Social Media Script Writer – Video Editor, Freelancer

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🕒 April 10

🏄 California – Remote

🏄 California – Remote

💵 $40 - $50 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

💕 Social Media Manager

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Wattpad

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201 - 500 employees

Founded 2006

📱 Media

👥 B2C

💰 Venture Round on 2019-03

Media • Entertainment • B2C

Wattpad is a leading global webnovel platform operated by WEBTOON Entertainment, dedicated to revolutionizing the world of storytelling. With a community of over 90 million users, primarily made up of Gen Z and millennials, Wattpad enables users across the globe to read, write, and share stories in over 25 languages. The platform connects diverse voices with Hollywood and other major entertainment industries, turning popular stories into movies, TV shows, and more. Founded in 2006 by Allen Lau and Ivan Yuen, Wattpad has grown from a simple mobile reading app to becoming a significant player in the entertainment sector. It empowers writers to monetize their work through its Paid Stories and Wattpad Originals programs, offering a platform where serialized stories thrive and where community and innovation lead to new entertainment frontiers. Wattpad's headquarters is in Toronto, with additional offices worldwide, including a notable presence in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

📋 Description

• Concept, script, and edit short-form video content that tells a story, capturing audiences’ attention with strong hooks and cliffhangers. Must be able to develop content across various genres ranging from punchy humor to edgy romance and fast-paced action. • Collaborate with other copywriters, designers, and art directors to create dynamic, character-driven content that feels native to each platform. • Develop series promos, trailers, and explainer content that make fans feel connected to WEBTOON’s universe. • Create expressive animations sourced from comic panels that elevate our characters, fictional worlds, and themes in ways that surprise and delight fans. • Move fluidly between producing high-quality motion design and quick-turn, unpolished videos for social. • Bring your own storytelling POV to projects to make engaging, thoughtful, and entertaining ads that don’t feel like ads. • Stay tapped into fan culture, animation trends, memes, and narrative formats popular with Gen Z and Millennial audiences.

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in a creative agency, production company, or in-house entertainment team, ideally with experience in ad content, trailers, branded content, or entertainment marketing. • A storyteller first, designer second: you foremost think about pacing, emotion, and structure when creating. • Strong copywriting/scripting background. Should be eager to experiment with new writing styles and formats. • A clear, reliable communicator who can easily adapt to a fast-paced production timeline and work closely with operations leads to deliver projects on time, on brand, and on budget. • Proficient in Premiere Pro and After Effects, with a general knowledge of the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, Audition) along with additional animation or VFX tools. 3D animation is a plus. • Comfortable with character rigging and has a strong comprehension of animation principles. • A creative with a strong online presence or portfolio. Bonus if you’ve already built content or fan edits in the webcomic, animation, or fandom space. • Equally confident collaborating with others or running your own projects end-to-end. • Passionate about comics, animation, gaming, or storytelling in all forms. • Bring humor, heart, and a creative eye to everything you make • A positive, adaptable teammate who creates from passion, not ego. You want the process to be as great as the output. • Comfortable learning new skills and elevate themselves as a designer or writer in order to promote new ideas and raise the quality of work.

🏖️ Benefits

• Career development; we believe in mentorship and investing in your learning, supporting you to achieve your goals • Health benefits, including vision and dental! • Generous PTO and Parental Leave Top-up • 401K Contributions • Commuter Benefits • Global WEBTOON and LINE FRIENDS discount program • Winter break shutdown and a whole lot more!