned storefronts to engage audiences and drive impact.

📋 Description

• Write approximately 1 high-quality YouTube script per month for long-form video content • Develop engaging narratives around documentary subjects, historical events, real-world stories, and significant events or moments • Conduct thorough research using reliable sources to ensure scripts are accurate, well-supported, and factually sound • Transform complex topics and research into clear, entertaining, and accessible storytelling • Structure scripts with strong hooks, pacing, narrative progression, and satisfying conclusions • Collaborate with producers, researchers, and other creative team members to brainstorm and develop video concepts • Incorporate feedback and revise scripts to align with creative direction, audience expectations, and channel goals • Stay up to date with YouTube storytelling formats, trends, audience behavior, and content strategies • Ensure written content follows copyright, sourcing, and brand guidelines

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience writing scripts for YouTube or other long-form video platforms • Experience writing for documentaries, factual programming, historical content, or other research-driven formats • Excellent storytelling and writing skills, with a strong understanding of narrative structure and pacing • Excellent research skills, including finding, evaluating, cross-referencing, and synthesizing information from multiple reliable sources • Ability to turn complex topics, historical events, and information-heavy subjects into engaging, easy-to-understand narratives • Strong understanding of YouTube audiences, retention, hooks, pacing, and storytelling conventions • Excellent command of written English • Strong organization and time management skills, with the ability to consistently deliver high-quality scripts on schedule • Comfortable working independently in a collaborative, feedback-driven environment