Script Writer for EYstreem

Spawnpoint Media; Melbourne; Sur place; AUD 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Spawnpoint Media is seeking an experienced writer for EYstreem (13M+ subscribers) to craft scripts, plan story skeletons, and contribute to production through research and collaboration.

You will produce weekly scripts aligned with formatting SOPs, analyze key metrics, and stay current with pop culture trends to inform storytelling and audience engagement. Collaborate with a talented team to ensure channel objectives are met.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years of experience on YouTube; at least 6 months experience writing.
• Strong communication and proactive initiative.
• Ability to meet and understand deadlines.
• Ability to comprehend feedback and implement it.
• Experience and willingness to use and implement AI tools (Claude Code, Gemini, etc).
• Calendar and time management skills.
• Historical knowledge of Film and TV, YouTube, Social Media and Pop Culture
• Basic understanding of Minecraft and/or Live Action YouTube content
• Frequent consumption of content of all types.
• Able to ideate both within parameters and blue-sky.
• Fast learning and SOP adherence skills.
• Strong documentation skills.

Responsabilités

• Storyboard and Skeleton Planning: Constructing synopsis and summary structures for upcoming scripts for review and pre-production feasibility scoping.
• Script Writing: Weekly production of new scripts in adherence to screenplay formatting and internal SOPs for use by production departments.
• Proactive Production Communication and Collaboration: Regular check-ins and feedback with each stage of production to ensure continuity.
• YouTube Research: Regular consumption and viewing of content on YouTube for ideas and trends.
• External Research: Follow pop culture and trends from social media, film/TV and media.
• Internal Metric Analysis: Analyze views, CTR, Impressions to identify patterns informing scripting.
• Preparation and Presentation: Organise and present work clearly to colleagues and supervisors.
• Post-Mortem Participation: Analyse successful patterns and improvements for future scripts.
• Feedback Implementation: Incorporate feedback from showrunners and producers into writing.
• Historical Synthesis: Use film/TV and YouTube history to craft fresh ideas with high reach.
• Deadline Management and Organization: Adhere to deadlines and maintain calendars.

Connaissances

Storytelling

Script writing

YouTube knowledge

Research

Communication

Deadline management

Team collaboration

AI tools

Description du poste

Who We Are:

Spawnpoint Media is a production company of over 100 experts globally that bring joy through our live-action and gaming entertainment content, toys and digital products that reach millions of families worldwide.

Nurturing a passionate community of over 26 million followers, we've amassed more than 11 billion views. We strive to maintain the soul, love, joy, and personality of youth in our content and are committed to our mission of leaving a lasting impact on families across the globe.

Who You Are:

We are looking for an "A-Player" experienced writer for EYstreem (13M+ Subscribers). You are experienced working within and contributing to a talented creative team. You can manage team efficiencies, workloads and deadlines; and know how to inspire the audience with innovative and compelling stories.

Your Responsibilities and Skills:

• Storyboard and Skeleton Planning: Constructing synopsis and summary structures for upcoming scripts for review and pre-production feasibility scoping.

• Script Writing: Weekly production of new scripts in adherence to screenplay formatting and internal formatting SOPs for effective use by all production departments.

• Proactive Production Communication and Collaboration: Frequent check-ins, constructive feedback and active teamwork with each stage of production and department to ensure creative continuity as the project is passed from one team to another.

• YouTube Research: Regular consumption and viewing of content across the YouTube platform for unique ideas and outliers from both adjacent and nonadjacent audiences and competitors.

• External Research: Regular consumption, viewing and engagement of pop culture, content and trends from social media platforms, film and TV, traditional media and changing real-life preferences and habits.

• Internal Metric Analysis: Analyze key metrics of success such as views, AVD, AVP, CTR, Impressions, etc to identify successful content patterns, areas for improvement and elements to repeat to inform scripting

• Preparation and Presentation: Organise and format your work for presentation to colleagues and supervisors in a clear, visual, effective and concise manner.

• Post-Mortem Participation: Identify and analyse successful patterns and areas for improvement across all areas of production, and incorporate solutions into future scripts.

• Feedback Implementation: Effective incorporate and adapt to feedback from showrunners, producers and seniors into writing processes, ensuring alignment with channel objectives, SOPs and vision.

• Historical Synthesis: You have a strong historical knowledge of Film and TV, YouTube and Traditional Media which you use to synthesise compelling storytelling with successful patterns from internal and external historical content combined with new or trending concepts to formulate ideas that are fresh, but with a high chance of success and reach.

• Deadline Management and Organization: Adhere to project deadlines and maintain organizational systems and calendars to ensure timely completion of tasks, facilitating smooth project progression.

Requirements:

• 1-2 years of experience on YouTube; at least 6 months experience writing.

• Strong communication and proactive initiative.

• Ability to meet and understand deadlines.

• Ability to comprehend feedback and implement it.

• Experience and willingness to use and implement AI tools (Claude Code, Gemini, etc)

• Calendar and time management skills

• Historical knowledge of Film and TV, YouTube, Social Media, Pop Culture and Traditional Media

• Basic understanding of Minecraft and/or Live Action YouTube content

• Frequently consuming content of all types.

• Able to ideate both within parameters and blue-sky.

• Fast learning and SOP adherence skills.

• Strong documentation skills.

Bonus Points!

• Deep understanding of Minecraft (i.e. Mods, Maps, Mechanics, etc)

• Experience in other Minecraft or YouTube specific roles (e.g. Editor, Actor, etc)

• Worked with other major players in the YouTube industry, specifically in the Minecraft niche (e.g. MrBeast, PrestonPlayz (TBNR), Aphmau (CatFace), etc)

• Created content for your own YouTube channel.

Our Offer

If you're excited to join a group that develops some of the most-loved content on the internet and brings smiles to millions of young people across the globe; whilst working alongside a highly skilled and fun-loving team; passionate about all things YouTube, then what are you waiting for? We really love working here, and we think you will too!